trente-six

French

French numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: trente-six     Ordinal: trente-sixième     Ordinal abbreviation: 36e, (now nonstandard) 36ème
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃t.sis/

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Numeral

trente-six (invariable)

1. thirty-six
2. (informal) umpteen, a million, a thousand and one (an indeterminate large number of)

   Il n’y a pas trente-six façons de le savoir : il faut lui demander.

   There's only one way to find out: you have to ask him.

   Il n’y a pas trente-six solutions. ― There aren't many solutions.

Derived terms

• tous les trente-six du mois
• voir trente-six chandelles

Further reading

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

Norman

Norman cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : trente-six

Numeral

trente-six

1. (Jersey) thirty-six