Eleven - Onze (The 2447th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Eleven is Onze. It can be used as noun, pronoun. This word often comes up when talking about numbers & quantity. It is classified as a B2 word, and is the 2447th most commonly used word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: eleven

French: onze

Examples


This house has eleven rooms.	Cette maison compte onze pièces.
It happened at a quarter past eleven.	Ça s'est déroulé à onze heures et quart.
A team is composed of eleven players.	Une équipe est composée de onze joueurs.
It's almost half past eleven.	Il est presque onze heures et demie.
It is ten minutes before eleven.	Il est onze heures moins dix.
I usually got to bed about eleven.	Je vais d'habitude au lit vers onze heures environ.
We are eleven in all.	Nous sommes onze, en tout.
He turned off all the lights at eleven.	Il éteignit toutes les lumières à onze heures.

He usually went to bed at eleven.	Il allait se coucher à onze heures d'habitude.
It's eleven and he's not coming.	Il est onze heures et il n'arrive pas.
It's already eleven.	Il est déjà onze heures.
Be at the train station at eleven sharp.	Sois à la gare à onze heures pile.
They will be arriving by train at eleven.	Ils arriveront en train à onze heures.
Eleven is a prime number.	Onze est un nombre premier.
It's eleven o'clock.	Il est onze heures.
It is ten minutes to eleven.	Il est onze heures moins dix.
It's eleven o'clock now.	Il est onze heures.
It's ten minutes to eleven.	Il est onze heures moins dix.
It's already eleven o'clock. I must be leaving now.	Il est déjà onze heures. Je dois partir.
She seldom, if ever, goes to bed before eleven.	Elle va rarement, voire jamais, au lit avant onze heures.
Eleven of the 25 survivors died before rescue from Wrangel Island on 7 September 1914.	Onze des vingt-cinq survivants périssent avant leur sauvetage de l'île Wrangel le 7 septembre 1914.