French Numbers 1 – 100
Numbers are everywhere — from telling the time and shopping at a market to giving your phone number or talking about dates. Learning French numbers might seem tricky at first, but once you get the patterns down, counting from 1 to 100 becomes easy and even fun!
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to confidently say, read, and use all the numbers from 1 to 100, plus some tips to help you remember them quickly.
You can download a free PDF of this lesson guide in my private French Grammar Library.
Numbers 1–10
1 – un (uh[n])
2 – deux (duh)
3 – trois (twah)
4 – quatre (kah-truh)
5 – cinq (sank)
6 – six (seess)
7 – sept (set)
8 – huit (wheat)
9 – neuf (nuhf)
10 – dix (deess)
Numbers 11–16
11 – onze
12 – douze
13 – treize
14 – quatorze
15 – quinze
16 – seize
Numbers 17–19
17 – dix-sept (10 + 7)
18 – dix-huit (10 + 8)
19 – dix-neuf (10 + 9)
Tens: 20 to 60
20 – vingt
30 – trente
40 – quarante
50 – cinquante
60 – soixante
Numbers between these are built with hyphens.
22 = vingt-deux
35 = trente-cinq
Only 21, 31, 41, 51, and 61 use “et un” (e.g., vingt et un, trente et un)
Tricky part: Numbers 70–100
70 = soixante-dix (60 + 10)
71 = soixante et onze (60 + 11)
72 = soixante-douze
79 = soixante-dix-neuf
80 = quatre-vingts (4 x 20)
81 = quatre-vingt-un (no “et”)
82 = quatre-vingt-deux
89 = quatre-vingt-neuf
90 = quatre-vingt-dix
91 = quatre-vingt-onze
99 = quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
100 = cent
Pronunciation Practice
Practice tricky numbers like:
huit (sounds like wheat)
neuf (rhymes with “nuhf”)
vingt (the ‘t’ is silent unless followed by another number)
quatre-vingts: drop the final “s” when followed by another number (e.g. quatre-vingt-un)
| 1 | un |
| 2 | deux |
| 3 | trois |
| 4 | quatre |
| 5 | cinq |
| 6 | six |
| 7 | sept |
| 8 | huit |
| 9 | neuf |
| 10 | dix |
| 11 | onze |
| 12 | douze |
| 13 | treize |
| 14 | quatorze |
| 15 | quinze |
| 16 | seize |
| 17 | dix-sept |
| 18 | dix-huit |
| 19 | dix-neuf |
| 20 | vingt |
| 21 | vingt-et-un |
| 22 | vingt-deux |
| 23 | vingt-trois |
| 24 | vingt-quatre |
| 25 | vingt-cinq |
| 26 | vingt-six |
| 27 | vingt-sept |
| 28 | vingt-huit |
| 29 | vingt-neuf |
| 30 | trente |
| 31 | trente-et-un |
| 32 | trente-deux |
| 33 | trente-trois |
| 34 | trente-quatre |
| 35 | trente-cinq |
| 36 | trente-six |
| 37 | trente-sept |
| 38 | trente-huit |
| 39 | trente-neuf |
| 40 | quarante |
| 41 | quarante-et-un |
| 42 | quarante-deux |
| 43 | quarante-trois |
| 44 | quarante-quatre |
| 45 | quarante-cinq |
| 46 | quarante-six |
| 47 | quarante-sept |
| 48 | quarante-huit |
| 49 | quarante-neuf |
| 50 | cinquante |
| 51 | cinquante-et-un |
| 52 | cinquante-deux |
| 53 | cinquante-trois |
| 54 | cinquante-quatre |
| 55 | cinquante-cinq |
| 56 | cinquante-six |
| 57 | cinquante-sept |
| 58 | cinquante-huit |
| 59 | cinquante-neuf |
| 60 | soixante |
| 61 | soixante-et-un |
| 62 | soixante-deux |
| 63 | soixante-trois |
| 64 | soixante-quatre |
| 65 | soixante-cinq |
| 66 | soixante-six |
| 67 | soixante-sept |
| 68 | soixante-huit |
| 69 | soixante-neuf |
| 70 | soixante-dix |
| 71 | soixante-et-onze |
| 72 | soixante-douze |
| 73 | soixante-treize |
| 74 | soixante-quatorze |
| 75 | soixante-quinze |
| 76 | soixante-seize |
| 77 | soixante-dix-sept |
| 78 | soixante-dix-huit |
| 79 | soixante-dix-neuf |
| 80 | quatre-vingts |
| 81 | quatre-vingt-un |
| 82 | quatre-vingt-deux |
| 83 | quatre-vingt-trois |
| 84 | quatre-vingt-quatre |
| 85 | quatre-vingt-cinq |
| 86 | quatre-vingt-six |
| 87 | quatre-vingt-sept |
| 88 | quatre-vingt-huit |
| 89 | quatre-vingt-neuf |
| 90 | quatre-vingt-dix |
| 91 | quatre-vingt-onze |
| 92 | quatre-vingt-douze |
| 93 | quatre-vingt-treize |
| 94 | quatre-vingt-quatorze |
| 95 | quatre-vingt-quinze |
| 96 | quatre-vingt-seize |
| 97 | quatre-vingt-dix-sept |
| 98 | quatre-vingt-dix-huit |
| 99 | quatre-vingt-dix-neuf |
| 100 | cent |
