French vocabulary · 19 words
French numbers from zero to a thousand
The French numbers the course teaches, from counting to ten up to cent and mille. French counting is regular up to sixty, then it starts building numbers from twenties.
Good to know
- Seventy is soixante-dix (sixty-ten) and eighty is quatre-vingts (four twenties).
- Cent takes an s when it is multiplied and nothing follows it: deux cents, but deux cent un.
- Mille never takes an s: deux mille.
Zero to ten
| French | Meaning | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| zéroSay it: zay-RO | zero | |
| unSay it: one nasal sound: uh(n) | one | |
| deuxSay it: duh — the x is silent | two | |
| troisSay it: trwah — oi says wah, the s is silent | three | |
| quatreSay it: KAT-ruh | four | |
| cinqSay it: sank — the q IS spoken | five | |
| sixSay it: seess — the final x sounds like s | six | |
| septSay it: set — the p is silent, the t is spoken | seven | |
| huitSay it: weet — the h is silent | eight | |
| neufSay it: nuhf — the f is spoken | nine | |
| dixSay it: deess — the final x sounds like s | ten |
Bigger numbers
| French | Meaning | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| onzeSay it: ohnz — starts like a consonant, same class as «huit»: say «le onze», never «l'onze» | eleven | |
| douzeSay it: dooz | twelve | |
| quinzeSay it: kanz | fifteen | |
| vingtSay it: van — the final t is silent alone but LINKS in «vingt euros» | twenty | |
| trenteSay it: trahnt | thirty | |
| cinquanteSay it: san-KAHNT — not to be confused with «cinq» | fifty | |
| centSay it: sahn — the round ceiling, invariant at exactly 100 | one hundred | |
| milleSay it: meel — the next round ceiling after «cent»; UNLIKE «cent», it never takes -s, at any size: mille, deux mille, trois mille... | one thousand |
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