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French Numbers and Counting: 60 to 99 - Lawless French Number Lesson
January 1, 2025 - The numbers 60 to 69 follow the same rules as 20 to 59. Things start getting weird at 70 because standard French* doesn’t have a new “tens” word here; instead, soixante is kept and the “ones” just continue climbing into the teens:
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4.4 Les Nombres 60-100 – Introduction to French
August 16, 2017 - Listen to the French pronunciations using the following audio recording. https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/233/2017/07/4.4-Les-Nombres-60-100.mp3 · In most French-speaking countries, including France, Canada, and former French colonies in Africa and the Caribbean, numbers from 60 to 100 are counted by 20s instead of by 10s.
Why do numbers get weird around 60 in French?
From Wikipedia: The reintroduction of a vigesimal system of counting by increments of 20 (e.g. soixante-dix "70" lit. "sixty-ten"; quatre-vingts "80" lit. "four-twenties"; quatre-vingt-dix "90" lit. "four-twenty-ten") is due to North Germanic influence, first appearing in Normandy, in northern France. From there, it spread south after the formation of the French Republic, replacing the typical Romance forms still used today in Belgian and Swiss French. The current vigesimal system was introduced by the Vikings and adopted by the Normans who popularised its use (cf Danish tresindstyve, literally 2 times 30, or 60; English four score and seven for 87)[citation needed]. Pre-Roman Celtic languages in Gaul also made use of a vigesimal system, but this system largely vanished early in French linguistic history or became severely marginalised in its range. The Nordic vigesimal system may possibly derive ultimately from the Celtic. Old French also had treis vingts, cinq vingts. (cf. Welsh ugain "20", deugain "40", pedwar ugain "80" lit. "four-twenties"). EDIT: Are there any other languages that count like this? Pretty close, at least. More on reddit.com
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List of numbers from 60 to 69 in French French grammar from Kwiziq French
A useful French vocabulary list of numbers from 60 to 69. Brush up on List of numbers from 60 to 69 in French with Kwiziq French
French Numbers
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French Numbers 51-60 - Learn How To Say And Spell French Numbers
March 3, 2023 - We’ve given a rough pronunciation but if your want to hear how it sounds make sure to play the video. Numbers 51 to 60 in French are: cinquante et un, cinquante-deux, cinquante-trois, cinquante-quatre, cinquante-cinq, cinquante-six,cinquante-sept, cinquante-huit, cinquante-neuf and soixante.
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r/linguistics on Reddit: Why do numbers get weird around 60 in French?
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In French, soixante (60) is the last iteration of ten to have its own word. Going higher, such as seventy is soixant dix (60-10), eighty is quatre vingt (4-20), 90 is quatre vingt dix (4-20-10).
What's with this?
Does this date back to a base-six system? Shouldn't that mean everything stops at 5?
Are there any other languages that count like this?
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From Wikipedia: The reintroduction of a vigesimal system of counting by increments of 20 (e.g. soixante-dix "70" lit. "sixty-ten"; quatre-vingts "80" lit. "four-twenties"; quatre-vingt-dix "90" lit. "four-twenty-ten") is due to North Germanic influence, first appearing in Normandy, in northern France. From there, it spread south after the formation of the French Republic, replacing the typical Romance forms still used today in Belgian and Swiss French. The current vigesimal system was introduced by the Vikings and adopted by the Normans who popularised its use (cf Danish tresindstyve, literally 2 times 30, or 60; English four score and seven for 87)[citation needed]. Pre-Roman Celtic languages in Gaul also made use of a vigesimal system, but this system largely vanished early in French linguistic history or became severely marginalised in its range. The Nordic vigesimal system may possibly derive ultimately from the Celtic. Old French also had treis vingts, cinq vingts. (cf. Welsh ugain "20", deugain "40", pedwar ugain "80" lit. "four-twenties"). EDIT: Are there any other languages that count like this? Pretty close, at least.
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Also septante, huitante/octante and nonante, combinations of which are mostly used in Acadian, Swiss and Belgian French.
Busuu
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French Numbers: How to Count From 1 to 100 - Busuu
See, counting to 100 in French includes doing a little math! Fortunately, once you have it down, it makes remembering the names of the numbers fairly straightforward. Check it out. So, as you can see, 70 becomes soixante-dix, 60-10, 71 is soixante-et-onze, 60-and-11, and so on up to 80.
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The French Experiment
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Numbers in French - Free Online French Lessons
Just swap vingt for one of these numbers instead: 30 · trente · 40 · quarante · 50 · cinquante · 60 · soixante · Things get a little curlier when you reach 70, where instead of having a word for "70" in itself, you instead say "sixty-ten", as in "sixty plus ten".
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French Numbers 1-60 Flashcards | Quizlet
AISD Discovering French II: Rappel 3 Activities (i) 16 terms · AISDFL · Preview · 文法解密 Day02 · 37 terms · SUGO30 · Preview · Terms in this set (60) 1 · un · 2 · deux · 3 · trois · 4 · quatre · 5 · cinq · 6 · Six · 7 · sept · 8 · huit · 9 ·
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Woodward French
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November 17, 2019 - The numbers after 69 follow a different rule that what you may be used to. The number 70 in French is soixante-dix. You will notice that it is a combination of soixante (60) + dix (10) The rest of the numbers in the 70s follow the same pattern of 60 + a number from 10-19.
A Cup of French
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French numbers 60-99 🧮 | A Cup of French
July 5, 2023 - Here are the numbers from 60 to 99 in French. Note that with the numbers 61, 71, you have to use ET without hyphen.
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Collins Dictionary
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French Translation of “SIXTY” | Collins English-French Dictionary
November 9, 2025 - Sixty is the number 60. ... Drag the correct answer into the box. ... Drag the correct answer into the box. ... This edition covers the French noun chose, meaning 'thing', 'object', or 'matter'. Learn its use in context and explore examples with its plural form!
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How to Count from 60 to 70 in French << French Language & Culture :: WonderHowTo
Watch to learn how to say the numbers from sixty to seventy in French.soixante - sixtysoixante et un - sixty-onesoixante-deux - sixty-twosoixante-trois -...
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French Numbers 10 -20 (30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100) Flashcards | Quizlet
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Nevertheless, the numbers 70 through 99 still follow this system. The numbers 40 and 60 used to be: 40 = ''2 20'' or deux-vingts, short for ''2 times 20'' and 60 = ''3 20'' or trois-vingts, short for ''3 times 20''.
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Les Nombres: How To Count To 99 In French | Beelinguapp Blog
August 6, 2025 - Quick tips: 50 or Cinquante is always an independent number. 51 is cinquante-et-un; the “et” and the hyphen (-) are important when writing cinquante-et-un. With 52 to 59, you simply add the additional number to Cinquante.
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What is the origin of the French counting from 60 to 100 in twenties? - Quora
Answer (1 of 6): French is not the only language that uses a non-base-10 counting system [1] So, as odd as it seems, it isn’t the only case in the world where numbers are enumerated a little differently from what you may be accustomed in your native tongue. But, why? This goes back to my days...