Numbers in French

Details of how to count in French with cardinal and ordinal numbers.

Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine

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Notes

• Different words for 70, 80 and 90 are used in different French-speaking regions. In Standard French these numbers are soixante-dix, quatre-vingts and quatre-vingt-dix.
• In French-speaking parts of Switzerland septante, huitante and nonante are used, except in the Cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel and Jura, where quatre-vingts is generally used for 80, though huitante is becoming more common. In the past octante was used in Switzerland for 80, though this is now considered archaic.
• In French-speaking parts of Belgium, and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, septante and nonante are used for 70 and 90, while 80 is quatre-vingts.
• The abbrevation for premier is 1^er and première is 1^re or 1^ère. Other ordinal abbrevations are written with e or ^e, e.g. 2^e, 3^e, 4^e, or 2^ème, 3^ème, 4^ème. Roman numerals are also used II^e/ème, III^e/ème, IV^e/ème

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Links

Information about numbers and counting in French
https://frenchtogether.com/french-numbers/ (includes recordings)
http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/ss/numbers.htmr
http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/ordinalnumbers.htm
http://www.frenchnumbers.org.uk
http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/tutorials/numbers/
http://lingopolo.com/french/online-lessons/numbers/words
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language#Numerals

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