grands — French to English

How French grands 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: grands (81 484). By style: everyday 329 · literary 52 · biblical 136 · parliamentary 8 229 · legal and administrative 5 109 · UN documents 67 629.

major

Used about 27 721 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 1 714 · legal and administrative ≈ 639 · UN documents ≈ 25 361). Meaning: major in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La défense Caro-Kann (1. e4 c6) est une ouverture utilisée par les grands maîtres du monde entier.

  The Caro-Kann defense (1. e4 c6) is an opening used by major Grand Masters around the world.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #10283108 #10283153

• C'est pourquoi seuls des grands principes fondamentaux doivent guider l'action de l'Union européenne dans ce domaine.

  This is why the European Union' s action in this field must be guided by major fundamental principles alone.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 85721

• Utilisation prévue des grands projets(le cas échéant)

  Planned use of major projects(where appropriate)

  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 5382207

• Ces grands programmes étaient les suivants:

  These major programmes comprised:

  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 24915666

• Dans le contexte qui nous occupe, il s'agit de résoudre de grands problèmes de société tels que le chômage, par exemple.

  In this connection, efforts are required to solve the major social problems, for example unemployment.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 106896

great

Used about 13 086 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · literary ≈ 27 · biblical ≈ 68 · parliamentary ≈ 2 229 · legal and administrative ≈ 852 · UN documents ≈ 9 863). Meaning: great in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Manger est l'un des grands plaisirs de la vie.

  Eating is one of life's great pleasures.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #2915165 #12452732

• 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

• Celui qui frappa de grands rois, Car sa miséricorde dure à toujours!

  to him who struck great kings, 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 136:17

• La Bulgarie a fait de grands pas en avant ces dernières années.

  Bulgaria has made great strides in recent years.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 387327

• Prime sur Grands Lacs (EUR/t)

  Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)

  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 758285

large

Used about 8 514 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 372 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 490 · UN documents ≈ 5 636). Meaning: large in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ils ont tout transporté dans de grands sacs.

  They hauled everything in large bags.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Lillith · checked, community translation · #9306370 #10164066

• Un moment après, la portière de tapisserie se souleva, et la bohémienne parut sur le seuil de la chambre, rouge, interdite, essoufflée, ses grands yeux baissés, et n'osant faire un pas de plus.

  A moment later, the tapestry portière was raised, and the gypsy appeared on the threshold of the chamber, blushing, confused, breathless, her large eyes drooping, and not daring to advance another step.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3704

• L'investissement dans les grands projets est simplifié.

  Investment in large projects is being simplified.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1374249

• Dont: exigences pour grands risques

  Of which: requirements for large exposures

  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 4875831

• c) Promotion de grands projets de développement très destructeurs pour les forêts;

  (c) The promotion of large-scale development projects with high negative impacts on forests;

  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 6277395

big

Used about 1 838 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 82 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 343 · UN documents ≈ 1 409). Meaning: big in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Que vous êtes grands !

  How big you are!

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sctld · checked, community translation · #750920 #1015255

• Si c'est l'été, il se traîne dans la cour, dans le jardin, arrache l'herbe d'entre les pavés, regarde naïvement les grands chiens, les grands chevaux, sans peur, joue avec les coquillages, avec les fleurs, et fait gronder le jardinier qui trouve le sable dans les plates-bandes et la terre dans les allées.

  If it is summer time, it crawls about the yard, in the garden, plucks up the grass between the paving-stones, gazes innocently at the big dogs, the big horses, without fear, plays with the shells, with the flowers, and makes the gardener grumble because he finds sand in the flower-beds and earth in the paths.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5445

• Voici, même les navires, qui sont si grands et que poussent des vents impétueux, sont dirigés par un très petit gouvernail, au gré du pilote.

  Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JAM 3:4

• Deux grands chefs de l'Union européenne se contredisent donc directement.

  So we have two big chiefs within the European Union directly contradicting each other.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1532519

• La promotion du respect du droit par tous les États, grands et petits, servirait les intérêts de l ' ensemble de la communauté internationale.

  Promotion of respect for the rule of law by all States, big and small, would serve the interest of the international community as a whole.

  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 2616735

More sentences

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

• Il se faufile entre les grands arbres... et passe sous le pont.

  He threads his way between the trees... and rushes under the bridge.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by melospawn and melospawn · checked, community translation · #1557986 #1520359

• Les grands singes ont un niveau d'intelligence supérieur à celui des chiens.

  Apes rank above dogs in intelligence.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by BigMouse and CK · checked, community translation · #325997 #1591156

• Il compte parmi les plus grands scientifiques mondiaux.

  He is numbered among the greatest scientists in the world.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CM · checked, community translation · #300264 #132734

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