72 in French
soixante-douze
Updated June 2026
Sixty-twelve inside the soixante-dix run
NUMERAL
72
FRENCH
soixante-douze
IPA
/swa.sɑ̃t.duz/
Breakdown
60 + 12 = 72
Regional variants
FR France
soixante-douze
BE Belgium
septante-deux
CH Switzerland
septante-deux
Real sentence examples
“Ma grand-mère a soixante-douze ans.”
“Le bus numéro soixante-douze passe toutes les dix minutes.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
From 70 to 79 France counts on top of soixante, so soixante-douze is literally "sixty-twelve". Belgium and French-speaking Switzerland replace the whole block with septante, giving the cleaner septante-deux.
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