brief — English to French

How English brief is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: brief in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: brief (21 826), briefs (2 271). By style: everyday 36 · literary 9 · parliamentary 2 639 · legal and administrative 1 544 · UN documents 19 869.

bref

Used about 2 782 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 635 · legal and administrative ≈ 64 · UN documents ≈ 2 070).

• The journey was brief.

  Le voyage était bref.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zahurdias and maydoo · checked, community translation · #1992948 #3522121

• “Advocate, be brief,” said the president.

  «Avocat, soyez bref, dit le président.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5119

• I shall be very brief.

  Monsieur le Président, je serai bref.

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• How to prepare a risk assessment — in brief

  Comment préparer une évaluation des risques — En bref

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• A. Brief historical review

  A. Bref aperçu historique

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brève

Used about 2 223 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 489 · legal and administrative ≈ 273 · UN documents ≈ 1 449).

• Here is a brief description.

  Voici une brève description.

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• The custom was retained until the middle of the sixteenth century of explaining an edifice by a brief device inscribed above the door.

  L'usage s'est conservé jusqu'au milieu du seizième siècle d'expliquer un édifice par une brève devise écrite au-dessus de la porte.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3007

• It is a very brief question.

  Il s’agit d’une très brève question.

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• Brief description of the objective of the aid.

  Brève description de l'objectif de l'aide.

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• Mr. Dejammet (France) (interpretation from French): My statement will be very brief.

  M. Dejammet (France) : Mon intervention sera très brève.

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slips

Used about 708 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 708).

• Women's or girls' briefs and panties of cotton, knitted or crocheted

  Slips et culottes, en bonneterie, de coton, pour femmes ou fillettes

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• Men’s or boys’ underpants and briefs, knitted or crocheted, of cotton

  Slips et caleçons, en bonneterie, pour hommes ou garçonnets, de coton

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• Men’s or boys’ underpants and briefs, of other textile materials

  Slips et caleçons, pour hommes ou garçonnets, d’autres matières textiles

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• Men's or boys' underpants and briefs of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted)

  Slips et caleçons, de coton, pour hommes ou garçonnets (autres qu'en bonneterie)

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• Women's or girls' briefs and panties of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted

  Slips et culottes, en bonneterie, de fibres synthétiques ou artificielles, pour femmes ou fillettes

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description

Used about 655 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 241 · UN documents ≈ 414).

• Brief description of the vehicle type 愦灭※

  Description sommaire du type de véhicule:愦灭※

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• a brief technical specification of the LED module(s),

  une description technique succincte du (des) module(s) DEL;

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• A brief description of the electrical/electronic components: 愦灭※

  Description succincte des composants électriques/électroniques: 愦灭※

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• 7. Brief description of fuel tank and fuel

  7. Description sommaire du réservoir à carburant et de l ' installation d ' alimentation en carburant:

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• Brief description of the electrical/electronic components (if any):

  Description succincte des composants électriques/électroniques (le cas échéant):

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More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

• The effects of the drug are intense but brief.

  Les effets du médicament sont intenses mais brefs.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by orcrist and Maxence · checked, community translation · #43561 #7698462

• He answered in brief.

  Il a répondu brièvement.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and Eldad · checked, community translation · #299238 #132550

• Some more brief questions, please.

  Encore quelques petites questions, s'il vous plaît.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Gulliver and christian63 · checked, community translation · #6302506 #5995139

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