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Numbers and counting in Valencian

56 words in Valencian on the topic “numbers and counting”: un — one, dos — two, tres — three, quatre — four. 56 words can be played from recordings.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

56 words on the topic

  • un
    one
    Masculine: un cafè. About a woman or a feminine thing — una. There is no full uno for counting
  • dos
    two
    It does not change by gender: dos cafès and dos cases alike
  • tres
    three
    Hence trimestre — three months — and triple
  • quatre
    four
    Before a, the qu reads kw: KWA-treh. Its neighbor què is the question-word what
  • cinc
    five
    The final c goes voiceless and sounds k: sink
  • sis
    six
    Sixteen is «setze», from Latin sedecim. Sixty is «seixanta»
  • set
    seven
    The same word means thirst: tinc set — I'm thirsty, literally I have thirst
  • huit
    eight
    The Valencian huit — with an h, like hui: a hallmark of the norm; the central norm says vuit. Eighteen is díhuit
  • nou
    nine
    The same word means new: un llibre nou. Only the context tells them apart
  • deu
    ten
    Nineteen is dinou, literally ten-nine: tens come first
  • onze
    eleven
    From Latin undecim. Twelve is «dotze», thirteen is «tretze»
  • dotze
    twelve
    From Latin duodecim. A dozen is «una dotzena»: the same word with a suffix
  • tretze
    thirteen
    From Latin tredecim. Stress on the first syllable: TRE-dze
  • catorze
    fourteen
    From Latin quattuordecim — the same root as «quatre», four. Stress: ca-TOR-ze
  • quinze
    fifteen
    From Latin quindecim. Two weeks in Valencian is «quinze dies», literally «fifteen days»
  • setze
    sixteen
    From Latin sedecim. Related: «sis» — six, and «seixanta» — sixty
  • disset
    seventeen
    Ten-seven. The first half is deu, the ten — not set, the seven
  • díhuit
    eighteen
    Ten-eight — Valencian writes díhuit, with the accent; the central norm spells it divuit
  • dinou
    nineteen
    Ten-nine: the ten always comes first
  • vint
    twenty
    Twenty on its own. From twenty-one an i joins in: vint-i-u
  • trenta
    thirty
    A plain ten-fold: tren-ta, no surprises in the shape
  • quaranta
    forty
    Its neighbor quatre, four, hides inside by history only
  • cinquanta
    fifty
    Shares its stem with cinc, five, and cinc-cents, five hundred
  • seixanta
    sixty
    Opened by seis, six; the rest is just the ten-ending
  • setanta
    seventy
    set, seven, plus the ten-tail — the whole decade row is built this way
  • huitanta
    eighty
    With the Valencian huit inside — the central norm spells huitanta as vuitanta
  • noranta
    ninety
    From Latin nonaginta, the same base as «nou», nine. The nineties are «els anys noranta»
  • cent
    hundred
    Plural cents when counted: dos-cents. Alone it stays cent
  • mil
    thousand
    Does not take a plural: dos mil — two thousand, never miles
  • milió
    million
    The one big number with a plural: dos milions
  • zero
    zero
    A look-alike on every sign; temperature included: zero graus
  • el primer
    first
    The first ordinal is its own word — from Latin primus. The feminine is primera
  • el segon
    second
    Second in line — and the second of time shares the word
  • el tercer
    third
    Third; the feminine is tercera. Tercer món — the third world
  • l'últim
    last
    The final one in the row: l'últim tren — the last train
  • quant?
    how much
    With an accent when it asks: quant costa? Without one it is the conjunction as much as
  • la parella
    pair
    A pair of anything — and a couple: una parella jove
  • la peça
    piece
    The unit-word: fifty cents apiece — cinquanta cèntims la peça. Also the piece of clothing
  • el per cent
    percent
    Written as two words, said as one idea: el deu per cent — the ten percent
  • cada
    every
    Never takes an article after it: cada matí — every morning, cada dia
  • dos-cents
    two hundred
    Literally two hundreds: the hundred agrees in gender — dos-cents, dos-centes
  • tres-cents
    three hundred
    Cent is a hundred, and the tens word simply carries it along
  • quatre-cents
    four hundred
    quatre plus cents — no fusion, no surprises
  • cinc-cents
    five hundred
    Five hundred — the same stem as cinquanta, fifty
  • sis-cents
    six hundred
    sis plus cents, exactly as it looks
  • set-cents
    seven hundred
    From set, seven: set-cents. Read as one word, stress on -cents
  • huit-cents
    eight hundred
    With the Valencian huit — the central norm writes vuit-cents
  • nou-cents
    nine hundred
    nou plus cents; the last of the hundreds
  • quart
    fourth
    The ordinal fourth — also a quarter of an hour: un quart. The suffix -ordinal marks the dictionary entry
  • cinquè
    fifth
    Ordinal fifth; note the written accent: cinquè
  • sisè
    sixth
    A short word, stress at the end: si-ZEH. Feminine sisena
  • setè
    seventh
    Se-TEH. The row keeps going easily: cinquè, sisè, setè… — the stress always at the end
  • huitè
    eighth
    Ordinal eighth, Valencian spelling — huitè; the central norm writes vuitè
  • novè
    ninth
    From nou, nine: novè — no-VEH. Do not mix it up with nou, 'new': the stress divides them
  • desè
    tenth
    From deu, ten: desè — de-ZEH. The tenth page is la desena pàgina: the feminine ends in -ena
  • centèsim
    hundredth
    Ordinal hundredth — centèsim; the base is cent

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un — one. Masculine: un cafè. About a woman or a feminine thing — una. There is no full uno for counting.

dos — two. It does not change by gender: dos cafès and dos cases alike.

tres — three. Hence trimestre — three months — and triple.

quatre — four. Before a, the qu reads kw: KWA-treh. Its neighbor què is the question-word what.

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How do you say “one” in Valencian?

«un». Masculine: un cafè. About a woman or a feminine thing — una. There is no full uno for counting. It is one of 56 words in the set “numbers and counting” — the rest are in the table above.

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The whole set on this page is 56 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.

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