French Ordinal Numbers and Fractions
Nombres ordinaux et fractions
Ordinal numbers are used to express rank or position.
Lesson | Quiz
| Ordinal numbers | Fractions | ||||
| first | premier première |
1st | 1er 1re |
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| second | deuxième | 2nd | 2e | half | une moitié |
| third | troisième | 3rd | 3e | 1/3 | un tiers |
| fourth | quatrième | 4th | 4e | 1/4 | un quart |
| fifth | cinquième | 5th | 5e | 1/5 | un cinquième |
| sixth | sixième | 6th | 6e | 1/6 | un sixième |
| seventh | septième | 7th | 7e | 1/7 | un septième |
| eighth | huitième | 8th | 8e | 1/8 | un huitième |
| ninth | neuvième | 9th | 9e | 1/9 | un neuvième |
| tenth | dixième | 10th | 10e | 1/10 | un dixième |
| 3/4 | trois quarts | ||||
| 2/5 | deux cinquièmes | ||||
All ordinal numbers (except first) and most fractions are created from their
corresponding cardinal number:
| cardinal number | drop the final e (if any) | add -ième |
| six | six | sixième |
| onze | onz | onzième |
Notes
- "First" is the only ordinal number that doesn't follow the above rule: premier (masculine) and
première (feminine)
- 21st, 31st, etc. follow the rule: vingt et unième, trente et unième
- Note the spelling changes in cinquième and neuvième
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Beginning with "fifth," French ordinal numbers and fractions are the
same word: fifth = cinquième, a fifth = un cinquième
- Ordinal numbers are not used to talk about dates in French, except for premier
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