Following is the French for various numbers, with approximate pronunciation. If you don't know French, you may want to print out a copy and put it in your cheque book. If it looks complex at first, don't worry; you will soon see the pattern and get used to it.
Note that for numbers the meaning of "," and "." is the opposite from the UK. For example, in the UK one would write "10,000.45" for ten thousand euros and forty-five cents whereas in France one would write "10.000,45".
Information on a range of topics related to the French language can be found at the main page for this topic, which is at French Language.
| Number |
French Spelling |
Pronunciation |
| 0 |
zéro |
zay-roh |
| 1 |
un |
ahn |
| 2 |
deux |
duh |
| 3 |
trois |
twah |
| 4 |
quatre |
cat |
| 5 |
cinq |
sank |
| 6 |
six |
seese |
| 7 |
sept |
set |
| 8 |
huit |
wheat |
| 9 |
neuf |
nuhf |
| 10 |
dix |
deese |
| 11 |
onze |
ohnz |
| 12 |
douze |
dooz |
| 13 |
treize |
trehz |
| 14 |
quatorze |
kah-tohrz |
| 15 |
quinze |
cans |
| 16 |
seize |
says |
| 17 |
dix-sept |
deese-set |
| 18 |
dix-huit |
deese-wheat |
| 19 |
dix-neuf |
deese-nuhf |
| 20 |
vingt |
vahn |
| 21 |
vingt et un |
vahn tay uhn |
| 22 |
vingt-deux |
vahn-duh |
| 23 |
vingt-trois |
vahn-twah |
| 24 |
vingt-quatre |
vahn-cat |
The pattern continues up to 29 (vingt-neuf). To continue from there:
| Number |
French Spelling |
Pronunciation |
| 30 |
trente |
trawnt |
| 31 |
trente et un |
trawnt-tay-uhn |
| 32 |
trente-deux (the pattern continues up to 39) |
trawnt-duh |
| 40 |
quarante |
kuh-rawnt |
| 41 |
quarante et un |
kuh-rawnt-tay-uhn |
| 42 |
quarante-deux |
kuh-rawnt-duh |
| 50 |
cinquante |
sank-awnt |
| 60 |
soixante |
swah-sawnt |
| 70 |
soixante-dix (literally 60 plus 10; from 70 to 100 the numbering system is a bit more complex) |
swah-sawnt-deese |
| 71 |
soixante et onze (literally 60 and 11) |
shah-sawnt-tay-uhn |
| 72 |
soixante-douze |
shaw-sawnt-dooz |
| 73 |
soixante-treize |
shaw-sant-trehz |
| 74 |
soixante-quatorze |
shaw-sant-kah-tohrz |
| 75 |
soixante-quinze |
shaw-sant-cans |
| 76 |
soixante-seize |
shah-sant-says |
| 77 |
soixante-dix-sept |
shah-sant-deese-set |
| 78 |
soixante-dix-huit |
shaw-sant-deese-wheat |
| 79 |
soixante-dix-neuf |
shaw-sant-deese-nuhf |
| 80 |
quatre-vingts (literally four twenties) |
ka-truh-vahn |
| 81 |
quatre-vinght-un |
ka-truh-vahn-tay-uhn |
| 82 |
quatre-vingt-deux |
ka-truh-vahn-duh |
| 83 |
quatre-vingt-trois (and so on up to 89) |
ka-truh-vahn-twah |
| 90 |
quatre-vingt-dix (literally four-twenties-ten) |
ka-truh-vahn-deese |
| 91 |
quatre-vingt-onze |
ka-truh-vahn-ohnz |
| 92 |
quatre-vingt-douze (and so on up to 99) |
ka-truh-vahn-dooz |
Following are some examples from larger numbers:
| 100 |
cent (pronounced sawnt) |
| 101 |
cent un |
| 102 |
cent deux |
| 110 |
cent dix |
| 111 |
cent onze |
| 112 |
cent douze |
| 189 |
cent quatre-vingt-neuf |
| 200 |
deux cents |
| 250 |
deux cent cinquante |
| 305 |
trois cent cinq |
| 1 000 |
mille (pronounced meel) |
| 1 001 |
mille un |
| 1 002 |
mille deux |
| 1 350 |
mille trois cent cinquante |
| 2 000 |
deux mille |
| 10 000 |
dix mille |
| 10 300 |
dix mille trois cents |
| 100 000 |
cent mille |
| 102 000 |
cent deux mille |
| 1 000 000 |
un million (pronounced uhn meel-ee-ohn) |
| 1 234 567 |
un million deux cent trente-quatre mille cinq cent soixante-sept |
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