soixante-six
Sixty six in French is soixante-six.
What does it mean word for word?
The number is composed of soixante (sixty) and six (six).
Which one should you use?
The form soixante-sixième is used when you need to express the ordinal number sixty-sixth.
How does it change in a sentence?
To form the ordinal number sixty-sixth, you add the suffix -ième to the cardinal number to create soixante-sixième. You can also use the abbreviation 66e to represent soixante-sixième.
Did you know?
- In Belgium and Switzerland, you might hear septante-six instead of soixante-six. This system is often considered more logical because it avoids the 'sixty-plus-ten' structure found in numbers like seventy in France.
- While English uses a base-10 system for naming numbers, the word soixante shares a root with 'sexagesimal', the base-60 system used by ancient Babylonians to measure time and angles.
- The number 66 is not just a quantity, but also the official administrative department code for Haute-Garonne, the region surrounding Toulouse.
Examples in context
- Une année bissextile a trois cent soixante-six jours.A leap year has three hundred and sixty-six days.This sentence is useful for seeing how to use soixante-six when referring to the number of days in a leap year.Tatoeba #1453818 by Rovo, translation #1454067 by LittleBoy
- Le nombre soixante-six est composé de deux mots.The number sixty-six is composed of two words.
- La calculatrice affiche soixante-six sur l'écran.The calculator displays sixty-six on the screen.
- Nous avons reçu soixante-six invitations pour la fête.We received sixty-six invitations for the party.
- J'ai soixante et six ans aujourd'hui.I am sixty-six years old today.
- Ils ont gagné soixante et six euros à la loterie.They won sixty-six euros at the lottery.
- Il y a soixante et six pages dans ce livre.There are sixty-six pages in this book.
- Le 66e anniversaire de ma grand-mère est demain.My grandmother's 66th birthday is tomorrow.
- J'ai acheté soixante-six œufs.I bought sixty-six eggs.
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Example conversation
Chloé and Gabriel are checking a recipe in the kitchen.
- ChloéCombien de grammes de farine faut-il ?How many grams of flour do we need?
- GabrielLa recette demande soixante-six grammes.The recipe asks for sixty-six grams.
- ChloéD'accord, je vais les peser.Okay, I will weigh them.
- GabrielMerci, Chloé.Thanks, Chloé.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
