100 in French
cent
Updated May 2026
No article, no plural standalone
NUMERAL
100
FRENCH
cent
IPA
/sɑ̃/
Breakdown
Standalone hundred
Real sentence examples
“Cent personnes attendaient devant la mairie.”
“Le billet coute cent euros.”
“Il a couru le cent metres en onze secondes.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Cent takes no article (not "un cent"). It pluralises only at deux cents and above and only when it ends the number: deux cents but deux cent vingt. The Academie francaise position confirms this is non-optional in standard usage.
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