How to Say ‘Fifty cents’ in French
Cinquante centimes
sankont sahn-TEEM
[sankont sahn-TEEM]
💬 Usage Tip: The t in cinquante is spoken, but the final s in centimes is silent. It sounds roughly like (sank-ahnt sahn-teem).
Phrase Breakdown
Cinquante
[sankont]
fifty
The number following 49.
Il avait cinquante ans cette année-là.
He was fifty years old that year.
centimes
[sahn-TEEM]
cents
Hundredths of a euro; masculine plural noun.
Ça coûte vingt centimes.
It costs twenty cents.
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