250 in French
deux cent cinquante
Updated May 2026
Quarter of a thousand; common cooking / pricing unit
NUMERAL
250
FRENCH
deux cent cinquante
IPA
/dø sɑ̃ sɛ̃.kɑ̃t/
Breakdown
200 + 50 = 250
Real sentence examples
“Deux cent cinquante grammes de farine pour la pate.”
“Il y a deux cent cinquante invites au mariage.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Deux cent cinquante drops the s on cent because cinquante follows. A common cooking quantity (250 g of flour, sugar, butter) and a common business unit (250 employees, the EU SME threshold).
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