No. 1,400 in French
vingt
The French word "vingt" means "twenty" in English.
In a sentence
J'ai acheté vingt pommes au marché.
I bought twenty apples at the market.
Quantitative numeric usage: Context is a numeral indicating a quantity.
Le train est à vingt heures ce soir.
The train is at twenty o'clock this evening.
Temporal numeric usage: Indicates a specific time of day in a 24-hour clock.
Vingt minutes suffiront pour terminer cette tâche.
Twenty minutes will be enough to complete this task.
Temporal duration usage: Quantifies a period of time.
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