Learn French numbers
Vigesimal counting — because 97 is quatre-vingt-dix-sept.
Real-world situations you'll practice
🕐Telling time
💰Currency & prices
📅Dates
📞Phone numbers
🎂Ages
🌡️Temperature
➗Arithmetic
📏Measurement
⏱️Duration
½Fractions
🔢Decimals
%Percentages
🏅Ranking
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Number System
Scale
Long (-illiards)
Grouping
By 3
Decade base
Hybrid (vigesimal 70/80/90)
Word order
Tens-units
Construction
Additive + multiplicative
What makes French numbers unique
1
Hybrid vigesimal: 70 = soixante-dix, 80 = quatre-vingts, 90 = quatre-vingt-dix
2
Two-way gender on numbers (un/une)
3
Long scale with milliard (10⁹)
4
Regional variants: BE/CH use septante, huitante, nonante