dessus — French to English

How French dessus is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: dessus (119 782). By style: everyday 655 · literary 103 · biblical 296 · parliamentary 2 632 · legal and administrative 25 154 · UN documents 90 942.

above

Used about 82 854 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 96 · literary ≈ 41 · biblical ≈ 86 · parliamentary ≈ 1 042 · legal and administrative ≈ 20 962 · UN documents ≈ 60 628). Meaning: above in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Les étoiles scintillent au-dessus.

  The stars are glittering above.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Delapouite and Luornu · checked, community translation · #271519 #1398755

• Gavroche leva le nez par-dessus son châle.

  Gavroche elevated his nose above his shawl.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20537

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

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

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

• Les modérés ont dès lors choisi de voter contre le rapport ci-dessus.

  We Moderates are therefore voting against the above-mentioned report.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 449826

• Cf. section I-2.3 ci-dessus.

  Cf. Section I-2.3 above.

  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 5641672

over

Used about 22 318 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 109 · literary ≈ 21 · biblical ≈ 25 · parliamentary ≈ 274 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 048 · UN documents ≈ 20 841). Meaning: over in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Par-dessus mon cadavre !

  Over my dead body!

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and _undertoad · checked, community translation · #1588709 #1589208

• Une nuée rose est là-dessus.

  A rosy cloud hangs over it.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21875

• La nuée de l’Éternel était au-dessus d’eux pendant le jour, lorsqu’ils partaient du camp.

  The cloud of the LORD was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 10:34

• Le chômage se situe toujours au-dessus des 9 % au sein de l'Union européenne, taux inacceptable.

  Unemployment still remains at over 9 % within the European Union which is unacceptably high.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2002209

• Contrôle visuel, le véhicule étant placé au-dessus d’une fosse ou sur un pont élévateur.

  Visual inspection with the vehicle over a pit or on a hoist.

  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 3209546

head

Used about 4 335 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 6 · legal and administrative ≈ 524 · UN documents ≈ 3 789). Meaning: head in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Enfin, tu as mis le doigt dessus !

  At last, you've hit the nail on the head!

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and _undertoad · checked, community translation · #2264703 #3667862

• «Qu'y a-t-il? demanda Sir Francis Cromarty, qui releva la tête au-dessus de son cacolet.

  “What’s the matter?” asked Sir Francis, putting out his head.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 785

• Encore trois jours, et Pharaon enlèvera ta tête de dessus toi, te fera pendre à un bois, et les oiseaux mangeront ta chair.

  Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 40:19

• Fût en plastique, à dessus amovible

  Drum, plastic, removable head

  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 112090

• 1N1 en métal autre que l ' acier ou l ' aluminium à dessus non amovible

  1N1 metal other than aluminium or steel, non-removable head

  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 5456559

More sentences

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

• Elle enveloppa le cadeau dans du papier de soie et mit un gros nœud rouge sur le dessus.

  She wrapped the gift in white tissue paper and put a big red bow on top.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · #628069 #814830

• L'herbe ne pousse pas plus vite si on tire dessus.

  Grass doesn't grow faster if you pull it.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #1130324 #1130590

• Pourriez-vous fermer les yeux là-dessus pour cette fois ?

  Could you please overlook it this time?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · #1258894 #1259546

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