Romanian Numbers, Phone Numbers, and More

Romanian Numbers“- There’s a numbers game going on out there. Whatever you say in Romanian, you’ll come across a few Romanian numbers sooner or later. Phone numbers, prices, and ages… What will your reaction be?

Are you going to freeze and say the number sheepishly in English with a Romanian accent? (I’ve witnessed it!)

Or are you going to rattle off a tongue twister like șapte sute douăzeci şi cinci (seven hundred and twenty-five) calmly and serenely?

It sounds lovely, and in this article, we’ll explain how these numbers are formed and how to use them correctly every time.

How Romanian Got its Numbers

Romanian is not the “purest” of the Romance languages, as linguists are aware. Many words that are used often have been influenced by Slavic or other nearby languages. However, numbers are wholly and completely Latin.

Even significant sound alterations like decem zece and quattuor patru fit well into the ideas of how language evolution works. Additionally, as all of these numbers ultimately originate from Proto-Indo-European, a language spoken more than 3,000 years ago, they are all connected to the English numerals as well.

Numbers in Romanian

How to count in the Romance language of Romanian, which is mostly spoken in Romania and Moldova.

Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	zero
1	un (m) o (f)	primul (m) prima (f)
2	doi	al doilea (m) a doua (f)
3	trei	al treilea (m) a treia (f)
4	patru	al patrulea (m) a patra (f)
5	cinci	al cincilea (m) a cincea (f)
6	șase	al șaselea (m) a șasea (f)
7	șapte	al șaptelea (m) a șaptea (f)
8	opt	al optulea (m) a opta (f)
9	nouă	al nouălea (m) a noua (f)
10	zece	al zecelea (m) a zecea (f)
11	unsprezece	al unsprezecelea (m) a unsprezecea (f)
12	doisprezece	al doisprezecelea (m) a doisprezecea (f)
13	treisprezece	al treisprezecelea (m) a treisprezecea (f)
14	paisprezece	al paisprezecelea (m) a paisprezecea (f)
15	cincisprezece	al cincisprezecelea (m) a cincisprezecea (f)
16	șaisprezece	al șaisprezecelea (m) a șaisprezecea (f)
17	șaptesprezece	al șaptesprezecelea (m) a șaptesprezecea (f)
18	optsprezece	al optsprezecelea (m) a optsprezecea (f)
19	nouăsprezece	al nouăsprezecelea (m) a nouăsprezecea (f)
20	douăzeci	al douăzecelea (m) a douăzecea (f)
21	douăzeci și unu	al douăzeci și unulea (m) a douăzeci și una (f)
22	douăzeci și doi	al douăzeci și doilea (m) a douăzeci și doua (f)
23	douăzeci și trei	al douăzeci și treilea (m) a douăzeci și treia (f)
24	douăzeci și patru	al douăzeci și patrulea (m) a douăzeci și patra (f)
25	douăzeci și cinci	al douăzeci și cincilea (m) a douăzeci și cincea (f)
26	douăzeci și șase	al douăzeci și șaselea (m) a douăzeci și șasea (f)
27	douăzeci și șapte	al douăzeci și șaptelea (m) a douăzeci și șaptea (f)
28	douăzeci și opt	al douăzeci și optulea (m) a douăzeci și opta (f)
29	douăzeci și nouă	al douăzeci și noulea (m) a douăzeci și noua (f)
30	treizeci	al treizecilea (m) a treizecea (f)
40	patruzeci	al patruzecilea (m) a patruzecea (f)
50	cincizeci	al cincizecilea (m) a cincizecea (f)
60	șaizeci	al șaizecilea (m) a șaizecea (f)
70	șaptezeci	al șaptezecilea (m) a șaptezecea (f)
80	optzeci	al optzecilea (m) a optzecea (f)
90	nouăzeci	al nouăzecilea (m) a nouăzecea (f)
100	o sută	al o sutălea (m) a o suta (f)
200	două sute	al două sutelea (m) a două suta (f)
300	trei sute	al trei sutelea (m) a trei suta (f)
400	patru sute	al patru sutelea (m) a patru suta (f)
500	cinci sute	al cinci sutelea (m) a cinci suta (f)
600	șase sute	al șase sutelea (m) a șase suta (f)
700	șapte sute	al șapte sutelea (m) a șapte suta (f)
800	opt sute	al opt sutelea (m) a opt suta (f)
900	nouă sute	al nouă sutelea (m) a nouă suta (f)
1.000	o mie	al o mielea (m) a o mia (f)
1.000.000	un milion
1.000.000.000	un miliard

