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How do you say "forty-four" in French?
quarante-quatre
In French, "forty-four" is quarante-quatre.
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Pronunciation
Say kar-ont-katr, with a hard 'k' sound at the start of quatre.
Grammar notes
Quatre means four. In compounds, it always stays the same form.
Example sentence
Le train arrive dans quarante-quatre minutes.
The train arrives in forty-four minutes.
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How to remember quarante-quatre
Quatre has a repeating 'at' sound that makes it easy to remember.
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Questions about quarante-quatre
How do you say "forty-four" in French?
In French, "forty-four" is quarante-quatre. It is a noun.
How is quarante-quatre written in French?
quarante-quatre is written using the standard French script.
How is quarante-quatre used in a sentence?
Use quarante-quatre as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Le train arrive dans quarante-quatre minutes. (The train arrives in forty-four minutes.).
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"Forty-four" in other languages
- Japanese 四十四 (yonjūyon)
- Korean 사십사 (sa sip sa)
- Chinese 四十四 (sì shí sì)
- Spanish cuarenta y cuatro
- Spanish (Latin America) cuarenta y cuatro
- German vierundvierzig
- Italian quarantaquattro
- Russian сорок четыре (sorok chetyre)
- Greek σαράντα τέσσερα (saránta téssera)
- Arabic أربعة وأربعين (arba'a wi'arba'een)
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