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    This document discusses approximate numbers in French which are formed by taking the cardinal number and replacing the final "e" with "-aine", such as "une dizaine" for about ten or "une quarantaine" for about forty. These approximate numbers are treated grammatically as expressions of quantity and must be joined to the noun they modify with "de", such as "une dizaine d'étudiants" for about ten students.

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    This document discusses approximate numbers in French which are formed by taking the cardinal number and replacing the final "e" with "-aine", such as "une dizaine" for about ten or "une quarantaine" for about forty. These approximate numbers are treated grammatically as expressions of quantity and must be joined to the noun they modify with "de", such as "une dizaine d'étudiants" for about ten students.

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    This document discusses approximate numbers in French which are formed by taking the cardinal number and replacing the final "e" with "-aine", such as "une dizaine" for about ten or "une quarantaine" for about forty. These approximate numbers are treated grammatically as expressions of quantity and must be joined to the noun they modify with "de", such as "une dizaine d'étudiants" for about ten students.

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    Approximate French Numbers

    When you want to make an estimate or take a guess, you can use approximate
    numbers. Most approximate French numbers are formed with the cardinal number,
    minus the final e (if any), plus the suffix -aine.

    une dizaine about ten (note that x in dix changes to z)

    une douzaine a dozen

    une quinzaine about fifteen

    une vingtaine about twenty

    une trentaine about thirty

    une quarantaine about forty

    une cinquantaine about fifty

    une soixantaine about sixty

    une centaine about a hundred

    un millier about a thousand

    Approximate numbers are treated grammatically as expressions of quantity, and


    like all expressions of quantity, approximate numbers must be joined to the noun
    they modify with de.

    une dizaine d'étudiants about 10 students

    une quarantaine de livres about 40 books

    des centaines de voitures hundreds of cars

    des milliers de documents thousands of documents

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