high — English to French

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

What it means: high in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: high (448 570), highs (198). By style: everyday 621 · literary 47 · biblical 326 · parliamentary 19 596 · legal and administrative 32 897 · UN documents 395 281.

haut

Used about 145 609 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 139 · literary ≈ 24 · biblical ≈ 136 · parliamentary ≈ 4 703 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 081 · UN documents ≈ 123 525). Forms: haut, haute, hauts.

• Is this too high?

  Est-ce que c'est trop haut ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #4495264 #7830493

• “I was praying to the martyr there on high.”

  --Je priais le martyr qui est là-haut.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4468

• for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan,

  Contre tous les cèdres du Liban, hauts et élevés, Et contre tous les chênes de Basan;

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 2:13

• Mr Solana, our high representative, was in Beirut the day before yesterday.

  Javier Solana, notre haut-représentant, était à Beyrouth avant-hier.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 916297

• Durum wheat high quality

  Froment (blé) dur de haute qualité

  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 1051110

atteint

Used about 74 376 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 261 · UN documents ≈ 74 115).

• Our deficit levels are at historic highs in several Member States, as the President of the Council has indicated.

  Le déficit de plusieurs États membres atteint un niveau historique comme l'a dit le président du Conseil.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1291351

• Global unemployment hit record highs, with 84 million women out of work.

  Le chômage mondial a atteint des niveaux records, 84 millions de femmes étant sans emploi.

  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 26938900

• Food prices have come down from the highs of 2011, but remain elevated.

  Le prix des denrées alimentaires n ' est plus au sommet atteint en 2011, mais reste élevé.

  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 26197562

• In the past two years alone, enforcement of the Act has hit historic highs.

  Au cours des deux seules dernières années, l ' application de la loi a atteint des records.

  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 16828887

• Brazilian elliotis pine plywood prices reached record highs in early 2004.

  Les prix des contreplaqués en pin elliotis brésilien ont atteint des niveaux records au début de 2004.

  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 13747893

prix

Used about 16 284 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 3 919 · UN documents ≈ 12 353).

• The prices are high.

  Les prix sont élevés.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sam_m and Dreamk33 · checked, community translation · #1563785 #10738

• (DE) Madam President, food prices have reached new record highs.

  (DE) Madame la Présidente, les prix alimentaires ont atteint de nouveaux sommets.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1499978

• (ii) Unaffordable high prices of land;

  ii) Prix excessivement élevé du terrain;

  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 3886335

• All of these issues have contributed to prices reaching historic highs.

  Tous ces facteurs ont contribué à ce que les prix atteignent un pic historique.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 968751

• Maize in 2011 has traded at prices above its 2008 highs.

  En 2011, le maïs s ' est échangé à des prix supérieurs aux maximums de 2008.

  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 25161752

niveau

Used about 13 246 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 261 · legal and administrative ≈ 633 · UN documents ≈ 12 353).

• We realise that the Europe 2020 Strategy has high ambitions and requires us to stand firm at both national and European levels.

  Nous nous rendons compte que la stratégie Europe 2020 nourrit de grandes ambitions et nous impose de tenir bon, que ce soit au niveau national ou européen.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1503348

• Unemployment rates were at historical highs in Greece and represented the most challenging variable to solve (ranging from 17,9 % in 2011 to 27,5 % in 2013 and being constantly above 20 % between 2010 and 2017).

  Les taux de chômage avaient atteint un niveau historique en Grèce (ils sont passés de 17,9 % en 2011 à 27,5 % en 2013 et sont restés constamment supérieurs à 20 % de 2010 à 2017), ce qui constituait l’élément le plus problématique à résoudre.

  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 5337209

• 41. A number of strategies had been implemented to deal with the high level of youth unemployment.

  41. Face au niveau élevé du chômage des jeunes, un certain nombre de stratégies sont mises en œuvre.

  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 22644522

• It was noted that all major indices of the International Grain Council are currently lower than their highs, but remain, nevertheless, relatively high.

  Les participants ont noté que tous les grands indices du Conseil international des céréales étaient actuellement inférieurs à leur niveau maximum mais demeuraient relativement élevés.

  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 28621143

• 86. Although the Falkland Islands enjoy a relatively high standard of living, the Falkland Islands Government continues to address the issue of poverty amongst women.

  Le niveau de vie est relativement élevé aux îles Falkland, mais le Gouvernement s ' efforce néanmoins d ' améliorer le sort des femmes frappées par la pauvreté.

  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 10425527

élevé

Used about 10 126 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 89 · biblical ≈ 34 · parliamentary ≈ 2 090 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 796 · UN documents ≈ 4 118).

• The price is high.

  Le prix est élevé.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and pingpang · checked, community translation · #3538197 #3057386

• The LORD is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.

  L’Éternel est grand dans Sion, Il est élevé au-dessus de tous les peuples.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 99:2

• A fundamental objective of innovation is to maintain a high level of prosperity in Europe.

  L'innovation a pour principal objectif de préserver un niveau de prospérité élevé en Europe.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1561355

• High duty cycle/continuous transmission devices [8]

  Dispositifs de transmission en mode continu/à coefficient d'utilisation élevé [8]

  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 4195215

• (b) The rate of teenage pregnancy is high.

  b) Que le taux moyen de conception chez les adolescentes est élevé.

  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 9082819

More sentences

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

• Spending time with your significant other should be high on your priority list.

  Passer du temps avec votre bien-aimée devrait être en tête de la liste de vos priorités.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #909572 #1406747

• He promised to pay us high wages.

  Il a promis de nous payer des salaires élevés.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #297611 #6083124

• She looks too old to be in high school.

  Elle a l'air trop âgée pour une lycéenne.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lebensfreude and samir_t · checked, community translation · #10803416 #10090402

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