Cardinal numbers 1-69

Cardinal numbers are numbers used in counting, like 1, 2 or 3.

Table 63.2a: List of cardinal numbers

French	English
zéro	nought
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
vingt	twenty
vingt et un	twenty-one
vingt-deux	twenty-two
vingt-trois	twenty-three
trente	thirty
trente et un	thirty-one
trente-deux	thirty-two
quarante	forty
quarante et un	forty-one
quarante-deux	forty-two
cinquante	fifty
soixante	sixty

The French numbers 1 to 69 are formed in a similar way to English numbers, except that the numbers 21, 31 etc contain et:

vingt et un

twenty-one

trente et un

thirty-one

Notice that hyphens are used in numbers made up of more than one word:

dix-sept

seventeen

cinquante-cinq

fifty-five

Hyphens are not used, however, before and after et:

trente et un

thirty-one