Learn Romanian Numbers

Romanian Numbers

You can find some helpful materials, such as a course about Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers, to assist you with your Romanian grammar, if you’re trying to study Romanian numbers. Focus on the lesson and pay attention to the pattern that emerges each time a word changes its location. Don’t forget to look through the other of our lessons on Learn Romanian as well. Take pleasure in the remaining lessons!

Romanian Number

It is essential to learn the Romanian numbers listed below. Romanian cardinal numbers are frequently referred to as “counting numbers” since they demonstrate an amount. They express “how many.”

English Numbers	Romanian Numbers
numbers	Numerele
one	unu
two	doi
three	trei
four	patru
five	cinci
six	şase
seven	şapte
eight	opt
nine	nouă
ten	zece
eleven	unsprezece
twelve	douăsprezece
thirteen	treisprezece
fourteen	paisprezece
fifteen	cincisprezece
sixteen	şaisprezece
seventeen	şaptesprezece
eighteen	optsprezece
nineteen	nouăsprezece
twenty	douăzeci
hundred	o sută
one thousand	o mie
million	un milion

List of Ordinal Numbers in Romanian

The order of items in a collection is indicated by Romanian ordinal numerals, such as first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers don’t indicate volume. They just display position or rank. The Romanian Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers are listed below. You can improve your Romanian vocabulary by learning the terms in this table by heart.

English Numbers	Romanian Numbers
Ordinal Numbers
first	primul
second	al doilea
third	treilea
fourth	al patrulea
fifth	al cincilea
sixth	al şaselea
seventh	al şaptelea
eighth	al optulea
ninth	nouălea
tenth	al zecelea
eleventh	unsprezecelea
twelfth	doisprezecelea
thirteenth	treisprezecelea
fourteenth	paisprezecelea
fifteenth	cincisprezecelea
sixteenth	şaisprezecelea
seventeenth	şaptesprezecelea
eighteenth	al optsprezecelea
nineteenth	nouăsprezecelea
twentieth	douăzecilea
once	o dată
twice	de două ori

In Romanian, both ordinal and cardinal numbers play a significant role. After finishing Romanian Numbers, you might like to check out the remainder of our classes on the Romanian language and culture here: Master Romanian. Keep this page bookmarked, please.

The Cardinal Romanian Numbers

English	Romanian
Zero	zero
One	unu
Two	doi
Three	trei
Four	patru
Five	cinci
Six	șase
Seven	șapte
Eight	opt
Nine	nouă
Ten	zece

When compared to other languages, Romanian noun gender is one of its most distinguishing characteristics. The three genders of Romanian nouns are masculine, feminine, and neuter. Neuter nouns are intriguing because they sound feminine in the plural yet masculine in the singular.

We’ll merely say that unu and doi are those numerals’ masculine equivalents for the purposes of this article. Una and două are the feminine equivalents. You don’t have to worry about that kind of declension above two, either!

Talking about zero operates just as it does in English. We say “one degree” and “zero degrees,” and the plural is also required in Romanian: un grad, or “zero grade.”

Moving on to numbers eleven through nineteen Prepare yourself for a small surprise if you’ve studied other European languages in the past.

English	Formal Romanian	Informal Romanian
Eleven	unsprezece	unșpe
Twelve	doisprezece	doișpe
Thirteen	treisprezece	treișpe
Fourteen	paisprezece	paișpe
Fifteen	cincisprezece	cinșpe
Sixteen	șaisprezece	șaișpe
Seventeen	șaptesprezece	șapteșpe
Eighteen	optsprezece	optișpe
Nineteen	nouăsprezece	nouășpe

They are all normal! There is none of the eleven, twelve nonsense found in the other European languages. The base number is where the words spre, which means “toward,” and zece, which means “ten,” both originate. Spre originally meant “over,” which makes more sense.

