jeunesse — French to English

How French jeunesse is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: jeunesse (37 814), jeunesses (96). By style: everyday 132 · literary 16 · biblical 52 · parliamentary 2 223 · legal and administrative 916 · UN documents 34 571.

youth

Used about 26 795 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 107 · literary ≈ 14 · biblical ≈ 48 · parliamentary ≈ 1 620 · legal and administrative ≈ 878 · UN documents ≈ 24 128). Meaning: youth in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il faut que jeunesse se passe.

  Youth must have its fling.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #391932 #391931

• --C'est que dans ma jeunesse j'ai été laquais dans sa famille.

  He replied, “It is because I was a servant in his family in my youth.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3711

• Il est bon pour l’homme De porter le joug dans sa jeunesse.

  It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LAM 3:27

• Nous ne pouvons sacrifier notre jeunesse, les mots ne suffisent pas en la matière.

  We cannot sacrifice our youth; words are not enough in this regard.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1560533

• Éducation, formation et jeunesse

  Education, training and youth

  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 87053

young

Used about 3 666 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 377 · legal and administrative ≈ 38 · UN documents ≈ 3 241). Meaning: young in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il a appris le français dans sa jeunesse.

  He acquired French when he was young.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Archibald and CK · checked, community translation · #299124 #132525

• Le galopin d'à côté qui a une barbiche, je le voyais passer tous les matins avec une jeunesse en bonnet rose sous le bras, aujourd'hui je l'ai vu passer, il donnait le bras à un fusil.

  The errand-boy next door has a little pointed beard, I have seen him pass every day with a young person in a pink bonnet on his arm; to-day I saw him pass, and he had a gun on his arm.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23310

• Moab est ravagé, ses villes montent en fumée, L’élite de sa jeunesse est égorgée, Dit le roi, dont l’Éternel des armées est le nom.

  Moab is laid waste, and they have gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,” says the King, whose name is the LORD of Armies.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 48:15

• En un mot, notre jeunesse occupera le devant de la scène.

  In other words, our young people will take centre stage.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 404868

• Dmitri Dashkevich et Eduard Lobov, militants du Front de la jeunesse (Molodoi Front), ont été condamnés à plusieurs années d’emprisonnement pour «hooliganisme».

  Dmitri Dashkevich and Eduard Lobov, activists of the Molodoi Front (Young Front), were sentenced to several years of imprisonment for ‘hooliganism’.

  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 2281283

More sentences

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

• Ça ma rappelle ma jeunesse.

  That reminds me of my childhood.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Blabla and tieguy · checked, community translation · #11615941 #5844510

• Est-ce que ta mère jouait du piano dans sa jeunesse ?

  Did your mother use to play the piano when she was younger?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and CK · checked, community translation · #6944100 #6945598

• C'était une beauté dans sa jeunesse.

  She was a beauty in her day.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #314843 #134447

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