Number

"Number" in French

chiffre

(numeral)

nombre

(abstract entity used to describe quantity)

nombre

(mathematics: number)

nombre

(quantity)

nombre

(grammar: state of being singular, dual or plural)

numéro

(abstract entity used to describe quantity)

numéro

(used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence)

numéro

(informal: telephone number)

numéro

(performance)

compter

(to classify or include (among))

compter

(to be classified or included (among))

dénombrer

(to enumerate — see also enumerate)

nombrer

(literary: to count — see also count)

numéroter

(label with numbers; assign numbers to)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.