anciens — French to English

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: anciens (27 491). By style: everyday 65 · literary 11 · biblical 196 · parliamentary 2 433 · legal and administrative 1 243 · UN documents 23 543.

former

Used about 14 979 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 253 · legal and administrative ≈ 984 · UN documents ≈ 13 733). Meaning: former in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est un de mes anciens élèves.

  He's a former pupil of mine.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · #11982597 #12943477

• Le chiffre enregistré pour les 15 anciens États membres est de loin inférieur; il est de 25%.

  The figure in the former 15 Member States is much lower, at 25%.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 616733

• Pensions des anciens Médiateurs européens

  Pensions of former European Ombudsmen

  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 4475154

• Soir: Réunion avec des anciens détenus

  Evening: Meeting with former detainees

  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 9294325

• C'est un de mes anciens élèves.

  He's a former student of mine.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and _undertoad · checked, community translation · #2253203 #12943477

old

Used about 4 031 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 27 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 24 · parliamentary ≈ 1 369 · legal and administrative ≈ 155 · UN documents ≈ 2 452). Meaning: old in the Elamur Dictionary.

• J'adore les ouvrages anciens.

  I love old books.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · #5325975 #5558969

• Souvent aussi, le digne garçon tournait autour de Fix; il le regardait d'un oeil «qui en disait long»! mais il ne lui parlait pas, car il n'existait plus aucune intimité entre les deux anciens amis.

  Often, also, the worthy fellow revolved around Fix, looking at him with a keen, distrustful eye; but he did not speak to him, for their old intimacy no longer existed.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2904

• J’ouvre la bouche par des sentences, Je publie la sagesse des temps anciens.

  I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 78:2

• Il se crée bien sûr de nouveaux emplois, mais les anciens disparaissent à vive allure.

  New jobs are certainly being created, but the old ones are disappearing rapidly.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1846907

• Coût estimé bâtiments anciens(a)

  Estimated cost of old buildings (a)

  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 1109813

elders

Used about 1 139 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 155 · UN documents ≈ 981).

• Je l'ai entendu des anciens autrefois.

  I heard it from the elders long ago.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by anzart and anzart · checked, community translation · #12665380 #12665377

• Et Moïse se retira au camp, lui et les anciens d’Israël.

  Moses went into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 11:30

• :: Permettent les réunions des conseils d ' anciens;

  :: Allow for meetings of elders councils.

  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 21587273

• Les anciens décidèrent de le chasser du village.

  The elders decided to expel him from the village.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #5336039 #8447930

• Pour l’avoir possédée, les anciens ont obtenu un témoignage favorable.

  For by this, the elders obtained approval.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 11:2

ancient

Used about 515 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 4 · UN documents ≈ 490). Meaning: ancient in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Maxwell étudie les manuscrits anciens.

  Maxwell studies ancient manuscripts.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and deniko · checked, community translation · #8837193 #1018747

• «Monsieur Fridriksson, dit-il, je voulais savoir si, parmi les ouvrages anciens, vous possédiez ceux d'Arne Saknussemm?

  "Monsieur Fridrikssen, I wished to know if amongst your ancient books you possessed any of the works of Arne Saknussemm?"

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 894

• Le torrent de Kison les a entraînés, Le torrent des anciens temps, le torrent de Kison. Mon âme, foule aux pieds les héros!

  The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 5:21

• Il a affirmé que le Canada avait néanmoins poursuivi une politique qui consistait à abroger, modifier et abolir les droits anciens et inaliénables des peuples autochtones.

  He said that despite this, Canada had continued a policy of extinguishing, modifying and abolishing the ancient and inalienable rights of indigenous peoples.

  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 7317646

• Ce château fut bâti dans les temps anciens.

  This castle was built in ancient times.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and ddnktr · checked, community translation · #10029520 #1462874

More sentences

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

• C'est populaire chez les anciens.

  It's popular among the elderly.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · #1758347 #1701270

• Il y a beaucoup d'anciens bâtiments célèbres à Kyôto.

  There are many famous historic buildings in Kyoto.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Anthaus and hrin · checked, community translation · #783759 #783767

• Les informations qui manquaient aux anciens étaient très volumineuses.

  The information the ancients didn’t have was very voluminous.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #8372266 #9032320

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