Weight measurement

Weight measurement
Note that French has a comma where English has a decimal point.
1 oz
= 28,35 g* (grammes)
1 lb†
= 453,60 g
1 st
= 6,35 kg (kilos)
1 cwt
= 50,73 kg
1 ton
= 1014,60 kg
* There are three ways of saying 28,35 g, and other measurements like it : vingt-huit virgule trente-cinq grammes, or (less formally) vingt-huit grammes virgule trente-cinq, or vingt-huit grammes trente-cinq.
For more details on how to say numbers ⇒ Numbers.
† English a pound is translated by une livre in French, but note that the French livre is actually 500 grams (half a kilo).
People
what’s his weight?
= combien pèse-t-il?
how much does he weigh?
= combien pèse-t-il?
he weighs 10 st (or 140 lbs)
= il pèse 63 kg 500 (soixante-trois kilos et demi)
he weighs more than 20 st
= il pèse plus de 127 kilos
Things
what does the parcel weigh?
= combien pèse le colis?
how heavy is it?
= quel poids fait-il?
it weighs ten kilos
= il pèse dix kilos
about ten kilos
= environ dix kilos
it was 2 kilos overweight
= il pesait deux kilos de trop
A weighs more than B
= A pèse plus lourd que B
A is heavier than B
= A est plus lourd que B
B is lighter than A
= B est plus léger que A
A is as heavy as B
= A est aussi lourd que B
A is the same weight as B
= A a le même poids que B
A and B are the same weight
= A et B ont le même poids
6 lbs of carrots
= six livres de carottes
2 kilos of butter
= deux kilos de beurre
11/2 kilos of tomatoes
= un kilo cinq cents de tomates
sold by the kilo
= vendu au kilo
there are about two pounds to a kilo
= il y a à peu près deux livres anglaises dans un kilo
Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes :
a 3-lb potato
= une pomme de terre de trois livres
a parcel 3 kilos in weight
= un colis de trois kilos

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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