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Les nombres

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Numbers: Explore the French numerals used for counting, measuring, and ordering. Learn how to form and pronounce cardinal numbers (one, two, three, etc.) and ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.), as well as their use in various contexts.

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cardinaux / kaʁdino /adjective

expressing quantity, as opposed to ordinal

Nombres cardinaux:

Cardinal numbers:

nombre ordinalcompterquantité

finissent / fiˈnis /verb

to have as an end or final part

Les nombres qui finissent par un prennent "et" devant le "un".

Numbers that end with one take "et" before the "un".

termineraboutir àse terminer

aperçu / a pɛʁ sy /noun

a quick look or summary of something

Voici un aperçu des nombres en français.

Here is a brief overview of numbers in French.

la vue d'ensemblele résuméle survol

numérotation / ny.me.ʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃ /noun

the act, process, or system of assigning numbers

La numérotation a ses particularités.

The numbering has its own particularities.

système de numérationcompterchiffrage

virgule / viʁɡyl /noun

the decimal separator used in French numbers

La virgule, elle, sert à indiquer les décimales.

The comma, for its part, is used to indicate decimals.

décimalepointséparateur décimal

ajoute / aʒut /verb

to add

On ajoute -ième au nombre cardinal.

We add -ième to the cardinal number.

additionnerjoindreannexer

mentionné / mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne /verb

referred to or mentioned

Comme mentionné, la Belgique et la Suisse disent septante.

As mentioned, Belgium and Switzerland say septante.

indiquécitéévoqué

sert / sɛʁ /verb

is intended for, functions as

La virgule sert à indiquer les décimales.

The comma is used to indicate decimals.

être utilisé pouravoir pour fonction deservir à

prennent / pʁɛn /verb

to require or take as a grammatical feature

Les nombres qui finissent par un prennent "et" devant le "un".

Numbers ending in one require "et" before the "one".

exigernécessiteremployer

disparaît / dispaʁɛ /verb

to become invisible or go out of sight

Ce -e disparaît.

This -e disappears.

s'effacers'évanouirse volatiliser

ses / se /adjective

belonging to or associated with a third person

La numérotation a ses particularités.

Numbering has its peculiarities.

sason

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