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How do you say "fifty-nine" in French?
cinquante-neuf
In French, "fifty-nine" is cinquante-neuf.
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Pronunciation
Pronounced san-kont-nuf, where nuf sounds like neuf.
Grammar notes
Neuf never changes even when combined with tens.
Example sentence
Le film dure cinquante-neuf minutes.
The film lasts fifty-nine minutes.
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How to remember cinquante-neuf
Neuf sounds new - fifty-nine is close to sixty, a new decade coming.
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- twenty-six vingt-six
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Questions about cinquante-neuf
How do you say "fifty-nine" in French?
In French, "fifty-nine" is cinquante-neuf. It is a noun.
How is cinquante-neuf written in French?
cinquante-neuf is written using the standard French script.
How is cinquante-neuf used in a sentence?
Use cinquante-neuf as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Le film dure cinquante-neuf minutes. (The film lasts fifty-nine minutes.).
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"Fifty-nine" in other languages
- Japanese 五十九 (gojūkyū)
- Korean 오십구 (o sip gu)
- Chinese 五十九 (wǔ shí jiǔ)
- Spanish cincuenta y nueve
- Spanish (Latin America) cincuenta y nueve
- German neunundfünfzig
- Italian cinquantanove
- Russian пятьдесят девять (pyat'desyat' devyat')
- Greek πενήντα εννέα (penínta ennéa)
- Arabic تسعة وخمسين (tis'a wi'khamseen)
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