1945 in French
mille neuf cent quarante-cinq
Updated May 2026
End of the Second World War
NUMERAL
1 945
FRENCH
mille neuf cent quarante-cinq
IPA
/mil.nœf.sɑ̃.ka.ʁɑ̃t.sɛ̃k/
Breakdown
Real sentence examples
“La guerre s'est terminee en mille neuf cent quarante-cinq.”
“Mes grands-parents sont nes en mille neuf cent quarante-cinq.”
Year context
In 1945, France was liberated and the Second World War ended in Europe. The Liberation of Paris had occurred on 25 August 1944; V-E Day (Victoire en Europe) was 8 May 1945, marked as a public holiday in France ever since.
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Modern standard form starts with mille (not "mil"). The older "mil neuf cent quarante-cinq" is permitted but rarely heard. Some older speakers and historical texts use the hundreds form ("dix-neuf cent quarante-cinq"), but mille is the modern norm.
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