1914 in French
mille neuf cent quatorze
Updated May 2026
Outbreak of WWI
NUMERAL
1 914
FRENCH
mille neuf cent quatorze
IPA
/mil nœf sɑ̃ ka.tɔʁz/
Breakdown
1000 + 900 + 14 = 1914
Real sentence examples
“La Premiere Guerre mondiale a commence en mille neuf cent quatorze.”
“Aout mille neuf cent quatorze marque le debut du conflit.”
Year context
Outbreak of the First World War (28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918). France mobilises 1 August 1914.
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Mille neuf cent quatorze drops the s on cent because quatorze follows. The compound year form is the standard for French historical reference: la guerre de quatorze (the war of 1914), les annees mille neuf cent dix (the 1910s).
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