What’s up with that third column, too? Sprezece is, as you may have already noted, a bit of a mouthful. As a result, that ending is frequently only heard as șpe in everyday speech. Everyone uses these short forms, thus you wouldn’t want to express it in a formal tone since you would offend stick-up grammarians.

Look at that word for “eighteen” again. Actually, the term ptspr has the most consonants in a row of any word in Romanian. Due to the inconvenience, the version optisprezece, which adds a vowel to make things simpler, is frequently used. Once more, something is not seen as accurate enough to record.

After 19, things continue to get simpler. The plural of zece, zeci, is added to the root number.

Thus, the word “twenty” is actually two plus two, or douăzeci. According to the same logic, “forty” is patru + zeci. The lone anomaly is “sixty,” which deviates somewhat from the pattern. There is no sign of the usual form șasezeci; instead, șaizeci appears.

The phrase is literally “twenty and five” for a construction like “twenty-five”: douăzeci și cinci. Nothin’ there!

These words can be be pronounced more simply: the entire zeci sound is reduced to ş or zeş, rendering the term “fifty-one” as cincizeci şi unu cinzeşunu.

Additionally, we add the term de, which means “of,” when we count items beyond twenty. Therefore, rather than having “twenty somethings,” we actually have “twenty of something.” Observe:

• Ali Baba Şi Cei Patruzeci De Hoţi
  Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves (Ali Baba and The Forty of Thieves)

The sky’s the limit after we pass ninety-nine. The number 365 is written as trei sute șaizeci și cinci, which translates to “three hundreds sixty and five,” much like in English.

I did say “hundreds,” after all. The word for “hundred” is sută, while the required plural is sute.

One more thing to be grateful for is this: For an English speaker who thinks “million,” the word for 1000 in other Romance languages is something akin to mil. 1000 in Romanian is written as mie, which is sufficiently far away to prevent confusion.

How to count in Romanian Numbers

Knowing the numbers is crucial in daily life as well as for professional needs (such as conducting business in Romania).

You will learn how to recognize and pronounce Romanian numbers in this session. It’s fairly simple.

Romanian Numbers Translated

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
zero	zero	/’ze.ro/
one (referring to a masculine noun)	Unu	/’u.nu/
one  (referring to a feminine noun)	una	/’u.na/
two (referring to a masculine noun)	Doi	/doj/
two  (referring to a feminine noun)	Două	/’do.wə/
three	Trei	/trej/
four	patru	/’pa.tru/
five	cinci	/ʧinʧʲ/
six	șase	/’ʃa.se/
seven	șapte	/’ʃap.te/
eight	opt	/opt/
nine	nouă	/’no.wə/
ten	zece	/’ze.ʧe/

The Ordinal Romanian Numbers

We therefore understand how to count in Romanian and how to count things. How about making a list?

Ordinal numbers are a total breeze to use in the situation.

The sole atypical word in Romanian is for “first”; primul is used for masculine and prima is used for feminine. Since what you’re actually saying is “the first [anything],” ordinal numerals all have regular masculine and feminine variations.

So, you modify the base number word by adding -lea to create a male ordinal. Simply add -a to an ordinal to make it feminine.

Al treilea / a treia is the translation of “the third.” Really nice, no? Unfortunately, there are a few vowel deletions and additions, so it’s not quite as regular as that. Here is a chart to assist you:

English	Romanian (masculine / feminine)
The first	primul / prima
The second	al doilea / a doua
The third	al treilea / a treia
The fourth	al patrulea / a patra
The fifth	al cincilea / a cincea
The sixth	al șaselea / a șasea
The seventh	al șaptelea / a șaptea
The eighth	al optulea / a opta
The ninth	al nouălea / a noua
The tenth	al zecelea / a zecea

Check out the final one. Everything with a suffix of -zece will have the same behavior as zece. As a result, the endings of all the numbers from 11 to 19 (as well as 111 to 119, 211 to 219, etc.) are the same.

• al doisprezecelea / a douăsprezecea
  The twelfth (masculine / feminine)

When we reach twenty, a new pattern starts to show. Multiples of ten, as we are previously aware, finish in -zeci. This will frequently change to -zecea and -zecilea (masculine) (feminine).

