20 to 30 in French

The first decile where the connector rule appears: vingt et un (21) uses et, then vingt-deux (22) through vingt-neuf (29) take a hyphen. Trente (30) starts the next ten.

Updated May 2026

N	French	Audio
20	vingt
21	vingt-et-un
22	vingt-deux
23	vingt-trois
24	vingt-quatre
25	vingt-cinq
26	vingt-six
27	vingt-sept
28	vingt-huit
29	vingt-neuf
30	trente

Adjacent deciles

Frequently asked

How do you say 20 in French?

Vingt. Pronounced /vɛ̃/ in isolation. The t is silent in isolation but voiced in liaison and compounds: vingt et un /vɛ̃.t‿e.oe~/, vingt ans /vɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃/.

How do you say 21 in French?

Vingt et un. The connector et joins vingt and un. With the 1990 rectifications you can also write vingt-et-un with hyphens; both are accepted by Larousse and the Academie francaise.

How do you say 22 in French?

Vingt-deux. The hyphen replaces the et connector from the unit two onwards. Same pattern for 23 (vingt-trois) through 29 (vingt-neuf).

Why is there no s on vingt in vingt et un?

Vingt only pluralises with s when it is multiplied (quatre-vingts = 80, four-twenties) and stands alone with no further units. In vingt et un it is a single twenty, not a multiplier, so no s appears.

Sources: Larousse, Academie francaise.