How to Say "Thirty" in French

trente

/tʁɑ̃t/masculine

The French word for thirty is trente.

trente is the cardinal number used to count to thirty. In slang, you may hear trente balles to mean thirty bucks.

Meaning: cardinal number (num)

How does it change in a sentence?

Unlike many other French numbers, trente does not change its form based on gender.

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While trente is used for counting, the number 30 is associated with 'betrayal' in French culture due to the 'thirty pieces of silver' paid to Judas.
The word trente shares a common ancestor with the English word 'three', as both descend from the Proto-Indo-European root for the number three.
The number trente serves as the basis for trentaine, a word used to describe an approximate group of thirty people or things.

Il a trente ans.
He is thirty years old.
This sentence shows how to state someone's age using trente.
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Tom a trente ans.
Tom is thirty.
This sentence demonstrates using trente to state Tom's age.
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Il fait moins trente.
It's thirty degrees below zero.
This sentence shows how to use trente when talking about temperatures below zero.
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J'ai trente ans aujourd'hui.
I am thirty years old today.
Le projet coûtera trente euros.
The project will cost thirty euros.
J'ai économisé trente balles pour acheter ce nouveau jeu.
I saved thirty bucks to buy this new game.
On se retrouve dans trente piges pour fêter nos retrouvailles!
Let's meet in thirty years to celebrate our reunion!
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Hugo and Emma are talking about a price in a shop.

Sources

Wiktionary, “thirty” translations and entries trente, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries trente, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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