How to Say "Thirty Three" in French

trente-trois

The English phrase "thirty three" is translated into French as trente-trois.

trente-trois is used to express the number that comes after thirty-two and before thirty-four.

What does it mean word for word?

The word is a compound of trente (thirty) and trois (three), joined by a hyphen.

While trente-trois is simple, French speakers must switch to a complex additive system for numbers like 70 and 90, which involve saying 'sixty-ten' or 'four-twenty-ten'.
In French, the number 'trente-trois' is often associated with the 'trente-trois' years of Jesus's life, a common historical and religious reference used in various cultural contexts.
The word trente shares a distant linguistic ancestor with the English word 'thirty', both originating from the Proto-Indo-European root for 'thirty'.

Si on te demande ce que font, par exemple, trente-trois par onze, tu ne sais toujours pas ce que ça signifie : multiplier ou diviser ?
If you're asked what is, say, thirty-three by eleven, you still don't know what they meant: multiply or divide?
This sentence shows how trente-trois can be used in mathematical contexts.
Tatoeba #3467527 by Lulantis, translation #3467471 by Ooneykcall
Elle a trente-trois ans.
She's thirty-three.
This sentence demonstrates using trente-trois to state an age.
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Je suis né en mille neuf cent trente-trois.
I was born in nineteen thirty-three.
This sentence shows how to use trente-trois when referring to a specific year.
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Le compte à rebours s'achève : trente-trois, trente-deux, trente et un…
The countdown comes to an end: thirty-three, thirty-two, thirty-one…
Le numéro de notre chambre est le trente-trois.
The number of our room is thirty-three.

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