soixante-dix-neuf

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French

French numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  78 79 80  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal (vigesimal): soixante-dix-neuf
    Cardinal (decimal): septante-neuf
    Ordinal (vigesimal): soixante-dix-neuvième
    Ordinal (decimal): septante-neuvième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 79e, (now nonstandard) 79ème

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swa.sɑ̃t.diz.nœf/
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Numeral

soixante-dix-neuf (invariable)

  1. seventy-nine

Usage notes

In Belgium, Switzerland and Acadia, septante-neuf is used instead.