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How do you say "eighty-eight" in French?
quatre-vingt-huit
In French, "eighty-eight" is quatre-vingt-huit.
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Pronunciation
Say katr-van-weet, where weet rhymes with sweet.
Grammar notes
Quatre-vingt-huit blends huit smoothly after four-twenties.
Example sentence
Il y a quatre-vingt-huit employés.
There are eighty-eight employees.
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How to remember quatre-vingt-huit
Huit sounds like 'weet' - something sweet at eighty-eight.
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Questions about quatre-vingt-huit
How do you say "eighty-eight" in French?
In French, "eighty-eight" is quatre-vingt-huit. It is a noun.
How is quatre-vingt-huit written in French?
quatre-vingt-huit is written using the standard French script.
How is quatre-vingt-huit used in a sentence?
Use quatre-vingt-huit as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Il y a quatre-vingt-huit employés. (There are eighty-eight employees.).
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"Eighty-eight" in other languages
- Japanese 八十八 (hachijūhachi)
- Korean 팔십팔 (pal sip pal)
- Chinese 八十八 (bā shí bā)
- Spanish ochenta y ocho
- Spanish (Latin America) ochenta y ocho
- German achtundachtzig
- Italian ottantotto
- Russian восемьдесят восемь (vosem'desyat' vosem')
- Greek ογδοντα οχτώ (ogdónta ochtó)
- Arabic تمانية وتمانين (tamanya witamaneen)
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