grandes — French to English

How French grandes is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: grandes (95 636). By style: everyday 228 · literary 34 · biblical 102 · parliamentary 8 949 · legal and administrative 3 870 · UN documents 82 453.

main

Used about 22 971 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 559 · legal and administrative ≈ 81 · UN documents ≈ 22 331). Meaning: main in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Nous avons également assisté à une communauté de point de vue entre les trois grandes institutions, ce qui n'a pas toujours été le cas.

  We have also seen agreement between the three main institutions, which has not always been the case.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 900323

• Elles ont aussi présenté les grandes lignes de la nouvelle stratégie de restructuration de l’industrie de la construction navale polonaise.

  They also presented the main features of the new restructuring strategy for the Polish shipbuilding sector.

  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 1986754

• Grandes commissions de l ' Assemblée générale

  Main Committees of the General Assembly

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• La Commission se réjouit du soutien renouvelé du Parlement concernant les principaux axes stratégiques de la politique économique tracés dans les grandes orientations.

  The Commission certainly welcomes Parliament’s renewed endorsement of the main axes of the strategy on economic policy contained in the Broad Guidelines.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 563887

• La même disposition sera observée dans le cas des grandes commissions.

  The same order will be observed in the Main Committees.

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major

Used about 15 002 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 932 · legal and administrative ≈ 323 · UN documents ≈ 13 742). Meaning: major in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Toutes les grandes économies doivent prendre leurs responsabilités si nous voulons éviter les conséquences dangereuses du changement climatique.

  All major economies must step up to the plate if we are to avoid the dangerous consequences of climate change.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #3651021 #11077045

• Le secteur public a financé les mesures de sauvetage des grandes banques.

  The public has financed the rescue packages for the major banks.

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• Toutes les grandes banques tchèques sont concernées.

  They cover all the major Czech banks.

  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 1357579

• Seront-ils associés aux décisions des grandes institutions sociales?

  Will young people have a place at the decision-making levels of major institutions of society?

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• Il est important que les États-Unis et les grandes puissances asiatiques adoptent eux aussi nos objectifs.

  It is important that the United States and the major Asian powers adopt our targets as well.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1444823

large

Used about 13 256 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 1 305 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 613 · UN documents ≈ 10 307). Meaning: large in the Elamur Dictionary.

• À combien se vendent les grandes maisons ?

  How much are the large houses sold for?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #11250631 #11250661

• Elle était vêtue d'un large peignoir blanc à mille plis et à grandes manches qui, partant du cou, lui tombait jusqu'aux pieds.

  She was dressed in a voluminous white dressing-gown, with a thousand folds and large sleeves which, starting from the neck, fell to her feet.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30469

• Voyez avec quelles grandes lettres je vous ai écrit de ma propre main.

  See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 6:11

• Les grandes puissances et même plusieurs États plus petits oppriment souvent au moyen de la langue.

  Large countries, and many smaller ones too, often tyrannise others through language.

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• Grandes entreprises non financières

  Large non-financial enterprises

  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 4005184

great

Used about 4 870 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 70 · parliamentary ≈ 1 305 · UN documents ≈ 3 436). Meaning: great in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières.

  Many small streams make a great river.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LowMemory and Objectivesea · checked, community translation · #8047449 #14660

• Ces grandes fièvres ont de grands rêves.

  These great fevers create great dreams.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29383

• L’Éternel a fait pour nous de grandes choses; Nous sommes dans la joie.

  The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 126:3

• Cette espérance, elle est née des grandes tragédies du XXe siècle.

  This hope was born of the great tragedies of the 20th century.

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• La communauté internationale a accompli de grandes avancées dans le domaine de l ' action collective.

  34. The international community had made great strides in collective action.

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big

Used about 4 231 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 746 · UN documents ≈ 3 436). Meaning: big in the Elamur Dictionary.

• J'ai de grandes mains.

  I have big hands.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mela and Lindoula · checked, community translation · #3626582 #2825898

• Les grandes grandes, au-dessus de dix ans,--l'appelaient Agathoclès.

  The big big girls—those over ten years of age—called her Agathocles.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10554

• Cela constituerait une victoire pour les citoyens ordinaires vis-à-vis des grandes entreprises.

  This would be a victory for ordinary citizens against big business.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 226345

• Du fait du phénomène de concentration qui caractérise le marché des journaux payants, ces journaux ont de plus en plus souvent pour origine de grandes maisons d ' édition.

  As a result of the concentration taking place in the newspaper market, the production of these newspapers is increasing in the hands of big publishing houses.

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• Ce chien a de grandes oreilles.

  That dog has big ears.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and CK · checked, community translation · #10901774 #11953309

cities

Used about 234 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · parliamentary ≈ 186).

• Je n'aime pas les grandes villes.

  I dislike big cities.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jeo and CK · checked, community translation · #275861 #1049458

• Les vagues de chaleur qui résultent du changement climatique transforment de nombreuses villes, petites et grandes, en enfer pendant les chaudes journées et nuits d’été.

  Due to climate change, heatwaves turn many towns and cities into hell during the hot summer days and nights.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 851742

• Je n'aime pas les grandes villes.

  I don't like big cities.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jeo and Cainntear · checked, community translation · #1528314 #1049458

• L'air est pollué dans les grandes villes.

  Air is polluted in cities.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mamat and mamat · checked, community translation · #279424 #478160

• Les capitales sont grandes et bruyantes.

  Capital cities are big and noisy.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #11485035 #11485040

More sentences

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

• Les grandes personnes aiment les chiffres.

  Grown-ups love figures.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #9064642 #9064522

• Vous êtes plus grandes que moi.

  You're taller than me.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · #477195 #1462235

• Tom a de plus grandes mains que moi.

  Tom has bigger hands than me.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #5841933 #5923311

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