Numbers

Learn how to say numbers in English.

Cardinal numbers

zero (in spoken language and for temperatures)
nil (used when talking about sports' scores)
nought (the digit 0)
"O" (pronounced like the English letter "O"; used in spoken communication, especially telephone numbers)
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty
twenty-one
twenty-two
twenty-three
thirty
forty
fifty
sixty
seventy
eighty
ninety
one hundred, a hundred
one hundred and one, a hundred and one
two hundred
three hundred
one thousand, a thousand
two thousand
three thousand
one million, a million
one billion, a billion

Repetition

once
twice
three times
four times
five times

Ordinal numbers

first
second
third
fourth
fifth
sixth
seventh
eighth
ninth
tenth
eleventh
twelfth
thirteenth
fourteenth
fifteenth
sixteenth
seventeenth
eighteenth
nineteenth
twentieth
twenty-first
twenty-second
twenty-third
thirtieth
fortieth
fiftieth
sixtieth
seventieth
eightieth
ninetieth
hundredth

Other useful words

about or approximately
over or more than
under or less than

Examples

36
54
89
106
123
678
3,294
9,755
2,608,411
0.5
4.93
87.04
sound

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