fort — French to English

How French fort 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: fort (30 768), forte (50 217), fortes (10 521), forts (6 894). By style: everyday 1 264 · literary 137 · biblical 236 · parliamentary 16 101 · legal and administrative 6 444 · UN documents 74 218.

strong

Used about 25 453 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 520 · literary ≈ 23 · biblical ≈ 86 · parliamentary ≈ 7 883 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 865 · UN documents ≈ 15 076). Forms: strong, stronger. Meaning: strong in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le lion est fort.

  A lion is strong.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fs and CM · checked, community translation · #1392505 #611160

• Et puis la Bastille était plus forte que le Louvre.

  And then, the Bastille was stronger than the Louvre.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7301

• Il verse le mépris sur les grands; Il relâche la ceinture des forts.

  He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 12:21

• Mais plus forts contre qui ?

  Stronger in opposition to Iraq?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 32578

• Indice de neutralisation (acide fort)

  Neutralisation (Strong acid) number

  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 5415266

high

Used about 12 912 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 335 · legal and administrative ≈ 950 · UN documents ≈ 11 597). Meaning: high in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La forte humidité me fait transpirer.

  The high humidity is making me sweat.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · #10960187 #10960250

• Un jour où retentiront la trompette et les cris de guerre Contre les villes fortes et les tours élevées.

  a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high battlements.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ZEP 1:16

• Cette arme, forte, spectaculaire, fait peur.

  We are afraid of this high-profile and powerful weapon.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1681459

• Essai du disque de frein sous fortes contraintes

  Brake disc high load test

  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 5579348

• Essai du tambour sous fortes contraintes

  Brake drum high load test

  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 24694029

heavy

Used about 4 306 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 184 · parliamentary ≈ 168 · legal and administrative ≈ 475 · UN documents ≈ 3 479). Meaning: heavy in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Une forte gelée est attendue.

  A heavy frost is expected.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #4929353 #7793392

• L'Irlande a demandé de l'aide au Fonds à la suite des fortes précipitations qui ont causé de graves inondations en novembre 2009.

  Ireland applied for assistance from the fund following heavy rain leading to severe flooding in November 2009.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1436853

• Fortes précipitations (pluie, grêle, neige/glace)

  Heavy precipitation (rain, hail, snow/ice)

  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 5247868

• L ' emploi de fortes quantités d ' engrais pour la culture du tabac appauvrit également les sols.

  The heavy fertilizing of land in order to grow tobacco leads to soil degradation.

  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 15353865

• Nous avons eu de fortes pluies la nuit dernière.

  We had heavy rain last night.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Flavio and sundown · checked, community translation · #10910261 #519103

very

Used about 3 463 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 151 · literary ≈ 49 · biblical ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 755 · legal and administrative ≈ 170 · UN documents ≈ 2 319). Meaning: very in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il est fort érudit.

  He is very learned.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · #302974 #3652306

• Vous êtes fort coquet, monseigneur.

  You are very dandified, monseigneur.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30484

• Cette parole déplut fort aux yeux d’Abraham, à cause de son fils.

  The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 21:11

• Je comprends fort bien vos suggestions.

  I am very much in sympathy with your suggestions.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1942393

• Profils convexes dans l'ensemble; fort développement musculaire

  Profiles on the whole convex, very good muscle development

  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 1304185

More sentences

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

• Ne parle pas si fort !

  Don't speak that loud.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by queenie and rift · checked, community translation · #13286748 #139512

• Elle l'enjoignit de travailler plus fort.

  She urged him to study harder.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #887483 #1348336

• Pourrais-tu parler un peu plus fort ?

  Would you mind speaking a little louder?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CM · checked, community translation · #974181 #1897270

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