How to Say "Two Thousand" in French

deux mille

The English phrase 'two thousand' is translated into French as deux mille.

deux mille is a cardinal number used to express the quantity of two thousand.

Meaning: cardinal number (num)

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of deux (two) and mille (thousand).

The word mille is invariable and never takes an 's' at the end, even when preceded by a number greater than one.

English speakers often mistakenly add an 's' to mille to make it plural, but in French, mille remains invariable.

The word mille comes from the Latin word for a thousand, which is a distant cousin to the English word 'mile'.
In French mathematical notation, a space or a point is used as a thousands separator instead of the comma used in English, so deux mille is written as 2 000 or 2.000.
Unlike mille, the word for 'million' (million) is a noun in French and always takes an 's' when there is more than one, such as in deux millions.

C'était en l'an deux mille.
This was in year two thousand.
This sentence is useful for referring to the year using deux mille.
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J'ai besoin de deux mille voitures.
I need two thousand cars.
This sentence is useful for expressing a quantity of items using deux mille.
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Deux mille élèves fréquentent l'école.
Two thousand pupils attend school.
This sentence is useful for counting people using deux mille.
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l'an deux mille
The year two thousand
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Lucas and Emma are discussing the price of a laptop at a store.

Lucas

Ça coûte combien, cet ordinateur ?
How much does this computer cost?
Emma

Il coûte exactement deux mille euros.
It costs exactly two thousand euros.
Lucas

C'est un peu cher pour moi.
That is a bit expensive for me.
Emma

Mais il est très performant !
But it is very powerful!

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