dimensions — French to English

How French dimensions 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: dimensions (26 271). By style: everyday 15 · literary 2 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 753 · legal and administrative 5 197 · UN documents 20 302.

dimensions

Used about 18 289 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 533 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 789 · UN documents ≈ 13 958). Forms: dimension, dimensions.

• Quelles sont les dimensions de cette pièce ?

  What are the dimensions of the room?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and CK · checked, community translation · #44225 #373440

• Je connaissais bien, par les récits des voyageurs, certaines cavernes célèbres, mais aucune ne présentait de telles dimensions.

  I knew of celebrated caverns from the descriptions of travellers, but had never heard of any of such dimensions as this.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2581

• Le problème du conflit à Gaza a des dimensions politiques.

  The problem of the Gaza conflict has political dimensions.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1197204

• Dimensions par groupe d'essai

  Dimensions per test group

  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 5579845

• DIMENSIONS MAXIMALES DES BATEAUX

  MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS OF VESSELS

  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 4339381

size

Used about 1 531 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 31 · legal and administrative ≈ 650 · UN documents ≈ 846). Meaning: size in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Les dimensions de ce tapis sont de 120 par 160 centimètres.

  The size of the carpet is 120 by 160 centimeters.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by negichan and CK · checked, community translation · #61019 #1101056

• Ils étaient faciles à reconnaître; c'étaient les humbles arbustes de la terre, avec des dimensions phénoménales, des lycopodes hauts de cent pieds, des sigillaires géantes, des fougères arborescentes, grandes comme les sapins des hautes latitudes, des lepidodendrons à tiges cylindriques bifurquées, terminées par de longues feuilles et hérissées de poils rudes comme de monstrueuses plantes grasses.

  They were lowly shrubs of earth, here attaining gigantic size; lycopodiums, a hundred feet high; the huge sigillaria, found in our coal mines; tree ferns, as tall as our fir-trees in northern latitudes; lepidodendra, with cylindrical forked stems, terminated by long leaves, and bristling with rough hairs like those of the cactus.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2622

• Nous pouvons aussi soutenir la proposition concernant les dimensions et la formulation des textes d'avertissement.

  We can also support the proposals concerning the size and wording of the warning text.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 128477

• Dimensions minimales de l'étiquette: 60 × 120 mm

  Label minimum size: 60 × 120 mm

  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 5428350

• e) Chaque colis doit avoir des dimensions qui permettent d ' apposer toutes les marques nécessaires;

  (e) Each package shall be of such a size that there is adequate space to apply all necessary markings; and

  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 17342821

figure

Used about 532 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 108 · UN documents ≈ 423). Meaning: figure in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le charpentier étend le cordeau, Fait un tracé au crayon, Façonne le bois avec un couteau, Et marque ses dimensions avec le compas; Et il produit une figure d’homme, Une belle forme humaine, Pour qu’elle habite dans une maison.

  The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 44:13

• Point de référence pour la position indiquée; indique aussi les dimensions d'une aide à la navigation en mètres (voir la figure 5-1), si nécessaire

  Reference point for reported position; also indicates the dimension of an AtoN (m) (see Figure 5-1), if relevant

  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 4954567

• 2/ L ' ampoule et les supports en verre ne doivent pas dépasser les dimensions de l ' enveloppe comme cela est indiqué sur la figure 6.

  2/ Glass bulb and supports shall not exceed the envelope, as indicated in figure 6.

  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 9877528

mm

Used about 531 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 108 · UN documents ≈ 423). Meaning: mm in the Elamur Dictionary.

• dont les dimensions n’excèdent pas 80 mm × 55 mm × 50 mm,

  measuring not more than 80 mm × 55 mm × 50 mm,

  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 2739154

• Celui apposé à l ' avant pourra être de dimensions réduites, sans toutefois être inférieures à 210mm x 250mm.

  The sign to be shown on the front may be smaller, but not less than 210 mm x 250 mm.

  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 17324647

More sentences

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

• Il nous est impossible de se représenter des objets en quatre dimensions.

  It's impossible for us to visualise four-dimensional objects.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and Swift · checked, community translation · #669371 #1210877

• Il nous est impossible de visualiser des objets en quatre dimensions.

  It's impossible for us to visualise four-dimensional objects.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Swift · checked, community translation · #669371 #1271632

• Prends les dimensions de la pièce.

  Take the room's measurements.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and _undertoad · checked, community translation · #3348141 #1000063

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