vingt-sept
/vɛ̃t.sɛt/masculine
The French word for twenty-seven is vingt-sept.
vingt-sept is the masculine number used to express the value twenty-seven. It can be used in various contexts, such as stating a date in formal speech or specifying a precise time in informal conversation.
Meaning: twenty-seven (num)
What does it mean word for word?
The number is composed of vingt (twenty) and sept (seven) joined by a hyphen.
How does it change in a sentence?
While vingt-sept is the cardinal number, it can also be used to form an ordinal number, such as vingt-septième (twenty-seventh), to describe an order or an anniversary.
How do you pronounce it?
/vɛ̃t.sɛt/
Did you know?
- While vingt-sept is simple, French numbers become counterintuitive at seventy and ninety. Instead of a new word, French uses soixante-dix (sixty-ten) and quatre-vingt-dix (four-twenty-ten).
- The word vingt is a cognate of the English word 'vicenary', which describes things arranged in twenties.
- In traditional French grammar, vingt is one of the few numbers that can be multiplied as a noun, such as in the phrase quatre vingts meaning eighty.
Examples in context
- les Vingt-SeptThe Twenty-Seven (members of the European Union)This sentence shows how to refer to the Twenty-Seven, specifically the members of the European Union, using vingt-sept.
- Il a vingt-sept ans.He is twenty-seven years old.
- Le livre coûte vingt-sept euros.The book costs twenty-seven euros.
Example conversation
Manon and Nathan are checking the price of a book.
- ManonCombien coûte ce livre, Nathan ?How much does this book cost, Nathan?
- NathanIl coûte vingt-sept euros.It costs twenty-seven euros.
- ManonC'est un peu cher.That is a bit expensive.
- NathanOui, mais il est super.Yes, but it is great.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “twenty-seven” translations and entries vingt-sept, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Wiktionary CC BY-SA 4.0.
