Numbers in French: Learn How To Count Properly Up To 100

Numbers are always around us: you go out at night and meet someone who will ask you: “What’s your telephone number?” You go to a shop and while the salesclerk fills out the receipt, he might ask: “Can I have your address, please?”. On Sunday you go to the market and you want to buy some oranges, you will need to confirm their price and then the seller will ask you: How many oranges do you want? If you pay your GP by check, you’ll have to write the exact amount in letters. If you are going to be hired in a new job, you will need to find out what your salary will be… To put it in a nutshell: Even if you hate mathematics, numbers are an essential part of our daily life. And for this reason, we have written this article whose aim is to guide you to master numbers in French. Here you will find:

Some explanations about how to write numbers in French
Tables with numbers from 0 to 100

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Numbers from 0 to 20 in French

Maybe you are already familiar with the numbers from 0 to 20. However, it’s always good to start from zero. This will allow you to have solid bases.

Some numbers are written with a single word. These are: numbers up to 16.
Also, the tens up to 60: twenty, thirty, forty, fifty and sixty.
100 and 1000: cent et mille.

Numbers from 0 to 20 – Les nombres de 0 à 20

Number	English	Français
0	zero	zéro
1	one	un
2	two	deux
3	three	trois
4	four	quatre
5	five	cinq
6	six	six
7	seven	sept
8	eight	huit
9	nine	neuf
10	ten	dix
11	eleven	onze
12	twelve	douze
13	thirteen	treize
14	fourteen	quatorze
15	fifteen	quinze
16	sixteen	seize
17	seventeen	dix-sept
18	eighteen	dix-huit
19	nineteen	dix-neuf
20	twenty	vingt

Numbers from 21 to 29

When it is not possible to write numbers in a simple word, they are composed of several simple words. In 1990, L’Académie française introduced a spelling reform that simplified the writing of numbers. All numbers composed of two or more words, including large numbers, now are joined with hyphens (hyphen = trait d’union):

You may find the numbers ending in 1 after the number 20 (21, 31, 41, etc.) with two different spellings; the traditional and the rectified one.

Traditional spelling (before 1990)	Rectified Spelling (after the 1990’s reform)
vingt et un	vingt-et-un
cent soixante-huit	cent-soixante-huit
cent mille deux cent cinquante-huit	cent-mille-deux-cent-cinquante-huit
deux millions trois cents	deux-millions-trois-cents

Numbers from 21 to 29 – Les nombres de 21 à 29

Number	English	Français
21	twenty-one	vingt-et-un
22	twenty-two	vingt-deux
23	twenty-three	vingt-trois
24	twenty-four	vingt-quatre
25	twenty-five	vingt-cinq
26	twenty-six	vingt-six
27	twenty-seven	vingt-sept
28	twenty-eight	vingt-huit
29	twenty-nine	vingt-neuf

Numbers from 30 to 69

To write the numbers from 20 to 69 in French, you just add the single number (units) to the tens number. Remember that a hyphen is always used to join the two numbers together.

trente (30) + sept (7) = trente-sept (37)
quarante (40) + neuf (9) = quarante-neuf (49)

Numbers from 30 to 69 – Nombres de 30 à 69

Number	English	Français
30	thirty	trente
31	thirty-one	trente-et-un
32	thirty-two	trente-deux
33	thirty-three	trente-trois
34	thirty-four	trente-quatre
35	thirty-five	trente-cinq
36	thirty-six	trente-six
37	thirty-seven	trente-sept
37	thirty-eight	trente-huit
39	thirty-nine	trente-neuf
40	forty	quarante
41	forty-one	quarante-et-un
42	forty-two	quarante-deux
43	forty-three	quarante-trois
44	forty-four	quarante-quatre
45	forty-five	quarante-cinq
46	forty-six	quarante-six
47	forty-seven	quarante-sept
48	forty-eight	quarante-huit
49	forty-nine	quarante-neuf
50	fifty	cinquante
51	fifty-one	cinquante-et-un
52	fifty-two	cinquante-deux
53	fifty-three	cinquante-trois
54	fifty-four	cinquante-quatre
55	fifty-five	cinquante-cinq
56	fifty-six	cinquante-six
57	fifty-seven	cinquante-sept
58	fifty-eight	cinquante-huit
59	fifty-nine	cinquante-neuf
60	sixty	soixante
61	sixty-one	soixante-et-un
62	sixty-two	soixante-deux
63	sixty-three	soixante-trois
64	sixty-four	soixante-quatre
65	sixty-five	soixante-cinq
66	sixty-six	soixante-six
67	sixty-seven	soixante-sept
68	sixty-eight	soixante-huit
69	sixty-nine	soixante-neuf

Numbers from 70 to 80

And guess what! A different rule applies for the numbers after 69. Pay attention: The number 70 in French is written like this: soixante-dix. As you can notice, it is a combination of soixante (60) + dix (10). The numbers from 70 follow the same pattern of 60 + a number from 10 to 19.

Numbers from 70 to 80 – Nombres de 70 à 80

Number	English	Français
70	seventy	soixante-dix
71	seventy-one	soixante-et-onze
72	seventy-two	soixante-douze
73	seventy-three	soixante-treize
74	seventy-four	soixante-quatorze
75	seventy-five	soixante-quinze
76	seventy-six	soixante-seize
77	seventy-seven	soixante-dix-sept
78	seventy-eight	soixante-dix-huit
79	seventy-nine	soixante-dix-neuf
80	eighty	quatre-vingts

Numbers from 80 to 89

From 80 to 89 there is another change: You must write “80” like saying “4 twenties,” that is to say: quatre-vingts. But then from 81, you must omit the “s.” For example: “quatre-vingt-un.”

Number	English	Français
80	eighty	quatre-vingts
81	eighty-one	quatre-vingt-un
82	eighty-two	quatre-vingt-deux
83	eighty-three	quatre-vingt-trois
84	eighty-four	quatre-vingt-quatre
85	eighty-five	quatre-vingt-cinq
86	eighty-six	quatre-vingt-six
87	eighty-seven	quatre-vingt-sept
88	eighty-eight	quatre-vingt-huit
89	eighty-nine	quatre-vingt-neuf

Numbers from 90 to 100

You must write the number 90 in French like this: “quatre-vingt-dix.” As you will have guessed, that it is a combination of “quatre-vingt” (80) + “dix” (10)

From 90 to 99, you just need to follow the same pattern: 80 + a number from 10-19.

Numbers from 90 to 100- Nombres de 90 à 100

Number	English	Français
90	ninety	quatre-vingt-dix
91	ninety-one	quatre-vingt-onze
92	ninety-two	quatre-vingt-douze
93	ninety-three	quatre-vingt-treize
94	ninety-four	quatre-vingt-quatorze
95	ninety-five	quatre-vingt-quinze
96	ninety-six	quatre-vingt-seize
97	ninety-seven	quatre-vingt-dix-sept
98	ninety-eight	quatre-vingt-dix-huit
99	ninety-nine	quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
100	one hundred	cent

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