1500000 in French
un million cinq cent mille
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1.5 million; common business and population unit
NUMERAL
1 500 000
FRENCH
un million cinq cent mille
IPA
/œ̃ mil.jɔ̃ sɛ̃ sɑ̃ mil/
Breakdown
Ordinal form
Ranking things rather than counting them: 1,500,000 becomes un million cinq cent millième, written 1 500 000e in figures.
MASCULINE
un million cinq cent millième
1 500 000e
FEMININE
un million cinq cent millième
1 500 000e (same word as the masculine)
French writes the abbreviation with a plain e, never ème: 1 500 000e. The Académie française allows two irregular pairs: premier and première abbreviate 1er and 1re, and second and seconde abbreviate 2d and 2de. Full rules on the ordinal numbers reference.
Real sentence examples
“Marseille compte environ un million cinq cent mille habitants dans son aire urbaine.”
“L'investissement total atteint un million cinq cent mille euros.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Un million cinq cent mille concatenates without "et" between segments. Note: cent loses its s before mille (cinq cent mille, not cinq cents mille). The de-preposition appears at the noun boundary: un million cinq cent mille euros (no de inside, no de at end either because mille is a determiner).
Frequently asked questions
How do you say 1500000 in French?
1,500,000 in French is "un million cinq cent mille". It is built as 1 000 000 + 500 000 = 1 500 000.
How is un million cinq cent mille (1500000) pronounced in French?
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, "un million cinq cent mille" is transcribed /œ̃ mil.jɔ̃ sɛ̃ sɑ̃ mil/. Use the audio button on this page to hear the standard French pronunciation.
What is the ordinal form of 1500000 in French?
The ordinal for 1500000 is "un million cinq cent millième", abbreviated 1 500 000e. The form is the same in the masculine and the feminine.
How is 1500000 used in a French sentence?
A natural example is: "Marseille compte environ un million cinq cent mille habitants dans son aire urbaine."
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