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In France, how do you say the number 70?

Soixante-dix, literally sixty-ten, is 70.

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  1. Soixante-dix ✔
  2. Soixante
  3. Dix-sept

Why: French in France counts 70 as sixty plus ten: soixante-dix. Soixante is 60 and dix-sept is 17, both easy to mix up at a cash register.

Huh, didn't know that: 71 follows the same pattern: soixante et onze, literally sixty and eleven.

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Answer: Soixante-dix. French in France counts 70 as sixty plus ten: soixante-dix. Soixante is 60 and dix-sept is 17, both easy to mix up at a cash register.

  1. Larousse French-English: soixante-dix www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/soixante-dix
    soixante-dix [ swasɑ̃tdis ] déterminant & nom masculin invariable seventy
    Checked 2026-10-12.

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