French 9: Les Nombres

NumberFrench
0zéro
1un
2deux
3trois
4quatre
5cinq
6six
7sept
8huit
9neuf
10dix
11onze
12douze
13treize
14quatorze
15quinze
16seize
17dix-sept
18dix-huit
19dix-neuf
20vingt

20vingt
21vingt-et-un
22vingt-deux
23vingt-trois
24vingt-quatre
25vingt-cinq
26vingt-six
27vingt-sept
28vingt-huit
29vingt-neuf
30trente
31trente-et-un
...
40quarante
41quarante-et-un
...
50cinquante
51cinquante-et-un
For 60 through 79, French combines soixante (60) with the numbers from 1 to 19. There is no separate word for 70.
NumberFrench
60soixante
61soixante-et-un
62soixante-deux
63soixante-trois
64soixante-quatre
65soixante-cinq
66soixante-six
67soixante-sept
68soixante-huit
69soixante-neuf
70soixante-dix
71soixante-et-onze
72soixante-douze
73soixante-treize
74soixante-quatorze
75soixante-quinze
76soixante-seize
77soixante-dix-sept
78soixante-dix-huit
79soixante-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.
NumberFrench
80quatre-vingts
81quatre-vingt-un
82quatre-vingt-deux
83quatre-vingt-trois
84quatre-vingt-quatre
85quatre-vingt-cinq
86quatre-vingt-six
87quatre-vingt-sept
88quatre-vingt-huit
89quatre-vingt-neuf
90quatre-vingt-dix
91quatre-vingt-onze
92quatre-vingt-douze
93quatre-vingt-treize
94quatre-vingt-quatorze
95quatre-vingt-quinze
96quatre-vingt-seize
97quatre-vingt-dix-sept
98quatre-vingt-dix-huit
99quatre-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.
NumberFrench
100cent
108cent huit
144cent quarante-quatre
200deux cents
233deux 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.
NumberFrench
1 000mille
1 597mille cinq cent quatre-vingt-dix-sept
4 181quatre mille cent quatre-vingt-un
317 811trois 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 millemillion and milliard must be preceded by a number.
NumberFrench
1 000 000un million
4 000 000quatre millions
9 227 465neuf millions deux cent vingt-sept mille quatre cent soixante-cinq
1 000 000 000un milliard
A noun can usually directly follow a number, but de must appear before nouns for million and milliard.

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