depuis — French to English

How French depuis is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: depuis (352 950). By style: everyday 1 718 · literary 146 · biblical 382 · parliamentary 25 803 · legal and administrative 19 846 · UN documents 305 055.

since

Used about 227 872 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 501 · literary ≈ 52 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 12 364 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 577 · UN documents ≈ 203 370). Meaning: since in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il pleut depuis hier.

  It's been raining since yesterday.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #10276636 #890853

• Dix mois s'étaient écoulés depuis «la bonne farce».

  Ten months had elapsed since the “pretty farce.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3310

• Ne sais-tu pas que, de tout temps, Depuis que l’homme a été placé sur la terre,

  Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 20:4

• Depuis le scrutin, les violences n'ont jamais cessé.

  Since the election, the violence has continued unabated.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1114197

• Or, cela ne se fait que depuis 2001.

  This has only been done since 2001.

  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 2296086

there

Used about 25 466 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · literary ≈ 9 · UN documents ≈ 25 421). Meaning: there in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il y a eu un avocat dans la famille depuis des générations.

  There's been a lawyer in the family for generations.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source_Benedict_1921 · checked, community translation · #847169 #1035511

• J'aurais dû être fait, depuis longtemps, au tempérament de mon oncle, et pourtant cet homme-là m'étonnait toujours.

  I ought by this time to have been quite accustomed to my uncle's ways; yet there was always something fresh about him to astonish me.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3249

• Enfin une petite communauté de Kurdes yézidis habite le pays depuis quelques siècles.

  Lastly, there has been a small community of Yezidi Kurds living in the country for some centuries.

  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 10744406

• En dérangeant les vêtements de Marius, il avait trouvé dans les poches deux choses, le pain qui y était oublié depuis la veille, et le portefeuille de Marius.

  On disarranging Marius’ garments, he had found two things in his pockets, the roll which had been forgotten there on the preceding evening, and Marius’ pocketbook.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27848

• Depuis, on a enregistré des menaces répétées à l ' encontre du personnel recruté sur le terrain et il y a eu un mort.

  There have been repeated subsequent threats to locally recruited staff and one death.

  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 11437832

years

Used about 20 834 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 358 · literary ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 56 · parliamentary ≈ 6 451 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 240 · UN documents ≈ 12 711).

• Il est mort depuis cinq ans.

  He died five years ago.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Eldad · checked, community translation · #1252602 #129993

• —Oh! éteint depuis cinq cents ans.

  "Oh, yes; more than five hundred years."

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 930

• Là se trouvait un homme malade depuis trente-huit ans.

  A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

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

• Nous le savons depuis trois ans.

  We have known this for three years.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1207434

• Apte sans restriction en cas d’absence de crises épileptiques et d’arrêt de la médication depuis au moins dix ans

  Fit without restrictions when seizure-free and without medication for at least 10 years

  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 5130865

long

Used about 8 736 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 215 · literary ≈ 15 · parliamentary ≈ 2 150 · UN documents ≈ 6 355). Meaning: long in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je le savais depuis longtemps.

  I'd known that for a long time.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · #11215839 #11229692

• Depuis quand êtes-vous revenu?

  How long have you been back?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31941

• Cela ne nous était plus arrivé depuis très longtemps en matière de services publics.

  In the field of public services, that has not happened for a very long time.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1788664

• Les continents africain et latino-américain attendent depuis trop longtemps d ' obtenir une représentation permanente.

  The African and Latin American continents have waited too long to gain permanent representation.

  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 23763347

• Depuis quand t’as ce portable ?

  How long have you had that mobile?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gillux and sundown · checked, community translation · #10791752 #3596345

t

Used about 266 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 251 · biblical ≈ 16). Meaning: t in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je ne l'ai pas vue depuis un moment.

  I haven't seen her for a while.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CH · checked, community translation · #3909768 #13388430

• Depuis les jours de Guibea tu as péché, Israël! Là ils restèrent debout, La guerre contre les méchants ne les atteignit pas à Guibea.

  “Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the children of iniquity doesn’t overtake them in Gibeah.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HOS 10:9

• On ne vous a pas vu depuis longtemps.

  We haven't seen you in a while.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Guilmaeire and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1532995 #1533026

• Par cupidité, ils trafiqueront de vous au moyen de paroles trompeuses, eux que menace depuis longtemps la condamnation, et dont la ruine ne sommeille point.

  In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2PE 2:3

• Je ne me suis pas lavé depuis trois jours.

  I haven't showered in three days.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #2360311 #8008206

More sentences

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

• Son frère a disparu depuis un moment.

  His brother has been missing for a while now.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CH · checked, community translation · #1254491 #9823486

• J'attends le bus depuis une demi-heure.

  I've been waiting for the bus for half an hour.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and krzysiek · checked, community translation · #5201410 #7063943

• C'est mon petit ami depuis deux mois.

  He's been my boyfriend for two months.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and rul · checked, community translation · #12669585 #4573629

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