French (fr)

Complete reference for the fr locale — live Intl API output, CLDR plural rules, and framework config snippets.

Riferimento della locale

French

Metadati della locale

Codice BCP 47fr

Nome nativoFrançais

Nome ingleseFrench

Linguafr

RegioneNessuna (locale di base)

Sistema di scritturaLatn

Direzione del testoDa sinistra a destra (LTR)

Categorie di plurale CLDRone, many, other

Parlanti stimati~280,000,000

Intl API Live Output

DateTimeFormat

Short15/09/2026

Medium15 sept. 2026

Long15 septembre 2026

Fullmardi 15 septembre 2026

NumberFormat

Decimal1 234 567,89

Currency (USD)9,99 $US

Percent75 %

Compact1,2 M

RelativeTimeFormat

il y a 3 jours

Output for: -3 days ago

ListFormat

apples, oranges et bananas

Conjunction list: apples, oranges, bananas

CLDR Plural Rules

Categories supported by fr: one, many, other

oneExample number: 1

→ one

manyExample number: 11

→ other

otherExample number: 100

→ other

Framework Config Snippets

next-intl

// next-intl configuration
// next.config.ts
import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin();
export default withNextIntl({});

// i18n/routing.ts
import { defineRouting } from 'next-intl/routing';
export const routing = defineRouting({
  locales: ['fr', 'en'],
  defaultLocale: 'en',
});

react-intl

// react-intl configuration
import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
import messages from './messages/fr.json';

function App() {
  return (
    <IntlProvider locale="fr" messages={messages}>
      {/* your app */}
    </IntlProvider>
  );
}

i18next

// i18next configuration
import i18n from 'i18next';
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';

i18n
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    lng: 'fr',
    fallbackLng: 'en',
    resources: {
      'fr': {
        translation: require('./locales/fr/translation.json'),
      },
    },
  });

export default i18n;