85 in French
quatre-vingt-cinq
Updated June 2026
Four-twenties-five, or huitante-cinq in Romandy
NUMERAL
85
FRENCH
quatre-vingt-cinq
IPA
/katʁ.vɛ̃.sɛ̃k/
Breakdown
4 x 20 + 5 = 85
Regional variants
FR France
quatre-vingt-cinq
CH Switzerland
huitante-cinq
Vaud, Valais, Fribourg
Real sentence examples
“Le disque est sorti en mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-cinq.”
“Il roule à quatre-vingt-cinq kilomètres à l'heure.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Quatre-vingt-cinq drops the plural -s from quatre-vingt because cinq follows. As with all the 80s, Belgium keeps the French quatre-vingt-cinq while the Swiss cantons of Vaud, Valais and Fribourg use huitante-cinq.
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