French 9: Les Nombres
Number | French |
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0 | zéro |
1 | un |
2 | deux |
3 | trois |
4 | quatre |
5 | cinq |
6 | six |
7 | sept |
8 | huit |
9 | neuf |
10 | dix |
11 | onze |
12 | douze |
13 | treize |
14 | quatorze |
15 | quinze |
16 | seize |
17 | dix-sept |
18 | dix-huit |
19 | dix-neuf |
20 | vingt |
20 | vingt |
21 | vingt-et-un |
22 | vingt-deux |
23 | vingt-trois |
24 | vingt-quatre |
25 | vingt-cinq |
26 | vingt-six |
27 | vingt-sept |
28 | vingt-huit |
29 | vingt-neuf |
30 | trente |
31 | trente-et-un |
... | |
40 | quarante |
41 | quarante-et-un |
... | |
50 | cinquante |
51 | cinquante-et-un |
For 60 through 79, French combines soixante (60) with the numbers from 1 to 19. There is no separate word for 70.
Number | French |
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60 | soixante |
61 | soixante-et-un |
62 | soixante-deux |
63 | soixante-trois |
64 | soixante-quatre |
65 | soixante-cinq |
66 | soixante-six |
67 | soixante-sept |
68 | soixante-huit |
69 | soixante-neuf |
70 | soixante-dix |
71 | soixante-et-onze |
72 | soixante-douze |
73 | soixante-treize |
74 | soixante-quatorze |
75 | soixante-quinze |
76 | soixante-seize |
77 | soixante-dix-sept |
78 | soixante-dix-huit |
79 | soixante-dix-neuf |
The same thing happens from 80-99, except notice that quatre-vingts (80) has an ending -s while the rest of the set does not. Also, notice that there is no et in 81.
Number | French |
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80 | quatre-vingts |
81 | quatre-vingt-un |
82 | quatre-vingt-deux |
83 | quatre-vingt-trois |
84 | quatre-vingt-quatre |
85 | quatre-vingt-cinq |
86 | quatre-vingt-six |
87 | quatre-vingt-sept |
88 | quatre-vingt-huit |
89 | quatre-vingt-neuf |
90 | quatre-vingt-dix |
91 | quatre-vingt-onze |
92 | quatre-vingt-douze |
93 | quatre-vingt-treize |
94 | quatre-vingt-quatorze |
95 | quatre-vingt-quinze |
96 | quatre-vingt-seize |
97 | quatre-vingt-dix-sept |
98 | quatre-vingt-dix-huit |
99 | quatre-vingt-dix-neuf |
This pattern does not appear in Swiss and Belgian French, which instead use septante (70), huitante or octante (80), and nonante (90) with the original pattern.
From 100 to 999, put the number of hundreds first, just like in English. Notice that multiples of 100 have an ending -s, but there is no ending -s if cent is followed by another number.
Number | French |
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100 | cent |
108 | cent huit |
144 | cent quarante-quatre |
200 | deux cents |
233 | deux cent trente-trois |
Numbers in the thousands are also similar to English in structure. Note that French separates every three digits with a space or period instead of a comma and that mille is never pluralized.
Number | French |
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1 000 | mille |
1 597 | mille cinq cent quatre-vingt-dix-sept |
4 181 | quatre mille cent quatre-vingt-un |
317 811 | trois cent dix-sept mille huit cent onze |
Million (million) and milliard (billion) do pluralize, and they keep their ending -s even when followed by other numbers. Also, unlike cent and mille, million and milliard must be preceded by a number.
Number | French |
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1 000 000 | un million |
4 000 000 | quatre millions |
9 227 465 | neuf millions deux cent vingt-sept mille quatre cent soixante-cinq |
1 000 000 000 | un milliard |
A noun can usually directly follow a number, but de must appear before nouns for million and milliard.
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