Questions tagged [nombres]

Expression et usage des nombres (ordinaux ou cardinaux)

Cette étiquette concerne les nombres (cardinaux ou ordinaux, comme dix-huit ou dix-huitième). Pour le nombre grammatical (singulier ou pluriel) et les accords, utiliser l'étiquette .

This tag is about numbers (ordinal or cardinal), the ways to express them and their usage. For grammatical number (singular or plural) and number agreement, use the tag .

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Treize, quatorze, quinze, seize

French has specific words for 13, 14, 15, 16 when other neighboring languages (e.g. English, Dutch) have specific words only up to 12 and regular forms for 13–19. Is this phenomenon specific to French? If so, how did it come about? Or does French…
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How do French feel about calling binary digits 'bits'?

I'd like to get the reference here. He mentions that calling ternary digits 'trits' might feel strange to an English speaker, but to French speakers, even shortening binary digits to 'bits', which is of course pretty common, might feel just as…
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Chapitre un, chapitre 1 ou chapitre premier

Je vois "chapitre premier, tome second..." utilisés dans les livres anciens. La majorité des livres (scientifiques au moins) utilise "chapitre 1, tome 2" qui signifient "chapitre №1, tome №2". Doit-on (ou bien est-il préférable d')…
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French numerals: the reason/historical background of using "vingt" to form 80 and 90

Why in French numerals number "vingt" is being used to form 80 & 90 instead of more convential number formation related with nymber 8 and 9 respectively like in English? It's somehow reminds me old English monetary system which was too difficult to…
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What is the authoritative source for how to write French numbers?

I am not sure how to write French numbers because teaching websites do not all follow the same rules, in terms of the hyphens, use of "et," etc. Here is an example of two sites that show up when I google French numbers from 1 to…
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What is the correct French spelling of a decimal number like 3.14?

In German I would say for the number 3.14 "drei komma vierzehn" or "drei komma eins vier" which is both used (although in case of Pi which is special, I think people more often say "drei komma vierzehn"). In English this is "three point fourteen"…
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Large numbers in French

Are the following correct? 198,647: cent-quatre-vingt-dix-huit-mille-six-cent-quarante-sept 318,431: trois-cent-dix-huit-mille-quatre-cent-trente-un 2,857,566: deux-millions-huit-cent-cinquante-sept-mille-cinq-cent-soixante-six Thank you.
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"une dizaine de fois" vs "une douzaine de fois": Which phrasing comes more naturally to French speakers?

J'ai déjà dû répéter tout ça une dizaine de fois. J'ai déjà dû répéter tout ça une douzaine de fois. Here, I'm not talking about the exact number of times I've done something, but rather I want to emphasise a moderately large number. I wonder…
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How can I say "one half" in French?

How can I say "one half" (1/2) in French? I just know that it will "une" something. Thank you in advanced.
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How can we write 177,07 in words in French ?

I'm new to French, and trying to write this number in words in French? 177,07
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