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How to Say ‘Ten centimeters long’ in French

Dix centimètres de long

dees sahn-tee-MEH-truh duh lohn

[dees sahn-tee-MEH-truh duh lohn]

💬 Usage Tip: French puts de before the dimension: de long, de large "wide", de haut "high". Swap it in: deux mètres de haut "two meters high".

Phrase Breakdown

Dix centimètres

dees sahn-tee-MEH-truh

Ten centimetres

Say it 'di-san-ti-mètr'. The 'x' in 'dix' is silent before a consonant.

Example

Il manque dix centimètres.

Ten centimetres are missing.

Words in this phrase

Dix

[dees]

Ten

The number that comes after nine, signifying ten items.

Example

Ils sont dix étudiants.

They are ten students.

centimètres

[sahn-tee-MEH-truh]

centimetres

Plural of centimètre, one hundredth of a metre.

Example

Le crayon fait quinze centimètres.

The pencil is fifteen centimetres.

de long

duh lohn

long (in length)

Used after a measurement to give length. Say it 'de-lon'. The 'g' is silent.

Example

Un mètre de long.

One metre long.

Words in this phrase

[duh]

Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.

Example

Un verre de lait.

A glass of milk.

long

[lohn]

long

Having greater length.

Example

C'est un chemin 'long'.

It's a long path.

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