🔢Numbers

Zero to ten, twenty, hundred, thousand — enough to shop, count and bargain.

14 concepts

Columns follow the languages switched on at the top. Gender after the word (m/f/n); IPA beneath; notes, alternatives and origins underneath — nothing is hidden.

Concept	English	Français	Español
zero noun	zero also: nought, oh (phone numbers), nil (football) English has a zoo of zeros: oh, nought, nil, love (tennis).	zéro	cero /ˈseɾo/ in Latin America (seseo).
one noun	one The spelling hides a w-sound: rhymes with fun.	un The only number that agrees: un livre / une maison. Same word as the article 'a'.	uno Uno counts; before nouns it becomes un / una: un libro, una casa.
two noun	two Silent w; homophone of to and too.	deux Final x silent — until liaison: deux ans /døzɑ̃/.	dos
three noun	three The th learners dread — not tree, not free.	trois Liaison: trois ans /tʁwazɑ̃/.	tres
four noun	four Homophone of 'for'. Forty drops the u that four keeps.	quatre	cuatro
five noun	five	cinq Final q sounds as /k/ — often dropped before a consonant: cinq cents /sɛ̃sɑ̃/.	cinco
six noun	six	six Three sounds, one number: /sis/ alone, /si/ before a consonant (six mois), /siz/ before a vowel (six ans).	seis
seven noun	seven	sept The p is silent.	siete
eight noun	eight Silent gh; homophone of ate.	huit The h blocks elision (le huit) but not much else. /ɥi/ before a consonant: huit jours.	ocho
nine noun	nine	neuf Also 'new'. The f turns to /v/ before ans and heures: neuf ans /nœvɑ̃/.	nueve
ten noun	ten	dix Behaves like six: /dis/ alone, /di/ before a consonant, /diz/ before a vowel (dix ans).	diez
twenty noun	twenty Stress splits teens from tens: thirTEEN vs THIRty — mishear it and you're 43 years off.	vingt Past 69 French does maths: 70 = soixante-dix (60+10), 80 = quatre-vingts (4×20), 90 = quatre-vingt-dix. Belgium and Switzerland just say septante and nonante.	veinte 21–29 fuse into single words: veintiuno, veintidós… (from 31 they split again: treinta y uno).
hundred noun	hundred Needs a or one: a hundred people, never bare 'hundred people'.	cent Plural -s only when nothing follows: deux cents, but deux cent un. Same rule hits quatre-vingts.	cien also: ciento (101–199) Cien = exactly 100; ciento uno = 101. The hundreds agree: doscientas casas.
thousand noun	thousand Needs a or one, like hundred. Thousands separator: comma in English, dot or space on the continent.	mille Invariable: deux mille, never 'deux milles'. Un millier = about a thousand.	mil No un: mil euros = a thousand euros. Miles de = thousands of.