80 in French
quatre-vingts
Updated May 2026
Four-twenties. The plural-s rule.
NUMERAL
80
FRENCH
quatre-vingts
IPA
/katʁ.vɛ̃/
Breakdown
4 x 20 = 80
Regional variants
FR France
quatre-vingts
CH Switzerland
huitante
Vaud, Valais, Fribourg
Real sentence examples
“Mon grand-pere a fete ses quatre-vingts ans hier.”
“Le ballon coute quatre-vingts euros.”
“Le bus quatre-vingts dessert le centre-ville.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Quatre-vingts means "four-twenties" (4 x 20 = 80). The plural-s appears when 80 stands alone or ends the number. The s disappears when followed by another number (quatre-vingt-un, quatre-vingt-deux). Swiss-cantonal French in Vaud, Valais, and Fribourg says "huitante".
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