Numbers in French from 1 to 50

From 1 to 50

Learn 1 to 16 by heart. From 17, numbers join with a hyphen: dix-sept is "ten-seven".

21, 31 and 41 use et: vingt et un, trente et un. The others take a hyphen: vingt-deux, quarante-cinq.

The tens: vingt (20), trente (30), quarante (40), cinquante (50).

un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt, vingt et un, vingt-deux, vingt-trois, vingt-quatre, vingt-cinq

13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

vingt-six, vingt-sept, vingt-huit, vingt-neuf, trente, trente et un, trente-deux, trente-trois, trente-quatre, trente-cinq, trente-six, trente-sept, trente-huit

26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38

trente-neuf, quarante, quarante et un, quarante-deux, quarante-trois, quarante-quatre, quarante-cinq, quarante-six, quarante-sept, quarante-huit, quarante-neuf, cinquante

39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50

Useful words and phrases

zéro

zero

un

one

deux

two

trois

three

quatre

four

cinq

five

six

six

sept

seven

huit

eight

neuf

nine

dix

ten

onze

eleven

douze

twelve

treize

thirteen

quatorze

fourteen

quinze

fifteen

seize

sixteen

dix-sept

seventeen

dix-huit

eighteen

dix-neuf

nineteen

• un: With feminine words it's une: une salade.
• sept: The p is silent.
• onze: No elision before onze: le onze.
• dix-sept: Literally "ten-seven".
• dix-huit: The x sounds like z.
• dix-neuf: The x sounds like z.

How many boxes?

📦 Sam helps Madame Morel count boxes

1. Madame Morel

   Un, deux, trois… Il y a combien de cartons ?

   One, two, three… How many boxes are there?

2. Sam

   Dix, onze, douze… Il y en a quinze !

   Ten, eleven, twelve… There are fifteen!

3. Madame Morel

   Très bien. Et ton numéro de téléphone ?

   Very good. And your phone number?

4. Sam

   Zéro six, douze, trente-quatre, cinquante, dix-huit.

   Zero six, twelve, thirty-four, fifty, eighteen.

5. Madame Morel

   Merci, Sam !

   Thanks, Sam!