L'outil Writing Tips a été archivé et ne sera plus mis à jour jusqu'à son retrait définitif.
Pour obtenir notre contenu le plus à jour, veuillez consulter Writing Tips Plus, un outil combinant le contenu des outils Writing Tips et The Canadian Style. N'oubliez pas de modifier vos favoris!
Write out numbers used figuratively:
Numbers with a long succession of zeros, as well as numbers in the millions or higher, should be written as a combination of words and figures:
However, note that if the number preceding million, billion, etc., is a whole number below 10 that is not used with a unit of measurement, it is usually spelled out:
Numbers are normally rounded to no more than three significant digits. Thus 2 653 000 becomes 2.65 million, not 2.653 million.
The proper form for large numbers that must be written in full is as illustrated:
The practice of writing a number in full and then repeating it in numerals in parentheses should be reserved for legal documents:
© Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada, 2024
TERMIUM Plus®, la banque de données terminologiques et linguistiques du gouvernement du Canada
Outils d'aide à la rédaction – Writing Tips
Un produit du Bureau de la traduction