100000 in French
cent mille
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Hundred thousand
NUMERAL
100 000
FRENCH
cent mille
IPA
/sɑ̃.mil/
Breakdown
Ordinal form
Ranking things rather than counting them: 100,000 becomes cent millième, written 100 000e in figures.
MASCULINE
cent millième
100 000e
FEMININE
cent millième
100 000e (same word as the masculine)
French writes the abbreviation with a plain e, never ème: 100 000e. The Académie française allows two irregular pairs: premier and première abbreviate 1er and 1re, and second and seconde abbreviate 2d and 2de. Full rules on the ordinal numbers reference.
Real sentence examples
“La ville compte cent mille habitants.”
“Le programme a coûté cent mille euros.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Cent mille combines the cent rule (no s here, because mille follows) and the mille rule (always invariable). The result is unambiguous: cent mille means exactly 100,000.
Frequently asked questions
How do you say 100000 in French?
100,000 in French is "cent mille". It is built as 100 x 1000 = 100000.
How is cent mille (100000) pronounced in French?
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, "cent mille" is transcribed /sɑ̃.mil/. Use the audio button on this page to hear the standard French pronunciation.
What is the ordinal form of 100000 in French?
The ordinal for 100000 is "cent millième", abbreviated 100 000e. The form is the same in the masculine and the feminine.
How is 100000 used in a French sentence?
A natural example is: "La ville compte cent mille habitants."
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