French Numbers from 1-100 with Audio. EASY Guide.

Are you learning to count numbers in French?

Want the whole rundown from 1 to 100? Then you’ll want this guide. Here, you learn the French numbers from 1 to 100. Plus, all the rules that help you understand how they work. And, there’s audio pronunciation.

So, here’s how you can use this French numbers guide:

• Print it and keep it for yourself
• Listen to the audio to hear the pronunciation
• Read the numbers out loud (or repeat as you hear them)
• Come back to this page and review often (no-one learns everything 100% on the first try)

And away we go…

A. French Numbers 1 to 10

Here are French numbers from 1 to 10.

Mastering them is a matter of practice and memorization. After you’re done reading through, if you want to hear the audio, press play on the player below the chart.

#	English	French
1	one	une
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

Listen to 1-10 in French to hear the pronunciation.

B. French numbers 11-19

You’ll need to memorize 11 to 16. But, from  17 to 19, a bit of simple math is used. Seventeen is ten plus seven, or “dix-sept.” Eighteen is ten plus eight or “dix-huit.” Nineteen is ten plus nine or “dix-neuf.”

#	English	French
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

Listen to the audio pronunciation for numbers 11-19 below.

C. Numbers 20-29

First, you need to know “twenty” which is “vingt.” Then, for 21, you add a “et” (meaning “and) and add the “un.” Then, for 22 to 29, you follow the vingt + <insert number from part A>.

Pay attention to the 21 exception. You’ll see it repeat in the higher numbers as well.

#	English	French
20	twenty	vingt
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

Recap:

• 20 is vingt
• For 22-29, use <vingt> + <number from 2-9>
• 21 requires an “et” (and) before the “un”

Listen to the audio pronunciation for numbers 21-29 below.

D. Numbers 31-39

The French thirties follow the same format as the twenties. Remember the “et un.”

#	English	French
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
38	thirty-eight	trente-huit
39	thirty-nine	trente neuf

Recap:

• 30 is trente
• For 32-23, use <trente> + <number from 2-9>
• 31 requires an “et” (and) before the “un”

Listen to the audio pronunciation for numbers 31-39 below.

E. Numbers 41-49

The forties follow the same pattern as the twenties and the thirties. Remember the “et un?” Of course you do.

#	English	French
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

Recap:

• 40 is quarante
• For 42-43, use <quarante> + <number from 2-9>
• 41 requires an “et” (and) before the “un”

Listen to the audio pronunciation for numbers 31-39 below.

F. Numbers 51-59

50 is cinquante. At this point, you should be a pro at counting from 20 to 59. Again, same rules. Add “Et” to the 51 and the rest are the same.

#	English	French
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

Recap:

• 50 is cinquante
• For 42-43, use <cinquante> + <number from 2-9>
• 51 requires an “et” (and) before the “un”

Listen to the audio pronunciation for French numbers below.

G. Numbers 61-69

60 is soixante.  Again, same rules. Add “Et” to the 61 and the rest are the same. You should be a French numbers pro now.

#	English	French
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

Recap:

• 60 is soixante
• For 42-43, use <soixante> + <number from 2-9>
• 61 requires an “et” (and) before the “un”

Listen to the audio pronunciation for French numbers below.

H. Numbers 71-79

Alright, here we take a bit of a twist.

• Seventy is French is “sixty + 10” or as you learned “soixante” and dix.”
• For 71 to 76, you take the sixty (soixante) and use the numbers 11-16 (from part B), as if you’re adding them.
• For  77 to 79, you’re back to the “sixty” “ten” and you’re adding in the numbers 7-9 (that you learned in part A).

#	English	French
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

Listen to the audio pronunciation for French numbers below.

I. Numbers 81-89

Eighty also doesn’t have a word in French. Instead, they say “quatre” and “vingts.” You already learned these words; they mean “four” and “twenties.” So, in French, 80 is literally said as “four twenties.” Then, to say the number 81 to 89, you just add the numbers 1 to 9 (which you learned at the start)

•  80 in French is 4 20s (quatre vingts)
• For 81-89, you take “quatre vingt” and add any number from 1-9 (from “un” to “neuf”).

#	English	French
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

Listen to the audio pronunciation for French numbers below.

J. French Numbers 99-100

Next are the 90s. Again, we do mathematical gymnastics to say this in French. So, 90 in French is 4, 20, 10 — meaning four twenties (which is 80) plus 10 (which brings you to 90.)

•  90 in French is 4 20s plus 10 (quatre vingt dix)
• So, for 90 to 96, you take the “quatre vingt” (80) and use 11 to 16 (that you learned in Part B).
• From 97 to 99, you’re back to  “quatre vingt dix” and add the numbers 7 to 9 ( that you learned in Part A.
• And 100 is French is easy. Just “cent.”

#	English	French
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

Listen to the audio pronunciation for French numbers below.

Conclusion

Now you know your French numbers. Well, hopefully. Remember, noone learns everything on the first try — not even geniuses. All it is is practice. So, review, review, review, and say these numbers out loud.

– The Main Lingua Junkie