Numbers 1 to 100 in French (in words)
| Number | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | un | one |
| 2 | deux | two |
| 3 | trois | three |
| 4 | quatre | four |
| 5 | cinq | five |
| 6 | six | six |
| 7 | sept | seven |
| 8 | huit | eight |
| 9 | neuf | nine |
| 10 | dix | ten |
| 11 | onze | eleven |
| 12 | douze | twelve |
| 13 | treize | thirteen |
| 14 | quatorze | fourteen |
| 15 | quinze | fifteen |
| 16 | seize | sixteen |
| 17 | dix-sept | seventeen |
| 18 | dix-huit | eighteen |
| 19 | dix-neuf | nineteen |
| 20 | vingt | twenty |
| 21 | vingt et un | twenty-one |
| 22 | vingt-deux | twenty-two |
| 23 | vingt-trois | twenty-three |
| 24 | vingt-quatre | twenty-four |
| 25 | vingt-cinq | twenty-five |
| 26 | vingt-six | twenty-six |
| 27 | vingt-sept | twenty-seven |
| 28 | vingt-huit | twenty-eight |
| 29 | vingt-neuf | twenty-nine |
| 30 | trente | thirty |
| 31 | trente et un | thirty-one |
| 32 | trente-deux | thirty-two |
| 33 | trente-trois | thirty-three |
| 34 | trente-quatre | thirty-four |
| 35 | trente-cinq | thirty-five |
| 36 | trente-six | thirty-six |
| 37 | trente-sept | thirty-seven |
| 38 | trente-huit | thirty-eight |
| 39 | trente-neuf | thirty-nine |
| 40 | quarante | forty |
| 41 | quarante et un | forty-one |
| 42 | quarante-deux | forty-two |
| 43 | quarante-trois | forty-three |
| 44 | quarante-quatre | forty-four |
| 45 | quarante-cinq | forty-five |
| 46 | quarante-six | forty-six |
| 47 | quarante-sept | forty-seven |
| 48 | quarante-huit | forty-eight |
| 49 | quarante-neuf | forty-nine |
| 50 | cinquante | fifty |
| 51 | cinquante et un | fifty-one |
| 52 | cinquante-deux | fifty-two |
| 53 | cinquante-trois | fifty-three |
| 54 | cinquante-quatre | fifty-four |
| 55 | cinquante-cinq | fifty-five |
| 56 | cinquante-six | fifty-six |
| 57 | cinquante-sept | fifty-seven |
| 58 | cinquante-huit | fifty-eight |
| 59 | cinquante-neuf | fifty-nine |
| 60 | soixante | sixty |
| 61 | soixante et un | sixty-one |
| 62 | soixante-deux | sixty-two |
| 63 | soixante-trois | sixty-three |
| 64 | soixante-quatre | sixty-four |
| 65 | soixante-cinq | sixty-five |
| 66 | soixante-six | sixty-six |
| 67 | soixante-sept | sixty-seven |
| 68 | soixante-huit | sixty-eight |
| 69 | soixante-neuf | sixty-nine |
| 70 | soixante-dix | seventy |
| 71 | soixante et onze | seventy-one |
| 72 | soixante-douze | seventy-two |
| 73 | soixante-treize | seventy-three |
| 74 | soixante-quatorze | seventy-four |
| 75 | soixante-quinze | seventy-five |
| 76 | soixante-seize | seventy-six |
| 77 | soixante-dix-sept | seventy-seven |
| 78 | soixante-dix-huit | seventy-eight |
| 79 | soixante-dix-neuf | seventy-nine |
| 80 | quatre-vingts | eighty |
| 81 | quatre-vingt-un | eighty-one |
| 82 | quatre-vingt-deux | eighty-two |
| 83 | quatre-vingt-trois | eighty-three |
| 84 | quatre-vingt-quatre | eighty-four |
| 85 | quatre-vingt-cinq | eighty-five |
| 86 | quatre-vingt-six | eighty-six |
| 87 | quatre-vingt-sept | eighty-seven |
| 88 | quatre-vingt-huit | eighty-eight |
| 89 | quatre-vingt-neuf | eighty-nine |
| 90 | quatre-vingt-dix | ninety |
| 91 | quatre-vingt-onze | ninety-one |
| 92 | quatre-vingt-douze | ninety-two |
| 93 | quatre-vingt-treize | ninety-three |
| 94 | quatre-vingt-quatorze | ninety-four |
| 95 | quatre-vingt-quinze | ninety-five |
| 96 | quatre-vingt-seize | ninety-six |
| 97 | quatre-vingt-dix-sept | ninety-seven |
| 98 | quatre-vingt-dix-huit | ninety-eight |
| 99 | quatre-vingt-dix-neuf | ninety-nine |
| 100 | cent | one hundred |
Numbers in French start easily, un, deux, trois, and then hold a famous surprise after sixty. This page has a 1 to 100 number chart with clear French audio. Tap any number to hear it in French and English, or press Count with me to count 1 to 10, 1 to 20 or all the way to cent. Below you will find simple ways to explain the tricky numbers, and games French families play every day.
