41 in French
quarante et un
Spellings verified June 2026 · page updated 2 October 2026
Et-un at 41
“Forty-one in French” is quarante et un, the number 41. Hear it spoken below.
NUMERAL
41
FRENCH
quarante et un
IPA
/ka.ʁɑ̃t.e.œ̃/
Breakdown
Ordinal form
Ranking things rather than counting them: 41 becomes quarante et unième, written 41e in figures.
MASCULINE
quarante et unième
41e
FEMININE
quarante et unième
41e (same word as the masculine)
French writes the abbreviation with a plain e, never ème: 41e. 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.
Counting around 41
Real sentence examples
“La porte numéro quarante et un.”
“Il a quarante et un ans.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Quarante et un follows the et-un connector rule. The t of quarante is pronounced because of the liaison with et: /ka.ʁɑ̃t.e.œ̃/.
Frequently asked questions
How do you say forty-one (41) in French?
Forty-one in French is "quarante et un" (the number 41). It is built as 40 + 1 = 41.
How is quarante et un (41) pronounced in French?
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, "quarante et un" is transcribed /ka.ʁɑ̃t.e.œ̃/. Use the audio button on this page to hear the standard French pronunciation.
What is the ordinal form of 41 in French?
The ordinal for 41 is "quarante et unième", abbreviated 41e. The form is the same in the masculine and the feminine.
How is 41 used in a French sentence?
A natural example is: "La porte numéro quarante et un."
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