81 in French
quatre-vingt-un
Updated May 2026
No "et", no plural s
NUMERAL
81
FRENCH
quatre-vingt-un
IPA
/katʁ.vɛ̃.œ̃/
Breakdown
4 x 20 + 1 = 81 (no "et" connector)
Regional variants
FR France
quatre-vingt-un
CH Switzerland
huitante et un
Vaud, Valais, Fribourg
Real sentence examples
“Il y a quatre-vingt-un eleves inscrits.”
“Le numero quatre-vingt-un est libre.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Two rules at once: (a) no "et" connector before "un" (unlike vingt et un, trente et un, etc.); (b) no plural-s on vingt because another number follows. This is the most-failed dictation form for non-native learners.
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