Numbers 1 to 10 in French
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix. Listen carefully to the endings: French often drops the last letter, so deux sounds like "duh", and huit sounds like "weet". Un is a nasal sound, said partly through the nose. The best first rhyme is « Un, deux, trois, nous irons au bois » ("One, two, three, we'll go to the woods"), which every child in France knows. It counts to twelve with a little story, so children learn numbers without noticing.
Numbers 11 to 20: the teens
From 11 to 16 each number has its own name: onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze, seize. From 17 to 19 French switches to "ten-seven, ten-eight, ten-nine": dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf. Then comes vingt (20). After 20, the pattern is regular: vingt et un (with "and"), then vingt-deux, vingt-trois with a hyphen. The same happens at 31, 41, 51 and 61: trente et un, quarante et un.
Why 70, 80 and 90 are special
Here is the part every French learner remembers. French counts to soixante (60) normally, then keeps going on top of it:
| Number | French | Literally |
|---|---|---|
| 70 | soixante-dix | sixty-ten |
| 71 | soixante et onze | sixty and eleven |
| 77 | soixante-dix-sept | sixty-ten-seven |
| 80 | quatre-vingts | four twenties |
| 81 | quatre-vingt-un | four twenties one |
| 90 | quatre-vingt-dix | four twenties ten |
| 99 | quatre-vingt-dix-neuf | four twenties ten nine |
This counting in twenties is very old, and for children it can become a puzzle rather than a problem. Show 80 with four groups of 20 buttons, and ask "How many twenties?" Quatre-vingts! Notice that 80 takes an s, but 81 does not.
Septante and nonante: French in Belgium and Switzerland
Not every French speaker counts this way. In Belgium and Switzerland, 70 is septante and 90 is nonante, and in parts of Switzerland 80 is huitante. So 97 in Brussels is nonante-sept, while in Paris it is quatre-vingt-dix-sept. Canada and most of Africa count like France. The chart here uses the France forms, but if your family is Belgian or Swiss, teach your own words proudly; children understand both.
Counting in tens
Dix, vingt, trente, quarante, cinquante, soixante, soixante-dix, quatre-vingts, quatre-vingt-dix, cent. Use Count with me and stop on each ten. Children who know 1-10 and the tens can build any number up to 69, and the twenties pattern then takes them to 100.
Counting games French families play
- Hide and seek: cache-cache. The seeker counts to dix or vingt with eyes closed.
- Hopscotch: la marelle, drawn in chalk from terre (earth) to ciel (sky), with numbers in each box.
- Market maths: at the marché, count apples or clementines into the bag.
- Finger rhymes: hold up fingers and count on both hands, un to dix.
Every finished game on the chart adds a marble to the Goli Jar. Tap the jar and count the marbles in French together.
What to expect by age
At 2-3, children recite un, deux, trois and may skip numbers. At 3-4, they count up to five or ten objects, touching each one. At 4-5, as in moyenne section, they count to 20 or 30 and compare "more" and "fewer". At 5-6, many count to 100, though 70 to 99 often take extra time even for French children. That is normal. For English counting, try counting 1 to 100 or counting 1 to 10, and for another language see numbers in Spanish. Print this page from your browser if you want the chart on paper.
On compte ensemble !
Compter en français, c'est facile au début : un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq. Comptez les marches de l'escalier, les voitures rouges et les petits pois dans l'assiette. Si votre enfant saute un nombre, ce n'est pas grave ; recommencez doucement ensemble.
Pour soixante-dix et quatre-vingts, utilisez des boutons ou des pâtes : quatre groupes de vingt font quatre-vingts. Et n'oubliez pas de compter les billes dans le bocal de Golu à la fin de chaque partie !
How to use this page at home
Say it, then find it
Play for a few minutes, then look for the same thing away from the screen: french words on the shelf, in the kitchen, on the way to school. A child learns a word properly when they meet it twice, once on the screen and once in their hand.
Ten minutes is enough
Short and happy beats long and tired. Stop while your child still wants more, and come back tomorrow: the same page on five short days teaches far more than one long sitting. Nothing here is scored, so there is no reason to push.
Use both languages
Tap the language button at the top to hear the words in your home language first and the second language after. Hearing the same picture named in two languages is one of the few things research agrees builds attention as well as vocabulary.
