treize
/tʁɛz/masculine
The French word for thirteen is treize.
treize is the cardinal number used to represent the quantity occurring after twelve and before fourteen.
Meaning: the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen (num)
How does it change in a sentence?
treize is a masculine noun.
How do you pronounce it?
/tʁɛz/
Did you know?
- In French gambling and games of chance, treize is sometimes referred to as le diable, meaning 'the devil'.
- In many French-speaking cultures, the number treize is considered unlucky and is often omitted from hotel room numbering or menu sequences.
- The word treize is a direct descendant of the Latin number trēdecim, where 'tri-' means 'three' and 'decim' means 'ten'.
Examples in context
- Tom a treize ans.Tom is thirteen.This sentence is useful for stating a person's age using treize.Tatoeba #6827080 by Rockaround, translation #5190908 by CK
- Mikey a treize ans.Mikey is thirteen.Tatoeba #8731383 by Julien_PDC, translation #501609 by testdog
- Treize ont été hospitalisé.Thirteen were hospitalized.This sentence is useful for describing a group of thirteen people using treize.Tatoeba #5939199 by Aiji, translation #4494096 by CK
- Il a déjà treize piges, le gamin.The kid is already thirteen years old.
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Example conversation
Chloé and Hugo are talking about a bakery order.
- ChloéCombien de croissants veux-tu ?How many croissants do you want?
- HugoJe voudrais treize croissants, s'il vous plaît.I would like thirteen croissants, please.
- ChloéTreize ? C'est beaucoup !Thirteen? That is a lot!
- HugoOui, c'est pour tout le bureau.Yes, it is for the whole office.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “thirteen” translations and entries treize, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries treize, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
