100 to 1000 in French

The hundreds are simple if you remember the rule on cent: pluralise only when nothing follows. The jump table covers every round hundred, the worked examples show the s appearing and disappearing.

Updated June 2026

Per-hundred jumps

N	French	Audio
100	cent
200	deux cents
300	trois cents
400	quatre cents
500	cinq cents
600	six cents
700	sept cents
800	huit cents
900	neuf cents
1000	mille

Worked examples

N	French	Rule applied
101	cent un	cent without s, then un. Same for 102 to 199.
200	deux cents	cents with s; deux cents ends the number.
201	deux cent un	s drops the moment a unit follows.
250	deux cent cinquante	s still drops on cinquante (a tens word counts as unit).
300	trois cents	trois cents with s.
380	trois cent quatre-vingts	s drops before quatre-vingts (and quatre-vingts itself keeps its s because it ends the number).
500	cinq cents	cinq cents with s.
799	sept cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf	s drops before quatre-vingt-dix-neuf.
1000	mille	mille. Invariable. No article (you do not say un mille).

Frequently asked

How do you say 100 in French?

Cent. Pronounced /sɑ̃/. No article in front (cent personnes, not un cent personnes). The Académie française treats it as the first multiplier-noun without article in the hundred series.

When does cent take an s?

Only when it is multiplied (deux, trois, quatre ...) AND nothing else follows. Deux cents (200), trois cents (300). The moment a unit follows the s drops: deux cent un (201), deux cent cinquante (250). The rule is from the Académie française dictionary and Larousse.

How do you say 500 in French?

Cinq cents, with the plural s on cents (no other number follows). 501 is cinq cent un, without the s. 550 is cinq cent cinquante, also without the s.

Why is it deux cents but deux cent un?

Plural agreement on cent triggers only when nothing modifies what cent stands for. As soon as a unit or tens follows (un, deux, dix, vingt, soixante-dix ...) the s drops. The same rule applies to vingt in quatre-vingts (80) versus quatre-vingt-un (81). The Académie française documents both with the same phrasing.

How do you say 999 in French?

Neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf. Breaks down as neuf (9) + cent (100) + quatre-vingt-dix-neuf (99). Cent loses its s because the vigesimal compound follows.

Sources: Académie française (dictionnaire), Larousse, Le Robert.

100 to 1000 in French

Per-hundred jumps

Worked examples

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