What Are the French Numbers 21 to 60?

In this lesson, we learn how the numbers from 21 to 60 work in French.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as we go!

Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French for these words:

Part 1:

twenty-one	Show vingt-et-un
twenty-two	Show vingt-deux
twenty-three	Show vignt-trois
thirty	Show trente
thirty-one	Show trente-et-un

Part 2:

thirty-two	Show trente-deux
forty	Show quarante
forty-one	Show quarante-et-un
fifty	Show cinqante
sixty	Show soixante

Notes on Usage

What Are the Numbers From 21 to 29 in French?

All these numbers use the base number for twenty – vingt – plus the numerals from one to nine. You’ll notice is that twenty-one is ‘twenty-and-one’ in French (emphasized in the table below). The others do not use et in their formation, so the numbers from twenty to twenty-nine run like this:

twenty-one	vingt-et-un
twenty-two	vingt-deux
twenty-three	vingt-trois
twenty-four	vingt-quatre
twenty-five	vingt-cinq
twenty-six	vingt-six
twenty-seven	vingt-sept
twenty-eight	vingt-huit
twenty-nine	vingt-neuf

What Are the Numbers From 30 to 39 in French?

These follow the same format as the numbers in the twenties, with thirty-one requiring the linking word et. The numbers therefore are:

thirty	trente
thirty-one	trente-et-un
thirty-two	trente-deux
thirty-three	trente-trois
thirty-four	trente-quatre
thirty-five	trente-cinq
thirty-six	trente-six
thirty-seven	trente-sept
thirty-eight	trente-huit
thirty-nine	trente-neuf

What Are the Numbers From 40 to 49 in French?

The numbers forty to forty-nine follow the same pattern as the numbers in the twenties and thirties.

forty	quarante
forty-one	quarante-et-un
forty-two	quarante-deux
forty-three	quarante-trois
forty-four	quarante-quatre
forty-five	quarante-cinq
forty-six	quarante-six
forty-seven	quarante-sept
forty-eight	quarante-huit
forty-nine	quarante-neuf

What Are the Numbers From 50 to 59 in French?

Here we have the same pattern again, so the numbers in the fifties run as follows:

fifty	cinqante
fifty-one	cinqante-et-un
fifty-two	cinqante-deux
fifty-three	cinqante-trois
fifty-four	cinqante-quatre
fifty-five	cinqante-cinq
fifty-six	cinqante-six
fifty-seven	cinqante-sept
fifty-eight	cinqante-huit
fifty-nine	cinqante-neuf

We then round off with soixante – sixty.

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