forte — French to English

How French forte 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: forte (50 217), fortes (10 521). By style: everyday 261 · literary 25 · biblical 146 · parliamentary 7 619 · legal and administrative 5 273 · UN documents 47 414.

strong

Used about 12 097 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 79 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 35 · parliamentary ≈ 3 413 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 153 · UN documents ≈ 7 408). Meaning: strong in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Vous étiez si fortes.

  You were so strong.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #2548455 #5597132

• Il est des choses plus fortes que l'homme le plus fort.

  There are things which are too strong for the strongest man.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12156

• A main forte et à bras étendu, Car sa miséricorde dure à toujours!

  with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, for his loving kindness endures forever;

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 136:12

• C'est d'institutions fortes que nous avons besoin.

  We need strong institutions.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1335449

• Indice de neutralisation (acidité forte)

  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 5422979

high

Used about 11 170 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 238 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 044 · UN documents ≈ 9 878). 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 4 403 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 73 · parliamentary ≈ 159 · legal and administrative ≈ 714 · UN documents ≈ 3 457). 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

More sentences

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

• Nous sommes en forte concurrence avec cette entreprise.

  We are in a fierce competition with that company.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by manuchko and CK · checked, community translation · #23284 #2869816

• Une nation n'a pas à être cruelle pour être forte.

  A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #5287384 #5289068

• Les ventes de la société augmentèrent grâce à une forte demande à l'exportation, mais les profits ne suivirent pas en raison d'une compétition féroce.

  Sales at the company zoomed thanks to brisk export demand, but profit did not keep up because of intense competition.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and papabear · checked, community translation · #280331 #129619

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