Trente (en. Thirty)

[tʁɑ̃t]

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Thirty is a cardinal number that represents the quantity 30.

There are thirty days in the month of September.

Il y a trente jours dans le mois de septembre.

Thirty can also refer to an age, as in the thirties.

She celebrated her thirtieth birthday last week.

Elle a fêté ses trente ans la semaine dernière.

Derived from the Latin 'triginta'.

thirty years

A symbolic age often associated with life changes.

trente ans

Thirty-one

Used to denote the number following thirty.

Trente et un

thirty-one

Number that follows thirty.

trente et un

thirty-two

Number that follows thirty-one.

trente-deux

Thirty candles

He turned thirty, but he doesn't feel old.

Il a pris trente balais, mais il ne se sent pas vieux.

The thirties

In your thirties, you start to think about the future.

À la trentaine, on commence à réfléchir à l'avenir.