faible — French to English

How French faible 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: faible (80 200), faibles (23 402). By style: everyday 211 · literary 23 · biblical 49 · parliamentary 6 402 · legal and administrative 13 329 · UN documents 83 588.

low

Used about 55 595 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · parliamentary ≈ 1 267 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 025 · UN documents ≈ 45 277). Meaning: low in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le son est trop faible.

  The sound is too low.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien_PDC and sundown · checked, community translation · #11184938 #8882354

• Nous devons devenir une économie faible en carbone.

  We must become a low-carbon economy.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1316456

• Substances actives à faible risque

  Low-risk active substances

  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 4363957

• Utilisation de systèmes de logement à faibles émissions

  Use of low-emission housing systems

  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 24557072

• La probabilité est faible.

  The probability is low.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · #12133999 #12338637

weak

Used about 10 242 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 105 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 23 · parliamentary ≈ 1 400 · UN documents ≈ 8 707). Meaning: weak in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Tom n'est pas faible.

  Tom's not weak.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rockaround and CK · checked, community translation · #4397527 #7883328

• Il demanda d'une voix faible:

  He demanded in a weak voice:—

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22223

• Qui est faible, que je ne sois faible? Qui vient à tomber, que je ne brûle?

  Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 11:29

• Nous ne pouvons nous rendre à Poznań avec des instruments faibles.

  We cannot go to Poznań with weak instruments.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1025717

• Ces lois, comme on le sait, ne laissent aucune chance de vie ou de survie aux espèces faibles.

  These laws, as we well know, leave no room for the weak.

  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 23420686

small

Used about 7 171 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 400 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 527 · UN documents ≈ 5 224). Meaning: small in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est un faible prix à payer.

  It's a small price to pay.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #2221067 #2221720

• Il frappa au carreau un petit coup très faible.

  He tapped on the pane with a very small and feeble knock.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1404

• Je dis: Seigneur Éternel, arrête donc! Comment Jacob subsistera-t-il? Car il est si faible!

  Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · AMO 7:5

• Les procédures pourraient ainsi être plus rapides et, surtout dans le cas de faibles subventions, plus légères.

  This could make procedures less protracted and – particularly in the case of small grants – less burdensome.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 786004

• (ex.: courbes de faible rayon愦灭※)

  (e.g.: small curves 愦灭※)

  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 853598

very

Used about 206 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 200). Meaning: very in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La performance de votre ordinateur est probablement très faible.

  Computer performance may be very poor.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Poliglotski and Ylberi · checked, community translation · #1962600 #6695572

• Son avant-garde était très faible, et ne pouvait rien.

  His vanguard was very feeble, and could accomplish nothing.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7304

• C'est un très faible pourcentage.

  This amounts to very few indeed.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 955401

• Aux moments critiques, même les plus forts ont besoin des plus faibles.

  In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #920877 #1335707

• La mobilité des travailleurs entre les pays européens est extrêmement faible, puisqu' elle n' est que de 0,4 %.

  There is very little mobility of workers within Europe. A mere 0.4%.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 198720

More sentences

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

• Elle a un faible pour les gâteaux au chocolat.

  She is partial to chocolate cake.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dolomitt and CK · checked, community translation · #311596 #8276497

• Tu sembles avoir un faible pour la bonne chère, non ?

  You seem to have a thing for good food, don't you?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and phil9064 · checked, community translation · #11987507 #2415265

• Tu sembles avoir un faible pour Tom.

  You seem to have a crush on Tom.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · #3356257 #6878355

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