As a result, we would finally reach al treizecilea and al cincizecilea, which both mean “the thirtieth” and “the fiftieth,” respectively.

Furthermore, we only alter the number’s very last digit when we’re not counting even multiples of ten. We don’t say “the forty-fifth” like we do in English. The phrase “the forty-fifth” is pronounced al patruzeci și cincilea/a patruzeci și cincicea in Romanian.

You should be able to count almost anything with this knowledge.

• etajul al cincilea
  the fifth floor (literally the floor the fifth)

Numbers in Romanian

A common vocabulary is one of the key components of learning Romanian. Common terms that we use on a daily basis are included in the common vocabulary. One component of everyday terms is the number. This website will assist you in learning all Romanian numerals with their English pronunciation if you are interested in doing so.

Learning Romanian numbers is crucial because they are used frequently in daily life. The table below provides an easy-to-understand translation of numbers from Romanian to English, along with a pronunciation guide.

Number in Romanian / număr

Number – număr
0	Zero	zero
1	One	unu
2	Two	doi
3	Three	trei
4	Four	patru
5	Five	cinci
6	Six	șase
7	Seven	șapte
8	Eight	opt
9	Nine	nouă
10	Ten	zece
11	Eleven	unsprezece
12	Twelve	doisprezece
13	Thirteen	treisprezece
14	Fourteen	paisprezece
15	Fifteen	cincisprezece
16	Sixteen	șaisprezece
17	Seventeen	șaptesprezece
18	Eighteen	optsprezece
19	Nineteen	nouăsprezece
20	Twenty	douăzeci
21	Twenty-one	douăzeci și unu
22	Twenty-two	douăzeci și doi
23	Twenty-three	douăzeci și trei
24	Twenty-four	douăzeci și patru
25	Twenty-five	douăzeci și cinci
26	Twenty-six	douăzeci și șase
27	Twenty-seven	douăzeci și șapte
28	Twenty-eight	douăzeci și opt
29	Twenty-nine	douăzeci și nouă
30	Thirty	treizeci
31	Thirty-one	treizeci și unu
32	Thirty-two	treizeci si doi
33	Thirty-three	treizeci si trei
34	Thirty-four	treizeci si patru
35	Thirty-five	treizeci si cinci
36	Thirty-six	treizeci și șase
37	Thirty-seven	treizeci și șapte
38	Thirty-eight	treizeci si opt
39	Thirty-nine	treizeci si noua
40	Forty	patruzeci
41	Forty-one	patruzeci si unu
42	Forty-two	patruzeci si doi
43	Forty-three	patruzeci si trei
44	Forty-four	patruzeci si patru
45	Forty-five	patruzeci și cinci
46	Forty-six	patruzeci și șase
47	Forty-seven	patruzeci și șapte
48	Forty-eight	patruzeci si opt
49	Forty-nine	patruzeci si noua
50	Fifty	cincizeci
60	Sixty	șaizeci
70	Seventy	șaptezeci
80	Eighty	optzeci
90	Ninety	nouăzeci
100	One hundred	o sută

sută

1K 1000	One Thousand	o mie
10K10,000	Ten Thousand	zece mii
1M 1,000,000	One Million	un milion
1B 1,000,000,000	One Billion	un miliard

Romanian numerals 1 to 10

0 zero

1 unu

2 doi

3 trei

4 patru

5 cinci

6 șase

7 șapte

8 opt

9 nouă

10 zece

Romanian Phone Numbers

Let’s spend a moment considering the telephone, one of the most prevalent applications of numbers in Romanian daily life. The country code for Romania is +40, or plus patru zero.

Romanian citizens could not make international calls for a very long period unless they were in the government. Things began to open up in the 1990s, but the phone numbering system remained convoluted, with some counties having numbers that were longer or shorter depending on their population.

But now, everyone has a nine-digit number with a required zero at the beginning. Don’t overlook it! To get someone’s phone number, just say:

• Îmi puteți da numărul de telefon?
  Can you give me your phone number?

• Assamese Translation: Statement in Assamese