Billion, thousand million - Milliard (The 497th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Billion, thousand million is Milliard. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 497th most common word in French. It can be used as noun. This word often comes up when talking about numbers & quantity. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to the word's pronunciation. Practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

en English: billion, thousand million

fr French: milliard

Examples

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A thousand million adults are illiterate. Un milliard d'adultes sont analphabètes.
China has more than a billion inhabitants. La Chine a plus d'un milliard d'habitants.
A billion adults are illiterate. Un milliard d'adultes sont analphabètes.
One thousand million adults are illiterate. Un milliard d'adultes sont analphabètes.
More than a billion people live in China. La Chine a plus d'un milliard d'habitants.
There are one billion nanometers in a meter. Il y a un milliard de nanomètres dans un mètre.
What would you do if you had a billion dollars Que ferais-tu si tu avais un milliard de dollars 
Nearly 1 billion people suffer from starvation. Près d'un milliard de personnes souffrent de la faim.

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This falls far short of the $1.7 billion required to close the gap in post-secondary education. Cette somme est nettement inférieure aux 1,7 milliard de dollars qui sont nécessaires pour combler l'écart en matière d'éducation postsecondaire.
Tell him 1.2 billion, but we keep control. Dis lui 1,2 milliard mais on garde le contrôle.
In other words, to read this information, someone would have to break a code capable of more than one billion combinations by trying them systematically one after the other. Autrement dit, pour déchiffrer ces renseignements, il faudrait briser un code permettant de plus d'un milliard de combinaisons en les essayant systématiquement, les unes après les autres.
Experiments on very large networks such as twitter and yahoo with over 1 billion nodes are conducted. Les expériences sur les très grands réseaux tels que Twitter et Yahoo avec plus de 1 milliard de nœuds sont exécutées.
The overall investment is about € 1.2 billion. L'investissement global est d'environ 1,2 milliard d'euros.
UNOPS delivered $1.27 billion worth of projects. Le montant des projets exécutés par le Bureau s'est élevé à 1,27 milliard de dollars.
The billion tourists should necessarily be considered above all in their billion opportunities. Le milliard de touristes doit nécessairement être considéré surtout dans son milliard d'opportunités.
Human population has grown from approximately 1.65 billion in 1900 to an estimated 6.3 billion today. La population mondiale a augmenté de 1,65 milliard environ en 1900 à 6,3 milliards aujourd'hui, d'après les estimations.
This includes $1.2 billion in IBRD loans and $10.4 billion in IDA commitments. Cette enveloppe comprend des prêts de la BIRD pour un montant total de 1,2 milliard de dollar et 10,4 milliards de dollars d'engagements d'IDA.
The AMCs are wholly state-owned non-bank financial institutions; each with registered capital of Y 10 billion (approximately US$1.2 billion). Ces sociétés sont des institutions financières non bancaires sous contrôle intégral de l'État; elles ont toutes un capital social de 10 milliards de yuan (à peu près 1,2 milliard de dollars EU).
Including aids previously approved, the total package was ESP 318 billion (EUR 1,9 billion). Si l'on inclut les aides autorisées antérieurement, le paquet se chiffrait à 318 milliards de pesetas espagnoles (1,9 milliard d'EUR).
Some 2.4 billion people in developing countries lack modern fuels, 1.6 billion do not have access to electricity. Dans les pays en développement, quelque 2,4 milliards de personnes n'ont pas accès à des combustibles modernes et 1,6 milliard à l'électricité.
Today, only about 1,5 billion hectares out of the original 3,5 billion is left. Il n'en reste guère aujourd'hui que quelque 1,5 milliard d'hectares, sur les 3,5 milliards originels.

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