No. 4,954 in French
soixante
"Sixty."
In a sentence
J'ai 60 livres dans ma collection.
I have 60 books in my collection.
The word 'soixante' is used as a numerical adjective, describing the quantity of books ('60').
Il a travaillé depuis soixante jours sans pause.
He has been working for sixty days without a break.
'Soixante' specifies the duration in days directly. It functions as a numeral adverbial.
Les années soixante étaient une période de grands changements.
The sixties were a period of great changes.
Here, 'soixante' refers to a specific decade (the 1960s), serving as a cultural or temporal reference.
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