84 in French
quatre-vingt-quatre
Updated June 2026
Four-twenties-four, or huitante-quatre in Vaud
NUMERAL
84
FRENCH
quatre-vingt-quatre
IPA
/katʁ.vɛ̃.katʁ/
Breakdown
4 x 20 + 4 = 84
Regional variants
FR France
quatre-vingt-quatre
CH Switzerland
huitante-quatre
Vaud, Valais, Fribourg
Real sentence examples
“Elle a quatre-vingt-quatre ans.”
“La chambre quatre-vingt-quatre est au huitième étage.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Quatre-vingt-quatre keeps the vigesimal base four-twenties, and quatre-vingt loses its plural -s because a number follows. Belgium uses the same quatre-vingt-quatre; only the Swiss cantons of Vaud, Valais and Fribourg say huitante-quatre.
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