limits — English to French

How English limits is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

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Sentence pairs counted, by form: limits (57 641). By style: everyday 47 · literary 1 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 3 393 · legal and administrative 16 545 · UN documents 37 651.

limites

Used about 37 544 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 37 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 909 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 064 · UN documents ≈ 23 532). Forms: limite, limites.

• There are limits.

  Il y a des limites.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #2252609 #6935919

• My uncle now took the opportunity to explain to Hans that it was his intention to explore the interior of the volcano to its farthest limits.

  A cette occasion, mon oncle dut apprendre au chasseur que son intention était de poursuivre la reconnaissance du volcan jusqu'à ses dernières limites.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1222

• But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

  Pour nous, nous ne voulons pas nous glorifier hors de toute mesure; nous prendrons, au contraire, pour mesure les limites du partage que Dieu nous a assigné, de manière à nous faire venir aussi jusqu’à vous.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 10:13

• Solidarity therefore has its limits.

  La solidarité a donc ses limites.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1068628

• Limits, Reserves and Transfers

  Limites, réserves et transferts

  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 1938382

More sentences

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

• No questions are off limits.

  Aucune question n'est hors-sujet.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and Toynop · checked, community translation · #5800464 #5800476

• This portion of the library is off-limits to the public.

  Cette zone de la bibliothèque est fermée au public.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Opiejay888 and nimfeo · checked, community translation · #2490754 #1096686

• I'll help you within the limits of my ability.

  Je t'aiderai dans la mesure de mes possibilités.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #250140 #538225

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