great — English to French

How English great is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

What it means: great in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: great (143 405), greats (4). By style: everyday 1 224 · literary 237 · biblical 789 · parliamentary 27 332 · legal and administrative 3 911 · UN documents 109 916.

grand

Used about 81 002 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 510 · literary ≈ 173 · biblical ≈ 493 · parliamentary ≈ 8 746 · legal and administrative ≈ 733 · UN documents ≈ 70 346). Forms: grand, grande, grands.

• That's a great poem.

  C'est un grand poème.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #395034 #452848

• The great befits a crown.

  Le grand va aux couronnes.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7405

• There was great joy in that city.

  Et il y eut une grande joie dans cette ville.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 8:8

• This had the makings of a great report.

  Ce rapport présentait tous les ingrédients d'un grand rapport.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1242441

• Great Islamic Eastern Warriors Front (IBDA-C)

  Front islamique des combattants du Grand Orient (IBDA-C)

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 807432

beaucoup

Used about 17 128 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 102 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 6 013 · UN documents ≈ 10 992).

• I will read your book with great care.

  Je lirai votre livre avec beaucoup d'attention.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CarpeLanam and Aiji · checked, community translation · #5114824 #11670928

• You cause me a great deal of pain.

  Vous me faites beaucoup de peine.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30923

• for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’”

  car je te rendrai beaucoup d’honneurs, et je ferai tout ce que tu me diras; viens, je te prie, maudis-moi ce peuple.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 22:17

• We do not have a great deal of time.

  Nous n'avons pas beaucoup de temps devant nous.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1880481

• A great deal has been done.

  Beaucoup a été fait.

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 8906703

uni

Used about 4 397 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 397).

• Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

  États-Unis d ' Amérique, Fédération de Russie et Royaume-Uni de

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 2128228

• Legality of use of force (Yugoslavia/United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

  France) viii) Légalité du recours à la force (Yougoslavie c. Royaume-Uni)

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 5774052

bretagne

Used about 1 304 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 304).

• region I: Great Britain,

  région I: Grande-Bretagne,

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1043999

• The territories of Great Britain

  Territoires de Grande Bretagne

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 801115

• THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

  LE ROYAUME-UNI DE GRANDE-BRETAGNE ET D’IRLANDE DU NORD,

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1999578

• Other — United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

  Autre — Royaume-Uni (Grande-Bretagne et Irlande du Nord)

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1411072

• This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

  Le Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord est destinataire de la présente décision.

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3538835

lacs

Used about 1 304 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 304).

• Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)

  Prime sur Grands Lacs (EUR/t)

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 482238

• Freight costs: Great Lakes–Rotterdam:

  Frais de fret: Grands Lacs–Rotterdam:

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2140861

• Refugees in the region of Eastern Africa/Great Lakes.

  Les réfugiés dans la région d’Afrique orientale/des Grands Lacs.

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3318203

• COMPAGNIE AERIENNE DES GRANDS LACS (CAGL); GREAT LAKES BUSINESS COMPANY (GLBC)

  COMPAGNIE AÉRIENNE DES GRANDS LACS (CAGL); GREAT LAKES BUSINESS COMPANY (GLBC)

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3481874

• Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: 29,51 EUR/t; Great Lakes–Rotterdam: — EUR/t.

  Frets/frais: Golfe du Mexique–Rotterdam: 29,51 EUR/t; Grands Lacs–Rotterdam: — EUR/t.

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 650836

More sentences

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

• I knew you would do something great.

  Je savais que tu ferais merveille.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2064933 #2467950

• I think that you look really great.

  Je trouve que tu as l'air vraiment bien.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · #8276468 #6846159

• That's a great idea!

  C'est une excellente idée !

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dalyup and Adelpa · checked, community translation · #6902541 #5302307

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