Italian Numbers 1-100: How to Count in Italian

Numbers 0 to 20

0

zero

DZEH-roh

1

uno

OO-noh

2

due

DOO-eh

3

tre

treh

4

quattro

KWAT-troh

5

cinque

CHEEN-kweh

c before i sounds like ch

6

sei

say

7

sette

SET-teh

8

otto

OT-toh

9

nove

NOH-veh

10

dieci

DYEH-chee

11

undici

OON-dee-chee

12

dodici

DOH-dee-chee

13

tredici

TREH-dee-chee

14

quattordici

kwat-TOR-dee-chee

15

quindici

KWEEN-dee-chee

16

sedici

SEH-dee-chee

17

diciassette

dee-chas-SET-teh

From 17 the pattern flips to ten-and-seven

18

diciotto

dee-CHOT-toh

19

diciannove

dee-chan-NOH-veh

20

venti

VEN-tee

Counting by tens

10

dieci

DYEH-chee

20

venti

VEN-tee

30

trenta

TREN-tah

40

quaranta

kwah-RAN-tah

50

cinquanta

cheen-KWAN-tah

60

sessanta

ses-SAN-tah

70

settanta

set-TAN-tah

80

ottanta

ot-TAN-tah

90

novanta

noh-VAN-tah

100

cento

CHEN-toh

How the tens and units join

Write the ten and the unit as one word, with no space and nothing in between: trentadue is 32.

The ten drops its final vowel before uno and otto, because two vowels would collide: venti plus uno is ventuno, not ventiuno, and venti plus otto is ventotto.

Tre keeps an accent when it ends a longer number: ventitré, trentatré.

ventuno21, the i disappears
ventotto28, the i disappears again
quarantacinque45, joined as one word

21 to 30

21

ventuno

ven-TOO-noh

22

ventidue

ven-tee-DOO-eh

23

ventitré

ven-tee-TREH

24

ventiquattro

ven-tee-KWAT-troh

25

venticinque

ven-tee-CHEEN-kweh

26

ventisei

ven-tee-SAY

27

ventisette

ven-tee-SET-teh

28

ventotto

ven-TOT-toh

29

ventinove

ven-tee-NOH-veh

30

trenta

TREN-tah

31 to 40

31

trentuno

tren-TOO-noh

32

trentadue

tren-tah-DOO-eh

33

trentatré

tren-tah-TREH

34

trentaquattro

tren-tah-KWAT-troh

35

trentacinque

tren-tah-CHEEN-kweh

36

trentasei

tren-tah-SAY

37

trentasette

tren-tah-SET-teh

38

trentotto

tren-TOT-toh

39

trentanove

tren-tah-NOH-veh

40

quaranta

kwah-RAN-tah

41 to 50

41

quarantuno

kwah-ran-TOO-noh

42

quarantadue

kwah-ran-tah-DOO-eh

43

quarantatré

kwah-ran-tah-TREH

44

quarantaquattro

kwah-ran-tah-KWAT-troh

45

quarantacinque

kwah-ran-tah-CHEEN-kweh

46

quarantasei

kwah-ran-tah-SAY

47

quarantasette

kwah-ran-tah-SET-teh

48

quarantotto

kwah-ran-TOT-toh

49

quarantanove

kwah-ran-tah-NOH-veh

50

cinquanta

cheen-KWAN-tah

51 to 60

51

cinquantuno

cheen-kwan-TOO-noh

52

cinquantadue

cheen-kwan-tah-DOO-eh

53

cinquantatré

cheen-kwan-tah-TREH

54

cinquantaquattro

cheen-kwan-tah-KWAT-troh

55

cinquantacinque

cheen-kwan-tah-CHEEN-kweh

56

cinquantasei

cheen-kwan-tah-SAY

57

cinquantasette

cheen-kwan-tah-SET-teh

58

cinquantotto

cheen-kwan-TOT-toh

59

cinquantanove

cheen-kwan-tah-NOH-veh

60

sessanta

ses-SAN-tah

61 to 70

61

sessantuno

ses-san-TOO-noh

62

sessantadue

ses-san-tah-DOO-eh

63

sessantatré

ses-san-tah-TREH

64

sessantaquattro

ses-san-tah-KWAT-troh

65

sessantacinque

ses-san-tah-CHEEN-kweh

66

sessantasei

ses-san-tah-SAY

67

sessantasette

ses-san-tah-SET-teh

68

sessantotto

ses-san-TOT-toh

69

sessantanove

ses-san-tah-NOH-veh

70

settanta

set-TAN-tah

71 to 80

71

settantuno

set-tan-TOO-noh

72

settantadue

set-tan-tah-DOO-eh

73

settantatré

set-tan-tah-TREH

74

settantaquattro

set-tan-tah-KWAT-troh

75

settantacinque

set-tan-tah-CHEEN-kweh

76

settantasei

set-tan-tah-SAY

77

settantasette

set-tan-tah-SET-teh

78

settantotto

set-tan-TOT-toh

79

settantanove

set-tan-tah-NOH-veh

80

ottanta

ot-TAN-tah

81 to 90

81

ottantuno

ot-tan-TOO-noh

82

ottantadue

ot-tan-tah-DOO-eh

83

ottantatré

ot-tan-tah-TREH

84

ottantaquattro

ot-tan-tah-KWAT-troh

85

ottantacinque

ot-tan-tah-CHEEN-kweh

86

ottantasei

ot-tan-tah-SAY

87

ottantasette

ot-tan-tah-SET-teh

88

ottantotto

ot-tan-TOT-toh

89

ottantanove

ot-tan-tah-NOH-veh

90

novanta

noh-VAN-tah

91 to 100

91

novantuno

noh-van-TOO-noh

92

novantadue

noh-van-tah-DOO-eh

93

novantatré

noh-van-tah-TREH

94

novantaquattro

noh-van-tah-KWAT-troh

95

novantacinque

noh-van-tah-CHEEN-kweh

96

novantasei

noh-van-tah-SAY

97

novantasette

noh-van-tah-SET-teh

98

novantotto

noh-van-TOT-toh

99

novantanove

noh-van-tah-NOH-veh

100

cento

CHEN-toh

Beyond 100

Hundreds are the digit joined straight onto cento, with no space: duecento, trecento, cinquecento. Cento itself never changes form.

Mille is singular; from two thousand up it becomes mila and joins on: duemila, diecimila, centomila.

Milione and miliardo are nouns, so they pluralise and take di before what they count: due milioni di persone.

Hundreds, thousands and beyond

101

centouno

chen-toh-OO-noh

200

duecento

doo-eh-CHEN-toh

500

cinquecento

cheen-kweh-CHEN-toh

1000

mille

MEEL-leh

2000

duemila

doo-eh-MEE-lah

mille becomes mila in the plural

10000

diecimila

dyeh-chee-MEE-lah

1000000

un milione

oon mee-LYOH-neh

Milione takes di before a noun: un milione di persone

The sound c makes

Before e or i, c is said like the ch in church. That is why cinque is CHEEN-kweh and dieci ends in chee.

Before a, o or u it is a hard k: cento is CHEN-toh but cane is KAH-neh.

An h after the c forces the hard sound back, which is why chi is said kee.

Italian Numbers 1-100