How to Say "Twenty Six" in French

vingt-six

The French way to say twenty six is vingt-six.

vingt-six refers to the number that follows twenty-five and precedes twenty-seven.

How does it change in a sentence?

When writing the number, a hyphen must be placed between the two components to form vingt-six.

The word vingt is used in the French expression faire vingt pas, which literally means to take twenty steps but is used idiomatically to describe a short distance.
The French word vingt shares a distant linguistic ancestor with the English word 'twenty', as both derive from the Proto-Indo-European root for 'twenty'.
In French, the number vingt is used in the term vingtaine to describe an approximate group of twenty items, rather than a precise count.

L'alphabet français contient vingt-six lettres : a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.
The French alphabet contains twenty-six letters: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.
This sentence shows the number vingt-six used when counting the letters in the French alphabet.
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Le Brésil comprend vingt-six états.
Brazil is comprised of twenty-six states.
This sentence uses vingt-six to state the number of states in Brazil.
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« Quel âge as-tu ? » « Vingt-six ans. »
"How old are you?" "I'm twenty-six years old."
This sentence demonstrates how to use vingt-six when stating one's age.
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Vingt-six ans.
Twenty-six years.
Vingt-six heures.
Twenty-six hours.
Vingt-six jours.
Twenty-six days.
Vingt-six semaines.
Twenty-six weeks.
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Hugo and Emma are counting colored marbles in a jar.

Hugo

Il y en a vingt-six ici.
There are twenty-six here.
Emma

Vraiment ? J'en comptais seulement vingt-cinq.
Really? I only counted twenty-five.
Hugo

Regarde bien, la petite bille est là.
Look closely, the small marble is there.
Emma

Ah oui, tu as raison, Hugo.
Oh yes, you are right, Hugo.

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