sept cent mille
The English phrase seven hundred thousand is translated into French as sept cent mille.
Within the phrase, the word cent translates to hundred in English.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word mille (thousand) is invariable and never takes an 's' even when preceded by a number greater than one.
Did you know?
- In some French-speaking regions, the number 70 is expressed as soixante-dix (sixty-ten) rather than a unique word, making the path to sept cent mille a series of additions.
- French uses a non-breaking space as a thousands separator in 700 000 instead of the comma used in English 700,000.
- In French, if you were to say 'seven hundred' without the 'thousand', you would write sept cents with an 's', but as soon as 'mille' follows, the 's' must disappear from cent.
Examples in context
- Le coût de ce projet est de sept cent mille euros.The cost of this project is seven hundred thousand euros.
- La population de cette ville est estimée à sept cent mille habitants.The population of this city is estimated at seven hundred thousand inhabitants.
- J'ai économisé sept cents mille euros pour acheter cette maison.I saved seven hundred thousand euros to buy this house.
- Il y a sept cent mille personnes dans ce pays.There are seven hundred thousand people in this country.
- Cette voiture coûte sept cent mille euros.This car costs seven hundred thousand euros.
- Le budget est de sept cent mille dollars.The budget is seven hundred thousand dollars.
Example conversation
Chloé and Nathan are discussing the price of a luxury villa.
- ChloéCombien coûte la villa de luxe ?How much does the luxury villa cost?
- NathanElle coûte sept cent mille euros.It costs seven hundred thousand euros.
- ChloéC'est une somme énorme, Nathan !That is a huge amount, Nathan!
- NathanOui, mais elle est magnifique.Yes, but it is magnificent.
