Volume measurement

Volume measurement
For pints, gallons, litres etc. ⇒ Capacity measurement.
Note that French has a comma where English has a decimal point.
1 cu in
= 16,38 cm3
1 cu ft
= 0,03 m3
1 cu yd
= 0,76 m3
There are three ways of saying 16,38 cm3, and other measurements like it : seize virgule trente-huit centimètres cubes or (less formally) seize centimètres cubes virgule trente-huit or seize centimètres cubes trente-huit. For more details on how to say numbers ⇒ Numbers.
what is its volume?
= quel est son volume?
its volume is 200 cubic metres
= ça fait 200 mètres cubes
it’s 200 cubic metres
= ça fait 200 mètres cubes
it’s one metre by two metres by three metres
= ça mesure un mètre sur deux mètres sur trois mètres
sold by the cubic metre
= vendu au mètre cube
A has a greater volume than B
= le volume de A est supérieur à celui de B
B has a smaller volume than A
= le volume de B est inférieur à celui de A
Note the use of de in this construction.
there are a million cubic centimetres in a cubic metre
= il y a un million de centimètres cubes dans un mètre cube
a million cubic centimetres make one cubic metre
= un million de centimètres cubes font un mètre cube
Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes :
a 200-cubic-metre tank
= un réservoir de 200 mètres cubes

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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