inférieur — French to English

How French inférieur 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: inférieur (39 226), inférieure (39 693), inférieures (10 018), inférieurs (10 708). By style: everyday 30 · literary 8 · biblical 17 · parliamentary 2 296 · legal and administrative 39 213 · UN documents 58 081.

less

Used about 35 363 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 430 · legal and administrative ≈ 18 585 · UN documents ≈ 16 335). Meaning: less in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Un tiers est inférieur à un demi.

  A third is less than a half.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and marcelostockle · checked, community translation · #1808386 #12771796

• —Bien! partons de ce point alors et comptons quatre jours d'orage, pendant lesquels notre vitesse n'a pas dû être inférieure à quatre-vingts lieues par vingt-quatre heures.

  "Very well," answered my uncle; "let us start from that point and count four days' storm, during which our rate cannot have been less than eighty leagues in the twenty-four hours."

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3268

• La part de chacun des autres pays est égale ou inférieure à 5 %.

  All other countries provide 5% or less each.

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• d'un poids inférieur à 50 kg

  Weighing less than 50 kg

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• Voies inférieures à la classe IV

  Less than class IV

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lower

Used about 31 597 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 622 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 965 · UN documents ≈ 22 990). Meaning: lower in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le salaire d'un enseignant est inférieur à celui d'un avocat.

  A teacher's salary is lower than a lawyer's.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and sharris123 · checked, community translation · #7794456 #337401

• Les chambres inférieures étaient en effet pleines de matériaux.

  The lower chambers were, in fact, full of materials.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7101

• Or, que signifie: Il est monté, sinon qu’il est aussi descendu dans les régions inférieures de la terre?

  Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EPH 4:9

• Etait-ce à un niveau inférieur, au COREPER?

  Was it at a lower level, at COREPER?

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• En 2000, 2001 et 2002, des déficits inférieurs avaient déjà été enregistrés.

  In 2000, 2001 and 2002 lower deficits were recorded.

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below

Used about 11 981 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 407 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 127 · UN documents ≈ 5 445). Meaning: below in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La température est inférieure à zéro aujourd'hui.

  The temperature is below zero today.

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• Cela signifie que notre déficit budgétaire doit être inférieur à 3 %.

  This means that our budget deficit must drop below 3%.

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• Les abréviations suivantes servent à désigner les taxons végétaux inférieurs à l'espèce:

  The following abbreviations are used for plant taxa below the level of species:

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• 6 Les diamètres inférieurs à 45 mm n ' intéressent que les clémentines.

  6Size below 45mm refer only to clementines.

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• Pour la première fois en plus de six ans, le taux de chômage est inférieur à six pourcents.

  For the first time in more than 6 years, the unemployment rate is below 6%.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mouche and BHO · checked, community translation · #3924545 #4022197

than

Used about 3 850 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 96 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 634 · UN documents ≈ 2 118). Meaning: than in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La population de ce pays est inférieure à celle des États-Unis.

  The population of this country is smaller than that of the United States.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Clavain and CK · checked, community translation · #59260 #435553

• Le contingent alloué à la Lituanie est dix fois inférieur aux besoins du pays.

  The quota allotted to Lithuania is ten times smaller than what is needed in the country.

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• présentant un indice de basicité totale supérieur à 310 et inférieur à 340

  having a total base number of more than 310 but not more than 340,

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• Le nombre de civils assassinés est inférieur à celui de l ' année précédente.

  There were fewer civilian deaths than in 1989.

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• Vu comme la courbure est inférieure à l'unité, une fois que la courbe quitte le cercle unité, elle n'y reviendra pas.

  Seeing as the curvature is smaller than unity, once the curve leaves the unit circle it will not come back.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and FeuDRenais2 · checked, community translation · #598840 #598837

per

Used about 1 222 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 12 · UN documents ≈ 1 210). Meaning: per in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Les quantités inférieures à une tonne par an ne doivent même pas faire l' objet d' une déclaration, sans tenir compte de leur dangerosité.

  Amounts totalling under 1 000 tonnes per annum are not even notifiable, regardless of the dangers involved.

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• e u avec une précision inférieure à 0,2 % pour la composition (en masse) suivante: C3 = 7090 %; C4 = 10-30 %.

  e) u accurate within 0.2 per cent for mass composition of: C3 = 70 - 90 %; C4 = 10 - 30 %

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• Dans le cas où ce pourcentage serait inférieur à 0,7 %, l ' État partie prévoit-il des mesures à court terme pour l ' élever au taux prescrit?

  If it was under 0.7 per cent, was the Government planning short-term measures to reach the prescribed level?

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• En revanche, la perte de ces 35 millions de migrants a entraîné une perte inférieure à deux points de croissance démographique dans le reste du monde.

  In contrast, the loss of those 35 million migrants reduced population growth in the rest of the world by under 2 per cent.

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• L ' aide publique au développement est toujours inférieure à l ' objectif convenu au niveau international de 0,7 % du produit intérieur brut.

  Official development assistance (ODA) still falls short of the internationally agreed target of 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product.

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average

Used about 48 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 48). Meaning: average in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Par exemple, la République slovaque applique une moyenne inférieure à 1 kg de pesticides par hectare alors que d'autres pays en utilisent jusqu'à 8 kg.

  For example, the Slovak Republic applies on average less than 1 kg of pesticides per hectare while other countries apply as much as 8 kg.

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• Pour les fonds structurels, il est certain que la dotation annuelle moyenne pour la nouvelle période, pour les quinze, sera inférieure à ce qu'elle est présentement.

  It is certain that the average annual budgetary amounts for the new period, for the fifteen Member States, will be cut back.

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• Le taux de participation était légèrement inférieur à celui des dernières élections européennes en Espagne et aussi très proche de la moyenne des 25 pays de l’Union.

  The turnout was slightly less than that for the last European elections in Spain and also very close to the average across all 25 countries of the Union.

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• L'Europe est prisonnière de l'égoïsme des États membres: certains d'entre eux investissent encore actuellement moins de 1%, tandis que la moyenne européenne est inférieure à 2% du PIB.

  Europe is the prisoner of the selfishness of Member States, some of which even today invest less than 1%, while the average for Europe is less than 2% of GDP.

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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.

• Le vin bon marché est inférieur au plus cher.

  The cheap wine is inferior to the more expensive.

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• La femme est un être inférieur, elle obéit trop à ses organes. Pour moi, la femme n'est belle que quand elle ressemble à un homme !

  Women are inferior beings, they obey their organs too much. In my opinion, they are only beautiful when they look like men.

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• Une fille du premier Earl de Gowrie était courtisée par un jeune gentilhomme bien inférieur à elle en rang et en fortune.

  A daughter of the first Earl of Gowrie was courted by a young gentleman much her inferior in rank and fortune.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #909070 #910356

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