Language and the euro
Written conventions for the euro in the languages of EU member states
¹ The language is not only an official language in a eurozone member state, but has also been accepted as an official language for use in EU institutions, meaning there are official spellings in EU documents and on EU websites.

Language and the euro

Section Title: Written conventions for the euro in the languages of EU member states
Table Section Text: ¹ The language is not only an official language in a eurozone member state, but has also been accepted as an official language for use in EU institutions, meaning there are official spellings in EU documents and on EU websites.

Euro conventions

€1	Language	Euro sign usage	Euro	(Euro) Cent	Pronunciations (in IPA)

Basque	6,00 €	euro	6 euro	zentimoa	6 zentimo

-	Bulgarian	6,00 €	евро	10 евро	евроцент цент	6 евроцента 10 цента	ˈɛv.ro ɛvˈro	ˈɛv.rotsɛnt

Catalan	6,00 €	euro	10 euros	cèntim	10 cèntims	ˈɛw.ɾu ˈɛw.ɾo ˈew.ɾo	ˈsɛn.tim

-	Croatian	6,00 €	euro	euri 10 eura x1, xx1 euro but x11, xx11 eura	cent eurocent	10 centi x1 cent but x11 centi (x)2, (x)3, (x)4 centa but(x)12, (x)13, (x)14 centi5	ˈeuro	ˈtsent

-	Czech	6,00 €	euro	2, 3, 4 eura 5 eur	cent	2, 3, 4, centy 5 centů5	ˈɛu.ro	tsɛnt

-	Danish	euro	6 euro	cent	6 cent	ˈœʊ̯.ʁo ˈeʊ̯.ʁo	sɛnˀd̥

-	Dutch	€ 6,00	euro	6 euro	eurocent	6 eurocent	ˈøːroː ˈʏːroː	sɛnt

-	English2	€6.28 (IE, MT)	euro	10 euros 10 euro (IE)	cent	10 Euro Cents 10 euro cent (IE)	ˈjʊɹoʊz ˈjʊɹoʊ	sɛnts sɛnt

-	Estonian	6,00 €	euro	6 eurot3	sent	10 senti3

-	Finnish	6,00 €	euro	6 euroa3	sentti	10 senttiä3	ˈeuro ˈeu.ro.ɑ2	ˈsentːi ˈsentːi.æ2

-	French	6,00 €	euro	10 euros	cent centime	10 cents 10 centimes	øˈʁo	sɑ̃, sɛnt sɑ̃ˈtim

Galician	6,00 €	euro	10 euros	céntimo	6 céntimos	ˈew.ɾɔ(s) ˈew.ɾ[o ~ ʊ](s)	ˈθɛntimo(s) ˈsɛntimo(s)

-	German	6,00 € (DE) €6,00 (AT)	Euro	6 Euro	Cent	6 Cent	ˈɔʏʁo	tsɛnt sɛnt

-	Greek	6,00 € (GR) €6.00 (CY)	ευρώ evrō	10 ευρώ 10 evrō	λεπτό (GR) leptó σεντ (CY) sent	10 λεπτά 10 leptá 10 σεντ 10 sent	evˈro	lepˈto lepˈta sent

-	Hungarian	6,00 €	euró	6 euró	cent	6 cent	ˈɛuroː	ˈtsɛnt

-	Irish	€6.00	euro	6 euro	6 cent	jʊɹoʊ	sɛnt

-	Italian	6,00 €	euro	6 euro	centesimo	6 centesimi	ˈɛuro	tʃenˈtɛːzimo

-	Latvian	6,00 €	eiro	6 eiro	cents	1 cents 6 centi	ˈɛirɔː	tsents

-	Lithuanian	6,00 €	euras	2 eurai 10 eurų 21 euras	centas	2 centai 10 centų 21 centas	ˈɛʊrɐs	ˈt͡sʲɛntɐs

-	Maltese	€6.00	ewro	6 ewro	ċenteżmu	6 ċenteżmi 11 to 19-il ċenteżmu from 20 onwards ċenteżmu	ˈɛuro	tʃenˈtɛzmu

-	Polish	6,00 €	euro	6 euro	cent	6 centów x2, x3, x4 centy except x12, x13, x14 centów5	ˈɛw.rɔ	tsɛnt ˈtsɛn.tɨ tsɛn.tuf

-	Portuguese	6,00 €	euro	6 euros	cêntimo/centavo	6 cêntimos/centavos	ˈew.ɾɔ(ʃ) ˈew.ɾu(ʃ)	ˈsẽtɨmu(ʃ) ˈsẽtavu(ʃ)

-	Romanian	6,00 €	euro	6 euro	eurocent	6 eurocenți	ˈe.uro	t͡ʃent, ˌe.uroˈt͡ʃent t͡ʃent͡sʲ, ˌe.uroˈt͡ʃent͡sʲ

Scottish Gaelic	€6.00	euro eòra	6 euros	cent seant	6 cents 6 seantaichean

-	Slovak	6,00 €	euro	1, 2, 3, 4 5 euro	cent	2, 3, 4 centy 5 centov5	ɛʊ.ɾɔ	tsɛnt

-	Slovene	6,00 €	evro	1 evro 2 evra 3, 4 evri 5+ evrov	cent	1 cent 2 centa 3, 4 centi 5+ centov5	ˈeu̯.rɔ ˈeu̯.ra ˈeu̯.ri ˈeu̯.rɔu̯	tsɛnt ˈtsɛn.ta ˈtsɛn.ti ˈtsɛn.tɔu̯

-	Spanish	6,00 €	euro	6 euros	céntimo	6 céntimos	eu.ɾo(s)	ˈθent̪imo(s)

-	Swedish2	6,00 € (FI)	euro	6 euro	cent	6 cent	ˈɛu.ɾo (FI) ˈɛv.ɾo, ˈɛu.ɾo (SE)

Turkish2	€6.00 (CY)	avro	6 avro	sent	6 sent

Welsh	€6.00	ewro	ewros 10 ewro4	sent	sentiau 10 sent4	ˈɛurɔ ˈɛurɔs, ˈɛurɔz	sɛnt ˈsɛntjaɨ, ˈsɛntjai

Sentence(s)

In Welsh, euro and cent are called ewro and sent.

final_sentence: In Welsh, euro and cent are called ewro and sent.