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How to answer

Write the number as a word in French. Seventeen to nineteen take a hyphen, as in dix-sept.

Question Answer
11 onze
12 douze
13 treize
14 quatorze
15 quinze
16 seize
17 dix-sept
18 dix-huit
19 dix-neuf
20 vingt

How the numbers work

11 to 16 have names of their own that end in -ze. These you learn by heart: onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze, seize.

17 to 19 you can build yourself: dix (ten), a hyphen and the number. dix-sept is 10 + 7 = 17. The same goes for dix-huit (18) and dix-neuf (19).

20 is vingt. The g and t at the end are silent: vingt.

Sources

We checked the answers against these references.

  1. Cambridge Dictionary dictionary.cambridge.org
  2. Cambridge: onze dictionary.cambridge.org
  3. Cambridge: douze dictionary.cambridge.org
  4. Cambridge: treize dictionary.cambridge.org
  5. Cambridge: quatorze dictionary.cambridge.org
  6. Cambridge: quinze dictionary.cambridge.org
  7. Cambridge: seize dictionary.cambridge.org
  8. Cambridge: dix-sept dictionary.cambridge.org
  9. Cambridge: dix-huit dictionary.cambridge.org
  10. Cambridge: dix-neuf dictionary.cambridge.org
  11. Cambridge: vingt dictionary.cambridge.org

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