70 in French
soixante-dix
Updated May 2026
Sixty-ten. The first vigesimal form.
NUMERAL
70
FRENCH
soixante-dix
IPA
/swa.sɑ̃t.dis/
Breakdown
60 + 10 = 70
Regional variants
FR France
soixante-dix
BE Belgium
septante
CH Switzerland
septante
Real sentence examples
“Mon grand-pere a soixante-dix ans.”
“La page soixante-dix du livre.”
“En Belgique, on dit septante au lieu de soixante-dix.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Soixante-dix literally means "sixty-ten" (60 + 10). It is the first number in standard French where the vigesimal-leaning arithmetic begins. Belgium and Swiss-cantonal French use "septante" (a Latin-derived base-10 form).
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