40 in French
quarante
Updated June 2026
A regular round ten, the same everywhere
NUMERAL
40
FRENCH
quarante
IPA
/ka.ʁɑ̃t/
Breakdown
Real sentence examples
“Il a quarante ans cette année.”
“Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs est un conte célèbre.”
“Le département quarante est celui des Landes.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Quarante is the regular tens form from Latin quadraginta (compare trente, cinquante, soixante). Standalone quarante takes no connector; only quarante et un at 41 uses the et connector. It is identical in France, Belgium and Switzerland, since the regional septante / huitante / nonante forms only affect 70, 80 and 90. La quarantaine is the collective noun for the age range around 40, and also gives modern French (and English) the word "quarantine" from the original forty-day isolation period.
Frequently asked questions
How do you say 40 in French?
40 in French is "quarante". It is built as 4 x 10 = 40.
How is quarante (40) pronounced in French?
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, "quarante" is transcribed /ka.ʁɑ̃t/. Use the audio button on this page to hear the standard French pronunciation.
How is 40 used in a French sentence?
A natural example is: "Il a quarante ans cette année."
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