18 in French
dix-huit
Updated June 2026
Age of majority in France
NUMERAL
18
FRENCH
dix-huit
IPA
/diz.ɥit/
Real sentence examples
“J'ai dix-huit ans aujourd'hui.”
“La majorité en France est fixée à dix-huit ans depuis mille neuf cent soixante-quatorze.”
“Le bus dix-huit dessert le quartier nord.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Dix-huit shows the liaison /diz/ from dix into the h-aspirate-blocked huit. Compare with the lonely huit /ɥit/. The h-aspirate prevents the usual /z/ glide from dix.
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