French numbers through 100
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
zéro
un
deux
trois
quatre
cinq
six
sept
huit
neuf
dix
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
onze
douze
treize
quatorze
quinze
seize
dix-sept
dix-huit
dix-neuf
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
vingt
vingt et un
vingt-deux
vingt-trois
vingt-quatre
vingt-cinq
vingt-six
vingt-sept
vingt-huit
vingt-neuf
30
31
32
trente
trente et un
trente-deux
40
41
quarante
quarante et un
50
51
cinquante
cinquante et un
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
soixante
soixante et un
soixante-deux
soixante-trois
soixante-quatre
soixante-cinq
soixante-six
soixante-sept
soixante-huit
soixante-neuf
But then when 70 rolls around, instead of a
new "tens" word, soixante is kept and the
"ones" word continues counting from 10:
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
soixante-dix
soixante et onze
soixante-douze
soixante-treize
soixante-quatorze
soixante-quinze
soixante-seize
soixante-dix-sept
soixante-dix-huit
soixante-dix-neuf
There is no word for "eighty" in standard
French,* instead 80 is quatre-vingts, literally
four-twenties. 81 is quatre-vingt-un (fourtwenty-one), the way up to 89.
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
quatre-vingts
quatre-vingt-un
quatre-vingt-deux
quatre-vingt-trois
quatre-vingt-quatre
quatre-vingt-cinq
quatre-vingt-six
quatre-vingt-sept
quatre-vingt-huit
quatre-vingt-neuf
There's no word for ninety either, so you
continue using quatre-vingt and adding from
ten. 90 is quatre-vingt-dix (four-twenty-ten)
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
100 cent
In French, 100 to 999 work just like in English - just say how many hundreds and then add the other
numbers.
100
101
125
200
cent
cent un
cent vingt-cinq
deux cents
201
243
deux cent un
deux cent quarante-trois
1,000+ are also similar to English, but there are a few things to note:
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The separator is a period or space, rather than a comma
Mille never takes an s
When reciting a long number, you can pause to take a breath at the separator (after mille, million,
or milliard)
1,000 mille - 1 000 or 1.000
2,000 deux mille - 2 000 or 2.000
2,500 deux mille cinq cents - 2 500 or 2.500
10,498 dix mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-dix-huit - 10.498 or 10 498
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,800,107
a billion
un million
deux millions
trois millions huit cent mille cent sept - 3.800.107 or 3 800 107
un milliard
In some French-speaking areas, such as Belgium and Switzerland, "seventy" is septante. In
Switzerland, 80 is huitante, but it's still quatre-vingts in Belgium. In both countries, 90 is nonante.