Breton reference
Selected Breton numbers up to 1,000
This list shows selected numbers up to 1,000, not every number in between. Compare the number forms with their English meanings. Counting forms, forms used with people and examples appear only where the source data records them.
Breton number list
- 1oneunan
Ordinal: kentañ
Masculine: unan
Feminine: unan
oneSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-1 - 2twodaou
Ordinal: eil
Masculine: daou
Feminine: div
twogender-marked; soft mutation on the following noun (daou vab = two sons)Source: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-2 - 3threetri
Ordinal: trede
Masculine: tri
Feminine: teir
threegender-marked; spirantization on following noun (tri c'hazh = three cats)Source: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-3 - 4fourpevar
Ordinal: pevare
Masculine: pevar
Feminine: peder
fourgender-markedSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-4 - 5fivepemp
Ordinal: pempvet
fiveSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-5 - 6sixc'hwec'h
Ordinal: c'hwec'hvet
sixSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-6 - 7sevenseizh
Ordinal: seizhvet
sevenSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-7 - 8eighteizh
Ordinal: eizhvet
eightSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-8 - 9ninenav
Ordinal: navet
nineSource: https://devri.bzh/recherche/?q=navet, data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-9 - 10tendek
Ordinal: dekvet
tenSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-10 - 11elevenunnek
Ordinal: unnekvet
elevenSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-11 - 12twelvedaouzek
Ordinal: daouzekvet
twelveSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-12 - 13thirteentrizek
Ordinal: trizekvet
thirteenSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-13 - 14fourteenpevarzek
Ordinal: pevarzekvet
fourteenSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-14 - 15fifteenpemzek
Ordinal: pemzekvet
fifteenSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-15 - 16sixteenc'hwezek
Ordinal: c'hwezekvet
sixteenSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-16 - 17seventeenseitek
Ordinal: seitekvet
seventeenSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-17 - 18eighteentriwec'h
Ordinal: triwec'hvet
eighteenliterally 'three-six' rather than 'ten-eight'Source: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-18 - 19nineteennaontek
Ordinal: naontekvet
nineteenSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-19 - 20twentyugent
Ordinal: ugentvet
twentyThe traditional score-based pattern extends through 99, with exceptions for thirty and fifty.Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Module:number_list/data/br, data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-20 - 21twenty-oneunan warn-ugent
Ordinal: unanvet warn-ugent
twenty-oneliterally 'one-on-twenty'Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Module:number_list/data/br, data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-21 - 30thirtytregont
Ordinal: tregontvet
thirtySource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-30 - 50fiftyhanter-kant
Ordinal: hanterkantvet
fiftyLiterally half a hundred.Source: https://devri.bzh/recherche/?q=hanterkantvet, data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-50 - 70seventydek ha tri-ugent
Ordinal: dekvet ha tri-ugent
seventySource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-70 - 80eightypevar-ugent
Ordinal: pevar-ugentvet
eightySource: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Module:number_list/data/br, data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-80 - 90ninetydek ha pevar-ugent
Ordinal: dekvet ha pevar-ugent
ninetySource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-90 - 100hundredkant
Ordinal: kantvet
hundredSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-100 - 1000thousandmil
Ordinal: milvet
thousandSource: data/content/breton/numbers.json#br-num-1000
Some Breton number forms were checked against Wiktionary’s Breton number list, released under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary Breton number list
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