This is a list of 35 common words for talking about numbers in French, each with IPA, audio, a translation and an example sentence. Play any word to hear it, check yourself in the quiz and download the list for Anki or Quizlet.
Numbers in French: zéro, un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six. The table below gives all 35 words with IPA, audio, a translation and an example sentence. A quiz of 10 questions checks what you remember, and the list can be downloaded for a spreadsheet, Quizlet or Anki.
| Word | Translation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| zéro /zeʁo/ | zero | Il reste zéro billet dans la caisse. There are zero banknotes left in the cash register. |
| un /œ̃/ | one | J'ai un frère à Paris. I have one brother in Paris. |
| deux /dø/ | two | Nous avons deux chats à la maison. We have two cats at home. |
| trois /tʁwa/ | three | Elle achète trois pommes au marché. She is buying three apples at the market. |
| quatre /katʁ/ | four | Il y a quatre chaises dans la cuisine. There are four chairs in the kitchen. |
| cinq /sɛ̃k/ | five | Mon fils compte cinq voitures rouges. My son is counting five red cars. |
| six /sis/ | six | Nous partons dans six minutes. We are leaving in six minutes. |
| sept /sɛt/ | seven | Le train arrive dans sept minutes. The train arrives in seven minutes. |
| huit /yit/ | eight | Elle travaille huit heures par jour. She works eight hours a day. |
| neuf /nœf/ | nine | J'ai neuf euros dans ma poche. I have nine euros in my pocket. |
| dix /dis/ | ten | Le cours commence dans dix minutes. The class starts in ten minutes. |
| onze /ɔ̃z/ | eleven | Il est onze heures du matin. It is eleven in the morning. |
| douze /duz/ | twelve | Nous avons douze œufs pour le gâteau. We have twelve eggs for the cake. |
| treize /tʁɛz/ | thirteen | Ma sœur a treize ans aujourd'hui. My sister is thirteen years old today. |
| quatorze /katɔʁz/ | fourteen | Nous avons quatorze livres à la maison. We have fourteen books at home. |
| quinze /kɛ̃z/ | fifteen | Il y a quinze élèves dans la classe. There are fifteen students in the class. |
| seize /sɛz/ | sixteen | Mon cousin fête ses seize ans samedi. My cousin is celebrating turning sixteen on Saturday. |
| dix-sept /disɛt/ | seventeen | Il y a dix-sept livres sur la table. There are seventeen books on the table. |
| dix-huit /dizyit/ | eighteen | Elle a dix-huit ans cette année. She is eighteen years old this year. |
| dix-neuf /diznœf/ | nineteen | Nous avons dix-neuf invités ce soir. We have nineteen guests tonight. |
| vingt /vɛ̃/ | twenty | Cette chemise coûte vingt euros. This shirt costs twenty euros. |
| trente /tʁɑ̃t/ | thirty | Le trajet dure trente minutes environ. The journey takes about thirty minutes. |
| quarante /kaʁɑ̃t/ | forty | Mon père a quarante ans cette année. My father is forty years old this year. |
| cinquante /sɛ̃kɑ̃t/ | fifty | La chambre coûte cinquante euros par nuit. The room costs fifty euros per night. |
| soixante /swasɑ̃t/ | sixty | Le professeur a soixante livres ici. The teacher has sixty books here. |
| soixante-dix /swasɑ̃tdis/ | seventy | Ma grand-mère a soixante-dix ans. My grandmother is seventy years old. |
| quatre-vingts /katʁvɛ̃/ | eighty | La salle contient quatre-vingts personnes aujourd'hui. The room holds eighty people today. |
| quatre-vingt-dix /katʁvɛ̃dis/ | ninety | Le billet coûte quatre-vingt-dix euros. The ticket costs ninety euros. |
| cent /sɑ̃/ | hundred | Cette ville compte cent habitants. This town has a hundred inhabitants. |
| mille /mil/ | thousand | Le village est à mille mètres d'altitude. The village is at an altitude of a thousand meters. |
| million /miljɔ̃/ Million is a noun and normally takes an article. | million | La ville compte un million d'habitants. The city has a million inhabitants. |
| premier /pʁəmje/ Feminine: première. | first | C'est mon premier jour à Paris. This is my first day in Paris. |
| deuxième /døzjɛm/ | second | Elle habite au deuxième étage. She lives on the second floor. |
| troisième /tʁwazjɛm/ | third | Nous prenons la troisième rue à gauche. We take the third street on the left. |
| moitié /mwatje/ This feminine noun usually appears with an article. | half | Je mange la moitié du gâteau. I am eating half of the cake. |
The list on this page has 35 words. The first ones are zéro (zero), un (one), deux (two). Each comes with IPA, audio, a translation and an example sentence.
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