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cents (euro)

French translation: Centime

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English term or phrase:cents (euro)
French translation:Centime
Entered by: Sonia Almeida

03:19 Dec 5, 2001
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
English term or phrase: cents (euro)
What term should be used for the cents. Germany is clear on the word cent while France uses cent and centime and even centime d'euro. Similar
situation in Spain.
trfrederic
Ireland
Local time: 13:17
Centime
Explanation:
"Centime" would be the best option I believe.
Luck!
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Sonia Almeida
Local time: 13:17
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2Centime
Sonia Almeida
5 +2centime
Thierry LOTTE
5 +1eurocentime
Mireille


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Centime


Explanation:
"Centime" would be the best option I believe.
Luck!

Sonia Almeida
Local time: 13:17
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DPolice
36 mins
agree  nathtrad
11 hrs
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
centime


Explanation:
It will be obviously ( ans it fact it IS) ""centime"" but pls do not forget that one centime is one centime and two centimes are two centimes (do not forget the plural "s" at the end of centime.

We have in France a long tradition of using metric system and it is impossible to use the wording "cent" which would sound to much as American and in no way would represent the value of this small coin.
Best regards
hierry LOTTE

PS : In Spanish it is scheduled that we will use the wording "centavos"


    Reference: http://www.foreignword.com/cv/document_4956.htm
Thierry LOTTE
Local time: 14:17
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 435

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Iglesias
50 mins
agree  Fernando Muela Sopeña: En español, céntimo o eurocéntimo.
8 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
eurocentime


Explanation:
un eurocentime, des eurocentimes.


Références:
un article que j'ai lu dans Le Monde (je ne sait malheureusement plus quand) et

http://europa.eu.int/comm/translation/euro/eurofull.htm

Mireille
Local time: 14:17
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fernando Muela Sopeña
7 hrs
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