French Weights & Measures Vocabulary

Les unités de poids et de mesure

This page contains a list of vocabulary for weights and measures covering both the metric and imperial systems. In French, a pound is “une livre” a kilometer is “un kilomètre”. The list covers area, length, speed, volume and weight.

Le système métrique

Area – la surface, la superficie

hectare un hectare
square centimeter un centimètre carré
square kilometer un kilomètre carré
square meter un mètre carré
square millimeter un millimètre carré

Length – la longeur

centimeter un centimètre
kilometer un kilomètre
meter un mètre
millimeter un millimètre

Volume – le volume

cubic centimeter un centimètre cubique
cubic kilometer un kilomètre cubique
cubic meter un mètre cubique
liter un litre

Weight – le poids

gram un gramme
hectogram un hectogramme
kilogram un kilogramme

Imperial system – le système impérial

mile un mile
yard un yard (une verge)
foot un pied
quart un quart de gallon
gallon un gallon
pint une pinte
ounce une once
cup une tasse
fluid ounce un once liquide
pound une livre
stone 6,35 kilogrammes

Speed – la vitesse

velocity la vélocity
per hour à l’heure
per minute à la minute
per second à la seconde

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