L'an mil huit cent quatre-vingt-douze, the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
4. In speaking of the days of the month, with the exception of the first--le premier--the cardinals, not the ordinals, are used, as:
Le dix-neuf juillet, the 19th of July; le vingt-six novembre, the 26th of November.
5. The cardinals are also used in speaking of rulers and princes:
Charles dix, Charles X; Henri huit, Henry VIII; Louis quatorze, Louis XIV; Georges trois, George III.
6. We must say, however, Henri premier, Henry the first.
7. Deux and second may be used either way--Charles deux or Charles second.
§ 21. Numeral Nouns.
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unité, unit. couple, paire, couple, pair. trio, three, trio. demi-douzaine, half-dozen. huitaine, eight days. neuvaine, nine days of prayer. dizaine, ten. douzaine, dozen. quinzaine, fortnight. vingtaine, score, twenty. |
trentaine, thirty. quarantaine, two score. cinquantaine, fifty. soixantaine, sixty. quatre-vingtaine, eighty. une centaine, one hundred. deux centaines, two hundred. un millier, one thousand. deux milliers, two thousand. un million, one million. |