79 in French
soixante-dix-neuf
Updated May 2026
The boundary at the top of soixante-dix range
NUMERAL
79
FRENCH
soixante-dix-neuf
IPA
/swa.sɑ̃t.diz.nœf/
Breakdown
60 + 19 = 79
Regional variants
FR France
soixante-dix-neuf
BE Belgium
septante-neuf
CH Switzerland
septante-neuf
Real sentence examples
“Il a fete ses soixante-dix-neuf ans hier.”
“La page soixante-dix-neuf du livre.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Soixante-dix-neuf is the highest number in the soixante-dix range; the next number 80 switches to quatre-vingts. The Belgian and Swiss form septante-neuf is much simpler.
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