Large Numbers in Italian
We have already seen the numbers from 1 to 100 in Italian.
Now we are going to look at larger numbers.
Cento
The hundreds in Italian are regular. You just need to put the single digit number before cento. The exception is 100 where it is just cento (without the number uno added to it).
- 100 – cento
- 200 – duecento
- 300 – trecento
- 400 – quattrocento
- 500 – cinquecento
- 600 – seicento
- 700 – settecento
- 800 – ottocento
- 900 – novecento
Numbers up to a thousand are written as one word without any spaces.
- 246 – duecentoquarantasei
- 999 – novecentonovantanove
Mille – Mila
The number mille (1000) becomes mila in the plural. The same rule applies as happens with hundreds, you just add the single number before the mila. The exception is 1000 where it is just mille (without the number added to it).
- 1.000 – mille
- 2.000 – duemila
- 3.000 – tremila
- 4.000 – quattromila
- 5.000 – cinquemila
- 6.000 – seimila
- 7.000 – settemila
- 8.000 – ottomila
- 9.000 – novemila
- 10.000 – diecimila
- 20.000 – ventimila
- 69.000 – sessantanovemila
- 100.000 – centomila
- 300.000 – trecentomila
- 957.000 – novecentocinquantasettemila
Numbers over 100,000 are normally broken into groups of three
- 362.594 – trecentosessantaduemila, cinquecentonovantaquattro
But it can also be written as one long word without any breaks
- 362.594 – trecentosessantaduemilacinquecentonovantaquattro
Milione – Milioni
The number milione (1.000.000) becomes milioni in the plural. Notice how for 1.000.000 we need to use the article UN before the word milione.
- 1.000.000 – un milione
- 2.000.000 – due milioni
- 3.000.000 – tre milioni
- 10.000.000 – dieci milioni
- 40.000.000 – quaranta milioni
- 500.000.000 – cinquecento milioni
Milione and milioni can remain separate from the numbers that follow:
- 1.850.000 – un milione ottocentocinquantamila
- 4.346.273 – quattro milioni trecentoquarantaseimila duecentosettantatré
Miliardo – Millardi
The next group of numbers are the billions. Miliardo is singular and miliardi is plural.
- 1.000.000.000 – un miliardo
- 2.000.000.000 – due miliardi