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How do you say "forty-eight" in French?
quarante-huit
In French, "forty-eight" is quarante-huit.
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Pronunciation
Say kar-ont-weet, where weet rhymes with 'sweet'.
Grammar notes
Huit is always pronounced consistently in compound numbers.
Example sentence
Il y a quarante-huit heures dans deux jours.
There are forty-eight hours in two days.
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How to remember quarante-huit
Huit sounds like 'weet' - sweet forty-eight times over.
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Questions about quarante-huit
How do you say "forty-eight" in French?
In French, "forty-eight" is quarante-huit. It is a noun.
How is quarante-huit written in French?
quarante-huit is written using the standard French script.
How is quarante-huit used in a sentence?
Use quarante-huit as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Il y a quarante-huit heures dans deux jours. (There are forty-eight hours in two days.).
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