French (fr)

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

Referință locale

French

Metadate locale

Cod BCP 47fr

Nume nativFrançais

Nume în englezăFrench

Limbăfr

RegiuneNiciuna (locale de bază)

ScriereLatn

Direcția textuluiDe la stânga la dreapta (LTR)

Categorii de plural CLDRone, many, other

Vorbitori estimați~280,000,000

Intl API Live Output

DateTimeFormat

Short31/10/2026

Medium31 oct. 2026

Long31 octobre 2026

Fullsamedi 31 octobre 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;