Les Nombres

1-16

In French, all numbers from 1 to 16 are unique.

Numbers between 17 and 69 work differently to numbers from 1-16, and have a predictable, but confusing pattern.

Digit	French	English	Notes
17	dix-sept	seventeen	Rule applies to all numbers 17-69 that end in 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9.
18	dix-huit	eighteen	Rule applies to all numbers 17-69 that end in 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9.
19	dix-neuf	nineteen	Rule applies to all numbers 17-69 that end in 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9.
20	vingt	twenty
21	vingt-et-un	twenty one	Rule applies to 21, 31, 41, 51 and 61.
22	vingt-deux	twenty two	Rule applies to all numbers 17-69 that end in 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9.
30	trente	thirty
40	quarante	forty
50	cinqante	fifty
60	soixante	sixty

Numbers between 70 and 100 follow a strange pattern.

Digit	French	English	Notes
70	soixante-dix	seventy
71	soixante et onze	seventy one
72	soixante-douze	seventy two	Rule applies to 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 and 79.
80	quatre-vingts	eighty	Only 80 is plural, all following numbers are not.
81	quatre-vingt-un	eighty one	Rule applies to 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 and 89.
82	quatre-vingt-deux	eighty two	Rule applies to 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 and 89.
90	quatre-vingt-dix	ninety
91	quatre-vingt-onze	ninety one	Rule applies to 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 and 99
92	quatre-vingt-douze	ninety two	Rule applies to 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 and 99
100	cent	one hundred

In other countries, the numbers are more similar to how they are in English.

In French, commas are used in place of full stops for numbers and spaces are used in place of commas.

In French, Phone Numbers are made up of ten numbers that are read in pairs.