eighty-five

eighty-five
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., grand, petit).
adjective
a. quatre-vingt-cinq
There are exactly eighty-five glow-in-the-dark star stickers on the ceiling of my bedroom, and my little brother insists on counting them every night.Il y a exactement quatre-vingt-cinq étoiles phosphorescentes au plafond de ma chambre, et mon petit frère tient absolument à les compter tous les soirs.
b. huitante-cinq
Regionalism used in Belgium.
(Belgium)
Regionalism used in Switzerland.
(Switzerland)
Dan has fostered eighty-five cats in the past three years.Dan a accueilli huitante-cinq chats au cours des trois dernières années.
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
noun
a. le quatre-vingt-cinq
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
(M)
I think Declan's phone number ends in an eighty-five.Je crois que le numéro de téléphone de Declan se termine par un quatre-vingt-cinq.
b. le huitante-cinq
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
(M)
Regionalism used in Belgium.
(Belgium)
Regionalism used in Switzerland.
(Switzerland)
I'm only waiting on eighty-five to get a blackout.Il ne me manque plus que le huitante-cinq pour avoir un carton plein.
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g., elle, lui).
pronoun
a. quatre-vingt-cinq
Last week, I still had hundreds of exams to grade. Now I'm down to eighty-five.La semaine dernière, j'avais encore des centaines de copies d'examen à corriger. Aujourd'hui, il ne m'en reste plus que quatre-vingt-cinq.
b. huitante-cinq
Regionalism used in Belgium.
(Belgium)
Regionalism used in Switzerland.
(Switzerland)
How many copies do you need? - At least eighty-five.Il vous faut combien de copies ? - Au moins huitante-cinq.
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