69 in French
soixante-neuf
Updated June 2026
Same word in France, Belgium and Switzerland
NUMERAL
69
FRENCH
soixante-neuf
IPA
/swa.sɑ̃t.nœf/
Breakdown
60 + 9 = 69
Real sentence examples
“Il habite au soixante-neuf de la rue Victor Hugo.”
“Le Rhône est le département soixante-neuf.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Soixante-neuf is soixante (60) plus neuf (9), with no "et" connector (the "et" only appears at 61). Because the 60s share the same base everywhere, Belgium and Switzerland also say soixante-neuf; the regional split only begins at 70 with septante.
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