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| FRENCH | ENGLISH |
|---|---|
| numéros | numbers |
| nombres cardinaux | cardinal numbers |
| zéro | zero |
| un m / une f | one |
| deux | two |
| trois | three |
| quatre | four |
| cinq | five |
| six | six |
| sept | seven |
| huit | eight |
| neuf | nine |
| dix | ten |
| onze | eleven |
| douze | twelve |
| treize | thirteen |
| quatorze | fourteen |
| quinze | fifteen |
| seize | sixteen |
| dix-sept | seventeen |
| dix-huit | eighteen |
| dix-neuf | nineteen |
| vingt | twenty |
| trente | thirty |
| quarante | forty |
| cinquante | fifty |
| soixante | sixty |
| soixante-dix | seventy |
| quatre-vingts | eighty |
| quatre-vingt-dix | ninety |
| cent | one hundred |
| deux cents | two hundred |
| trois cents | three hundred |
| mille | one thousand |
| cent mille | one hundred thousand |
| deux cent mille | two hundred thousand |
| millier /milje/ | thousand |
| des milliers de personnes | thousands of people |
| des dizaines de milliers de personnes | tens of thousands of people |
| des centaines de milliers de personnes | hundreds of thousands of people |
| milliard /miljaʀ/ | billion |
| vingt et un | twenty one |
| vingt-deux | twenty two |
| nombres ordinaux | ordinal numbers |
| premier m / première f | first |
| deuxième | second |
| troisième | third |
| quatrième | fourth |
| cinquième | fifth |
| sixième | sixth |
| septième | seventh |
| huitième | eighth |
| neuvième | ninth |
| dixième | tenth |
| To form ordinal numbers beyond ten, you generally add "-ième" to the cardinal number. | |
| onzième | eleventh |
| douzième | twelveth |
| treizième | thirteenth |
| vingtième | twentieth |
| vingt et unième | twenty first |
| To talk about approximate numbers, you can use "environ" or "à peu près" for small numbers. | |
| environ un / à peu près un | about one |
| environ deux / à peu près deux | about two |
| To talk about approximate numbers which are larger, you can use the suffix "-aine" | |
| douzaine /duzɛn/ | about twelve |
| vingtaine /vɛ̃tɛn/ | about twenty |
| trentaine /tʀɑ̃tɛn/ | about thirty |
| quarantaine /kaʀɑ̃tɛn/ | about forty |
| cinquantaine /sɛ̃kɑ̃tɛn/ | about fifty |
| soixantaine /swasɑ̃tɛn/ | about sixty |
| soixante-dizaine /swasɑ̃t-dizɛn/ | about seventy |
| quatre-vingtaine /katʀ-vɛ̃tɛn/ | about eighty |
| quatre-vingt-dizaine /katʀ-vɛ̃-dizɛn/ | about ninety |
| centaine /sɑ̃tɛn/ | about one hundred |