important — French to English

How French important is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: important (211 523), importante (106 826), importantes (89 599), importants (95 671). By style: everyday 975 · literary 6 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 77 928 · legal and administrative 30 313 · UN documents 394 394.

important

Used about 264 918 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 736 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 52 764 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 999 · UN documents ≈ 205 414). Meaning: important in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Pour moi, c'est important.

  To me, it's important.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jcgillet and CK · checked, community translation · #3326699 #2081532

• --Une chose très importante.

  “A very important thing.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18596

• Ce point est très important.

  This is very important.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1226680

• Les plus importants sont:

  The most important are:

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• Il existe d’autres formes importantes de subventions.

  Other forms of subsidy would also be important.

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significant

Used about 72 732 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · parliamentary ≈ 4 465 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 736 · UN documents ≈ 57 516). Meaning: significant in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ne penses-tu pas que c'est important ?

  Don't you think that's significant?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #2275415 #7802590

• L'une de vos remarques était particulièrement importante.

  One of your remarks was particularly significant.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 938786

• à la suite de changements socio-économiques importants;

  following significant socio-economic changes;

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• On citera ciaprès les plus importantes.

  The most significant ones can be listed below.

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• Des progrès importants ont été réalisés dans la lutte contre le paludisme.

  Significant progress has been made in the fight against malaria.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Blabla and sundown · checked, community translation · #11254402 #3075549

large

Used about 25 030 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 25 · parliamentary ≈ 4 465 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 052 · UN documents ≈ 18 487). Meaning: large in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je n'aime pas voyager en groupes importants.

  I don't enjoy traveling in large groups.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #953421 #1368989

• Des montants importants sont actuellement consacrés à ces restitutions à l’exportation.

  Large sums are at present used for these export refunds.

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• Espèces d’arbres avec une importante collection de référence vivante

  Tree species with a large permanent living reference collection

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• Ces dernières années, la Corée du Sud s ' est dotée d ' importants équipements militaires modernes.

  In recent years, South Korea has introduced up-to-date military equipment on a large scale.

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• Ces grandes banques sont trop importantes pour faire faillite.

  These large banks are too big to fail.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #2720590 #12945815

most

Used about 2 623 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 406 · legal and administrative ≈ 158 · UN documents ≈ 2 054). Meaning: most in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La sécurité est la chose la plus importante.

  Safety is what matters most.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dominiko and U2FS · checked, community translation · #28486 #13903

• Ce sont probablement les deux pas les plus importants que l'Europe a franchis récemment.

  Those are probably two of the most significant steps Europe has taken in its recent history.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1861766

• Ces fluctuations sont difficiles à expliquer par le fonctionnement «normal» du marché et sont très probablement dues aux volumes peu importants des ventes.

  Such fluctuations are difficult to explain by ‘normal’ market forces and most likely are the result of the low sales quantities.

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• La Bolivie vit l ' un des moments les plus importants de son histoire.

  Bolivia is going through one of the most momentous eras of its history.

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very

Used about 1 285 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 812 · legal and administrative ≈ 474). Meaning: very in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je pense d'une manière générale que l'une de nos plus importantes missions consiste à continuer à inscrire ce point à l'ordre du jour.

  I think, in general, that it is one of our very major tasks to continue to keep these issues on the agenda.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 350359

• Non-imposition d'amende ou réduction très importante de son montant («titre B»: réduction comprise entre 75 % et 100 %)

  Non-imposition of a fine or a very substantial reduction of its amount (Section B: reduction from of 75 to 100 %)

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• Monsieur le Président, le gouvernement finlandais assume la présidence de l'Union européenne à un moment où les défis sont importants.

  Mr President, the Finnish Government assumes the Presidency of the European Union at a very challenging time.

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• Inspection en mer de 5 % au moins des sorties de pêche des navires de pêche présentant un “risque très important” qui ciblent la pêcherie en question

  Inspection at sea of at least 5 % of fishing trips by “very high risk” level fishing vessels targeting the fishery in question

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• De plus, grâce aux importantes variations thermiques qui caractérisent ce territoire en automne, l’huile d’olive vierge extra «Chianti Classico» se distingue également par un arôme fruité bien net.

  Moreover, thanks to the major variations in temperature normal in this area in autumn, ‘Chianti Classico’ extra virgin olive oil is also distinguished by a very fruity aroma.

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More sentences

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

• On est encore ensemble, et c'est le plus important.

  We've still got each other, and that's the main thing.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and patgfisher · checked, community translation · #3996691 #3996814

• Elle occupe un poste important au gouvernement.

  She holds a senior position in the government.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1756917 #1759937

• Pour Yanni, l'âge était important.

  Age mattered to Yanni.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · #9812965 #11941441

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