Does it depend one he country how to say amounts in euros?
25.90
twenty-five euro(s), ninety cents
twenty-five euro(s), ninety centimes
twenty-five euro(s), ninety
and with no euro, .70 seventy cents/ euro cents?
Thanks for any insight.
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25.90
twenty-five euro(s), ninety cents
twenty-five euro(s), ninety centimes
twenty-five euro(s), ninety
and with no euro, .70 seventy cents/ euro cents?
Thanks for any insight.
The actual coins say cent, not centime:
Image source: Euro coin designs
According to Wikipedia, centime is only preferred in French-speaking countries:
In the European community cent is the official name for one hundredth of a euro. However, in French-speaking countries the word centime is the preferred term. Indeed, the Superior Council of the French language of Belgium recommended in 2001 the use of centime, since cent is also the French word for "hundred". An analogous decision was published in the Journal officiel in France (December 2, 1997).
The term euro cent (sometimes spelled as one word or with initial capital) is also used in English.
See this question. In actual usage both terms are used.