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Bonjour,

I am a bit confused about the writing of large numbers, in particular with respect to the use of hyphens and sing./plural for cent.

I found the webpage https://about-france.com/french/numbers (cited on the forum) very informative. If I understand it correctly, cent takes an s when round numbers.  With respect to hyphens, it is stated that "Since 1990, the French Academy recommends using hyphens between all the elements of a number that is written in words, unless elements are joined by et". I thus assume no hyphen on both side of the "et" and hyphens elsewhere.

Based on the above, I have tried to write the number

471 369 400 881 

in words.

Quatre-cent-soixante et onze-milliards-trois-cent-soixante-neuf-millions-quatre-cents-mille-huit-cent-quatre-vingt-un

Is this correct? WIth hyphens also between milliards, millions and mille I think it looks a bit messy to read. 

Merci et bon week-end!

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