Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
MM
English translation:
billion
Added to glossary by
Karen Tucker (X)
Feb 12, 2004 23:29
22 yrs ago
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French term
MM (euro amount)
This has probably been asked before, but I can't find it in the glossary and this is the first time I've encountered it. What does MM refer to after a euro figure, i.e. €20MM? Is it another way of indicating billion? The text previously uses M for million. Sorry if this is a repeat question. Thanks, Karen
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +1 | Milliard |
Bruce Capelle
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| 4 +3 | billion - maybe |
Marian Greenfield
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| 5 | thousand million |
Leveleki
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| 3 +1 | billion |
Cristina Pereira
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Proposed translations
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Bruce Capelle
Spain
Spain
Native in French
Spain
Breathe easy, I have it covered!
Native in: French 
Works in: Spanish to French, English to French, French
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Milliard
I guess it stands for "milliard"
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Comment: "Thanks, everyone! Based on the figures, it had to be more than a million. Karen"
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17 mins
Cristina Pereira
Specializes in field
translator + journalist=flawless writing
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Portuguese, and 1 more.
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billion
I would go for billion (milliard), but this is very strange... MM could be "mille millions", but that is not used neither in the English nor in the French system
But in Portugal we distinguish "one thousand millions" (1.000.000.000) from "billion" (1.000.000.000.000).
www.websters.com:
billion
- The cardinal number equal to 10 x 9.
- Chiefly British. The cardinal number equal to 10 x 12.
Hope to have helped. Sorry if I've confused you.
But in Portugal we distinguish "one thousand millions" (1.000.000.000) from "billion" (1.000.000.000.000).
www.websters.com:
billion
- The cardinal number equal to 10 x 9.
- Chiefly British. The cardinal number equal to 10 x 12.
Hope to have helped. Sorry if I've confused you.
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44 mins
Marian Greenfield
Native in English
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Over 30 years in financial translation
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
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215
billion - maybe
normally, MM = Million. I've even run across French texts where M and MM were used (incorrectly) interchangeably.
US billion is thousand million in some countries. Used to be so in Britain, by I believe they pretty much use billion in the U.S. sense at this point (any Brit is welcome to correct me there).
US billion is thousand million in some countries. Used to be so in Britain, by I believe they pretty much use billion in the U.S. sense at this point (any Brit is welcome to correct me there).
Peer comment(s):
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lien
: MM=mille millions = un milliard = a billion in english
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| agree |
Helene Diu
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| agree |
Peter Freckleton
: ideally, billion would be reserved for a million million, its original sense (bi + million)
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thousand million
As we are aware, a "billion" is originally an American English term, meaning one thousand million (i.e. 1,000,000,000). In England a "billion" USED to mean a million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000)but now the term billion is accepted internationally as a thousand million - except in Europe where it is very often still referred to as a "thousand million" = MM = mille millions. Hope that helps.
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