No. 1,204 in French
trente
"Trente" means "thirty" in English.
In a sentence
Le cours commence à trente heures.
The class starts at thirty hours.
In this sentence, 'trente' specifies the numeric value of thirty as part of a time expression.
Il y avait trente invités à la fête.
There were thirty guests at the party.
Here, 'trente' expresses the exact number of guests in the context of counting.
J'ai vécu ici pendant trente ans.
I have lived here for thirty years.
In this case, 'trente' indicates a quantitative duration of time.
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