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2. French Numbers / Les Numéros and Ordinals
| Zero | Zéro | zay-roh |
| One | Un | ahn |
| Two | Deux | duh |
| Three | Trois | twah |
| Four | Quatre | kat |
| Five | Cinq | sahn |
| Six | Six | seess |
| Seven | Sept | set |
| Eight | Huit | weet |
| Nine | Neuf | nuhf |
| Ten | Dix | deess |
| Eleven | Onze | ohnz |
| Twelve | Douze | dooz |
| Thirteen | Treize | trehz |
| Fourteen | Quatorze | kah-tohrz |
| Fifteen | Quinze | kanz |
| Sixteen | Seize | sez |
| Seventeen | Dix-sept | dee-set |
| Eighteen | Dix-huit | deez-weet |
| Nineteen | Dix-neuf | deez-nuhf |
| Twenty | Vingt | vahn |
| Twenty-one | Vingt et un | vahn tay ahn |
| Twenty-two | Vingt-deux | vahn duh |
| Twenty-three | Vingt-trois | vahn twah |
| Thirty | Trente | trawnt |
| Thirty-one | Trente et un | trawnt ay uhn |
| Thirty-two | Trente-deux | trawnt duh |
| Forty | Quarante | kuh-rawnt |
| Fifty | Cinquante | sank-awnt |
| Sixty | Soixante | swah-ssawnt |
| Seventy | Soixante-diz | swah-ssawnt deez |
| (Belgium & Switzerland) | Septante | seh-tahnt |
| Seventy-one | Soixante et onze | swah-ssawnt ay ohnz |
| Seventy-two | Soixante-douze | swah-ssawnt dooz |
| Eighty | Quatre-vingts | ka-truh vahn |
| (Belgium & Switzerland) | Huitante | weet-ahnt |
| Eighty-one | Quatre-vingt-un | ka-truh vahn tahn |
| Eighty-two | Quatre-vingt-deux | ka-truh vahn duh |
| Ninety | Quatre-vingt-dix | ka-truh vahn deez |
| (Belgium & Switzerland) | Nonante | noh-nahnt |
| Ninety-one | Quatre-vingt-onze | ka-truh vahn ohnz |
| Ninety-two | Quatre-vingt-douze | ka-truh vahn dooz |
| One Hundred | Cent | sawnt |
| One Hundred One | Cent un | sawnt ahn |
| Two Hundred | Deux cents | duh sawnt |
| Two Hundred One | Deux cent un | duh sawnt ahn |
| Thousand | Mille | meel |
| Two Thousand | Deux mille | duh meel |
| Million | Un million | ahn meel-ee-ohn |
Note: French switches the use of commas and periods. 1,00 would be 1.00 in English. Belgian and Swiss French use septante, huitante and nonante in place of the standard French words for 70, 80, and 90. Also, when the numbers 5, 6, 8, and 10 are used before a word beginning with a consonant, their final consonants are not pronounced.
Ordinal Numbers
| first | premier, première |
| second | deuxième |
| third | troisième |
| fourth | quatrième |
| fifth | cinquième |
| sixth | sixième |
| seventh | septième |
| eighth | huitième |
| ninth | neuvième |
| tenth | dixième |
| eleventh | onzième |
| twelfth | douzième |
| twentieth | vingtième |
| twenty-first | vingt et unième |
| thirtieth | trentième |
Note: The majority of numbers become ordinals by adding -ième. But if a number ends in an e, you must drop it before adding the -ième. After a q, you must add a u before the -ième. And an f becomes a v before the -ième.
