soixante-dix

French

French numbers ^(edit)

		700[a], [b]
←  60	←  69	70	71  → [a], [b], [c], [d]	80  → [a], [b], [c]
		7
Cardinal (vigesimal): soixante-dix     Cardinal (decimal): septante     Ordinal (vigesimal): soixante-dixième     Ordinal (decimal): septantième     Ordinal abbreviation: 70e, (now nonstandard) 70ème
French Wikipedia article on 70

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa.sɑ̃t.dis/
• IPA^(key): /swa.sɑ̃t.di/ (before a consonant or aspirated h)
• IPA^(key): /swa.sɑ̃t.diz‿/ (before a vowel or mute h)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -is

Numeral

soixante-dix (invariable)

1. seventy

Usage notes

In Belgium, Switzerland and former Belgian colonies (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda, Burundi), septante is used instead.

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: swasant-dis

Further reading

• “soixante-dix”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.