500 in French
cinq cents
Updated May 2026
Five hundred with plural cents
NUMERAL
500
FRENCH
cinq cents
IPA
/sɛ̃k.sɑ̃/
Breakdown
5 x 100 = 500
Real sentence examples
“Le billet de cinq cents euros n'est plus en circulation.”
“Cinq cents personnes ont signe la petition.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Cinq cents follows the plural-s rule (same as deux cents). The European Central Bank withdrew the 500-euro note from circulation in 2019, so the practical context for this number has changed.
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