highest — English to French

How English highest is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

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Sentence pairs counted, by form: highest (53 352), highests (1). By style: everyday 68 · literary 8 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 2 669 · legal and administrative 4 507 · UN documents 46 095.

élevé

Used about 19 353 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 445 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 911 · UN documents ≈ 15 992). Forms: élevé, élevée, élevés.

• Body temperature is highest in the afternoon.

  La température du corps est plus élevée l'après-midi.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Archibald · checked, community translation · #275246 #129130

• That is the highest amount of European Community funding for aviation for any third country.

  Parmi les financements que la Communauté européenne accorde dans le domaine de l'aviation à des pays tiers, celui-ci présente le montant le plus élevé.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1136220

• The bidder with the highest bid was selected.

  Le candidat ayant soumis l'offre la plus élevée a été retenu.

  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 3528952

• a Represents the highest authorized strength.

  a Effectif autorisé le plus 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 19743547

• Detroit has one of the highest levels of gun violence in the world.

  Detroit a l'un des niveaux les plus élevé de violences à main armée au monde.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and thowas · checked, community translation · #4672684 #4672702

plus

Used about 16 674 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 945 · legal and administrative ≈ 657 · UN documents ≈ 15 051).

• Who's the highest bidder?

  Qui est le plus offrant ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #3738387 #5945628

• Nevertheless, whatever may be the contrast, all these toilers, from the highest to the most nocturnal, from the wisest to the most foolish, possess one likeness, and this is it: disinterestedness.

  Pourtant, quel que soit le contraste, tous ces travailleurs, depuis le plus haut jusqu'au plus nocturne, depuis le plus sage jusqu'au plus fou, ont une similitude, et la voici: le désintéressement.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15596

• The side rooms were wider on the higher levels, because the walls were narrower at the higher levels. Therefore the width of the house increased upward; and so one went up from the lowest level to the highest through the middle level.

  Les chambres occupaient plus d’espace, à mesure qu’elles s’élevaient, et l’on allait en tournant; car on montait autour de la maison par un escalier tournant. Il y avait ainsi plus d’espace dans le haut de la maison, et l’on montait de l’étage inférieur à l’étage supérieur par celui du milieu.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 41:7

• It is the German and French economies that pay the highest price for it.

  Ce sont les économies allemande et française qui en font les plus gros frais.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 788690

• The elevation has been captured at the highest ground point of the construction.

  L’altitude a été saisie au point de sol le plus haut de la construction.

  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 3049994

haute

Used about 3 489 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 167 · legal and administrative ≈ 469 · UN documents ≈ 2 822).

• It is the highest mountain in the world.

  C'est la plus haute montagne du monde.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MTC and GeeZ · checked, community translation · #3630666 #816577

• All at once, he felt a freshness on his face, and found himself at the door of the highest gallery.

  Tout à coup il sentit quelque fraîcheur sur son visage et se trouva sous la porte de la plus haute galerie.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5963

• I very much trust that the Council will give it the highest priority in the coming months.

  J'ai l'entière confiance que le Conseil lui donnera la plus haute priorité dans les mois à venir.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1012824

• Please accept, Madam, the assurance of my highest consideration.

  Veuillez agréer, Madame, l'assurance de ma très haute considération.

  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 212620

• Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

  Veuillez agréer, Monsieur le Secrétaire général, les assurances de ma très haute considération.

  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 28512563

très

Used about 1 885 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 4 · UN documents ≈ 1 881).

• “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”

  Gloire à Dieu dans les lieux très hauts, Et paix sur la terre parmi les hommes qu’il agrée!

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 2:14

• 26. United Nations staff were the highest paid civil servants in the world and their work, by its very nature, should be deeply satisfying.

  Les fonctionnaires de l ' ONU sont les fonctionnaires les mieux payés du monde et leur travail, de par sa nature même, devrait être très gratifiant.

  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 13273703

• Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

  Béni soit le règne qui vient, le règne de David, notre père! Hosanna dans les lieux très hauts!

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 11:10

• The Institute of Religious Dialogue and Interreligious Communication is working successfully within the Synod of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, its highest body.

  L ' Institut du dialogue religieux et de la communication interconfessionnelle obtient de très bons résultats au sein du Synode de l ' Église orthodoxe du Bélarus, son organe suprême.

  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 21895626

• saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”

  Ils disaient: Béni soit le roi qui vient au nom du Seigneur! Paix dans le ciel, et gloire dans les lieux très hauts!

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 19:38

niveau

Used about 1 575 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 445 · legal and administrative ≈ 188 · UN documents ≈ 941).

• What is the highest level of school you completed?

  Quel est ton plus haut niveau d'études ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by NurseMeeks and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · #9849578 #9985232

• This issue will command the highest priority under our presidency.

  Cette question exigera le plus haut niveau de priorité durant notre présidence.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 547272

• No of inspections at sea on fishing vessels in others than the highest and second highest risk fleet segment categories

  Nombre d'inspections en mer sur les navires de pêche situés dans les catégories de segments de flotte présentant un autre niveau de risque

  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 4554917

• a Represents highest level of authorized/proposed strength.

  a Niveau maximum de l ' effectif autorisé ou proposé.

  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 23720958

• I hope that the political will that is needed on this matter is felt at the highest level.

  J'espère que la volonté politique nécessaire se manifestera au plus haut niveau.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1525540

taux

Used about 948 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · UN documents ≈ 941).

• The U.S. incarceration rate is the highest in the world.

  Le taux d'incarcération aux USA est le plus élevé du monde.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1702315 #1704099

• 93. The nationwide voter turnout for the legislative elections in February 2008 was 72.6 per cent of the voting population, which was apparently the highest turnout since 1992.

  93. Aux élections législatives en février 2008, le taux de participation à l ' échelle nationale était de 72,6 % de la population votante.

  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 24869093

• Brazil has one of the highest crime rates in the world.

  Le Brésil a l'un des taux de criminalité les plus élevés au monde.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Maxence · checked, community translation · #2944275 #7691940

• The U.S. gun ownership rate is the highest in the world.

  Le taux de possession d'armes à feu aux USA est le plus élevé au monde.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1721044 #1721746

• At around 10%, Germany has the highest rate of vegetarianism in Europe.

  Aux environs de 10%, l'Allemagne a le taux de végétarisme le plus élevé d'Europe.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and GB3 · checked, community translation · #6765247 #6765341

monde

Used about 3 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3).

• Mount Everest is the world's highest peak.

  Le mont Everest est le plus haut sommet du monde.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by piksea and lbdx · checked, community translation · #854497 #10066534

• Mt. Everest is the highest peak in the world.

  Le Mont Everest est le plus haut sommet du monde.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · #65297 #10066536

More sentences

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

• They enjoy the highest standing.

  Elles jouissent d'un immense prestige.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and U2FS · checked, community translation · #899448 #899443

• The highest degree of happiness is the absence of all pain.

  Le dernier degré du bonheur est l'absence de tout mal.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #1548521 #1290513

• Who made the highest score?

  Qui a réalisé le meilleur score ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sharptoothed and lbdx · checked, community translation · #2763440 #12653110

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