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trente-douze

French, number/tʁɑ̃t.duz/

trente-douze is a French number meaning “An indefinite large number: umpteen, eleventy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does trente-douze mean in English?

number

  1. 1

    colloquialAn indefinite large number: umpteen, eleventy

  2. 2

    informalforty-two

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Beaucoup de, de façon quantitativement indéterminée.

noun: 1. Jeu de dés.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce trente-douze?

  • /tʁɑ̃t.duz/
  • \tʁɑ̃t.duz\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.