grave — French to English

How French grave 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: grave (52 814), graves (96 851). By style: everyday 207 · literary 47 · biblical 10 · parliamentary 11 517 · legal and administrative 9 722 · UN documents 128 162.

serious

Used about 87 864 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 105 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 8 878 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 785 · UN documents ≈ 72 091). Meaning: serious in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est un problème grave.

  That's a serious problem.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and shekitten · checked, community translation · #8311401 #8312827

• «Oh! oh! murmura-t-il enfin, ceci est grave, en effet.

  “Oh! oh!” he murmured at length, “this is serious indeed.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7737

• Cela donne lieu à un trafic grave.»

  There is serious racketeering going on for this.'

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1773270

• Les atteintes graves sont:

  Serious harm consists of:

  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 427569

• accusées de violations graves du droit international

  Responsible for Serious Violations of International

  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 23465763

severe

Used about 18 655 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 480 · legal and administrative ≈ 810 · UN documents ≈ 17 355). Meaning: severe in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ziri souffrait d'un cas grave d'autisme.

  Ziri had severe autism.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · #10511468 #12481994

• l’Éternel te frappera miraculeusement, toi et ta postérité, par des plaies grandes et de longue durée, par des maladies graves et opiniâtres.

  then the LORD will make your plagues and the plagues of your offspring fearful, even great plagues, and of long duration, and severe sicknesses, and of long duration.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 28:59

• Le ralentissement économique est particulièrement grave.

  The economic slowdown is particularly severe.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1235224

• une catastrophe naturelle grave qui affecte de façon importante l'exploitation;

  a severe natural disaster gravely affecting the holding;

  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 3070950

• Les personnes atteintes d ' un handicap grave choisissent elles-mêmes leur auxiliaire de vie.

  Natural persons with severe disabilities choose personal assistants for themselves.

  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 29561624

grave

Used about 12 748 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 39 · parliamentary ≈ 480 · legal and administrative ≈ 203 · UN documents ≈ 12 015). Meaning: grave in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Nous courons un grave danger.

  We're in grave danger.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · #6874256 #11433398

• La voix grave reprit:

  The grave voice resumed

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12143

• C'est une grave erreur!

  That is a grave mistake.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1964252

• Responsable de graves violations des droits de l'homme, notamment dans le cadre de procédures dans lesquelles la peine de mort a été prononcée.

  Responsible for grave violations of human rights, including prosecuting trials in which the death penalty is passed.

  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 3811755

• La pénurie de fournitures et de services médicaux pose un autre problème grave.

  Another grave problem was the lack of medical supplies and facilities.

  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 1576689

damage

Used about 2 148 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 810 · UN documents ≈ 1 335). Meaning: damage in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Les dégâts n'ont pas l'air trop graves.

  The damage doesn't look too bad.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #11533213 #11561717

• H370 Risque avéré d’effets graves pour les organes

  H370 Causes damage to organs

  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 2541637

• Le Yémen considère le problème comme particulièrement grave, car le terrorisme a fait de nombreuses victimes et d ' importants dommages matériels dans le pays.

  Yemen viewed the issue with particular concern, for it had suffered significant loss of life and material damage as a result of terrorism.

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• H371 Risque présumé d'effets graves pour les organes

  H371 May cause damage to organs

  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 4506494

• H372 Risque avéré d'effets graves pour les organes à la suite d'expositions répétées ou d'une exposition prolongée

  H372 Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure

  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 4183086

problem

Used about 126 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 120). Meaning: problem in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est un problème grave.

  That is a significant problem.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #8082184 #8312827

• Considérée au départ comme un problème grave mais local, la pollution par le mercure est désormais ressentie comme un phénomène mondial, diffus et chronique.

  Initially seen as an acute local problem, mercury pollution is now also understood to be global, diffuse and chronic.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 943308

• Ce n'est pas un si grave problème. Tu t'en fais beaucoup trop.

  It's not such a big problem. You're worrying way too much.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #1202238 #1202732

more

Used about 120 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 120). Meaning: more in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La crise économique et la hausse du prix du pétrole ont des conséquences plus graves que tout ce que nous avons connu jusqu'ici sur le système de transport aérien.

  The economic crisis and the rise in the price of oil are having more drastic effects on the air transport system than we have ever experienced before.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1105794

More sentences

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

• Je me suis grave planté, hein ?

  I slipped up badly, didn't I?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sharptoothed · checked, community translation · #3022562 #12425163

• C'est pas grave, les choses vont s'arranger.

  That's okay, things are going to be okay.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · #11720456 #11720464

• Ce n'est pas grave !

  Don't mention it!

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien_PDC and freddy1 · checked, community translation · #2161779 #8644066

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