1 – 19

Note: 17 to 19 are two-word numbers: ten + single-digit

Number Spelling Pronunciation Number Spelling Pronunciation
0 zéro zay-roh 10 dix deese
1 un uhn 11 onze onz
2 deux duhr 12 douze dooz
3 trois twah 13 treize trez
4 quatre katr 14 quatorze kah-tohrz
5 cinq sank 15 quinze cans
6 six seese 16 seize sez
7 sept set 17 dix-sept deese-set
8 huit wheet 18 dix-huit dees-wheet
9 neuf nurf 19 dix-neuf dees-nurf
20 - 69
Note: Each tenth that precedes 70 has its own distinct name.
Note: Use “and” (et) before the one at the beginning of each tenth.
i.e. : 41 is quarante et un, 42 is just quarante deux
Number Spelling Pronunciation Number Spelling Pronunciation
20 vingt vuhn 50 cinquante sank-awnt
30 trente trawnt 60 soixante swah-sawnt
21, 31, 41,
40 quarante kuh-rawnt vingt et un vuhn-tay-uhn
51, 61, etc…
70 - 79
Note : Seventies are formed by combining sixty with the tenth which equals the number you
are trying to create (see Breakdown column).
Number Spelling Pronunciation Breakdown
70 soixante-dix swah-sawnt-deese 60+10=70
71 soixante-et-onze swah-sawnt-tay-uhn-onz 60+11=71
72 soixante-douze swah-sawnt-dooz 60+12=72
73 soixante-treize swah-sawnt-trez 60+13=73
74 soixante-quatorze swah-sawnt-kah-tohrz 60+14=74
75 soixante-quinze swah-sawnt-cans 60+15=75
76 soixante-dix-seize swah-sawnt-deese-sez 60+16=76
77 soixante-dix-sept swah-sawnt-deese-set 60+17=77
swah-sawnt-deese-
78 soixante-dix-huit 60+18=78
wheet
79 soixante-dix-neuf swah-sawnt-deese-nurf 60+19=79

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 80 - 89
Note: Eighties are formed by combining four and twenty with the digit which equals the
number you are trying to create (see Breakdown column).
Number Spelling Pronunciation Breakdown
80 quatre-vingts katr-vuhn 4*20=80
81 quatre-vingts-un katr-vuhn-uhn 4*20+1=82
82 quatre-vingts-deux katr-vuhn-durh 4*20+2=82
83 quatre-vingts-trois katr-vuhn-twah 4*20+3=83
84 quatre-vingts-quatre katr-vuhn-kat-tr 4*20+4=84
85 quatre-vingts-cinq katr-vuhn-sank 4*20+5=85
86 quatre-vingts-dix-six katr-vuhn-sez 4*20+6=86
87 quatre-vingts-dix-sept katr-vuhn-set 4*20+7=87
88 quatre-vingts-dix-huit katr-vuhn-wheet 4*20+8=88
89 quatre-vingts-dix-neuf katr-vuhn-nurf 4*20+9=89
90 – 99
Note: Nineties are formed by combining four and twenty with the tenth which equals the
number you are trying to create (see Breakdown column).
Number Spelling Pronunciation Breakdown
90 quatre-vingts-dix katr-vuhn-deese 4*20+10=90
91 quatre-vingts-onze katr-vuhn-onz 4*20+11=91
92 quatre-vingts-douze katr-vuhn-dooz 4*20+12=92
93 quatre-vingts-treize katr-vuhn-trez 4*20+13=93
94 quatre-vingts-quatorze katr-vuhn-kah-tohrz 4*20+14=94
95 quatre-vingts-quinze katr-vuhn-cans 4*20+15=95
96 quatre-vingts-dix-seize katr-vuhn-deese-sez 4*20+16=96
97 quatre-vingts-dix-sept katr-vuhn-deese-set 4*20+17=97
98 quatre-vingts-dix-huit katr-vuhn-deese-wheet 4*20+18=98
89 quatre-vingts-dix-neuf katr-vuhn-deese-nurf 4*20+19=99
100 to 1, 000, 000, 000

100 un cent uhn sohn

Continue below to learn
1,000 un mille uhn mil
more about Hyphens and
10,000 dix mille deese mil
Plural Numbers.
100,000 cent mille sohn mil
1,000,000 un million uhn mi-lyon

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When to Use Hyphens
• The French numbers 20 through 59 are formed just like their English
equivalents: the tens word (i.e: vingt) are joined by a hyphen to the ones word
(i.e.: trois).
▪ Ex.: vingt-trois
• 17, 18, and 19 are joined by a hyphen between the first and second digit.
▪ Ex.: dix-huit
• 80 always has a dash between quatre and vingt.
▪ Ex.: quatre-vingt-deux

When not to Use Hyphens

• For 21, 31, 41, and 51, the word et (and) is required in between the tens word
and un, without hyphens.
▪ Ex: deux cent ving et un
• Hundreds, thousands, millions, trillions, etc. do not need dashes.
▪ Ex.: mille cinq cent quatre-vingt-deux

Plural Numbers
• If a number ends in an even cent (100) or quatre-vingt (80), it should be plural.
Anything else is singular.

Examples
▪ 200 is deux-cents
(plural because it ended in 100)
vs.
▪ 380 is trois-cent-quatre-vingts
(plural because it ended in 80)
▪ 250 is deux-cent-cinquante
▪ (singular because it ended in 50
▪ 385 is trois-cent-quatre-vingt-cinq
(singular because it ended in 5)

• Cent (100) is singular when followed by another number.

▪ Ex.: 201 = deux cent un

• Mille (1, 000) is never plural, but multiples of million are.

▪ Ex.: 4, 000 is quatre mille
▪ Ex.: 2, 500, 000 is deux millions cinq-cent-mille
• If a number is used to describe specific things, the plural rules don’t apply.
▪ Ex.: “la page deux-cent” (page 200) with a singular cent
▪ Ex.: “trois-cent portes” (three hundred doors) with a singular cent

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