65 in French
soixante-cinq
Updated May 2026
Retirement age reference in France
NUMERAL
65
FRENCH
soixante-cinq
IPA
/swa.sɑ̃t.sɛ̃k/
Real sentence examples
“L'age legal de depart a la retraite a soixante-cinq ans est en cours de discussion.”
“Mon pere a soixante-cinq ans et continue de travailler.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Soixante-cinq is the last regular tens-plus-unit form before the vigesimal range starts at 70. No connector (et is for X1 only). The legal retirement age in France has been a major political topic; this number is high-frequency in news and policy texts.
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