A French billion

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A French billion

What do the French consider to be a billion? 100,000,000 or 1,000,000,000? 

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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Bonjour Jackie,

If you mean what's the equivalent of an English billion in French , it is a milliard and it has nine zeros.

1,000,000,000

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A French billion

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