longtemps — French to English

How French longtemps 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: longtemps (35 035). By style: everyday 1 126 · literary 45 · biblical 94 · parliamentary 7 169 · legal and administrative 2 049 · UN documents 24 552.

long

Used about 28 709 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 103 · literary ≈ 42 · biblical ≈ 41 · parliamentary ≈ 6 124 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 451 · UN documents ≈ 19 949). Forms: long, longer. Meaning: long in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Cela fait trop longtemps.

  It's been too long.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #3518541 #11610677

• Il demeura longtemps ainsi.

  He remained a long time thus.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22266

• Et ils demeurèrent assez longtemps avec les disciples.

  They stayed there with the disciples for a long time.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 14:28

• La directive a mis longtemps à arriver jusqu'ici.

  The directive has been a long time coming.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1595172

• La prescription prévue au paragraphe 1 est suspendue aussi longtemps:

  The limitation period provided for in paragraph 1 shall be suspended for so long as:

  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 2974630

time

Used about 1 561 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 448 · legal and administrative ≈ 85 · UN documents ≈ 1 023). Meaning: time in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Depuis longtemps il se plaignait de sa santé, de lourdeurs, de vertiges, de malaises constants et inexplicables.

  He had for some time been complaining of his health, of heaviness, giddiness, frequent and unaccountable discomfort.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 723

• Telle est la parole que l’Éternel a prononcée dès longtemps sur Moab.

  This is the word that the LORD spoke concerning Moab in time past.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 16:13

• On ne peut pas épiloguer plus longtemps sur cette question.

  We really cannot spend any more time on this matter.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 262471

• La fréquence peut être évaluée en mesurant le temps aussi longtemps que les cycles d’oscillation sont observables.

  The frequency can be estimated by measuring the time for as many cycles of oscillation as can be observed.

  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 5405717

• Obtenir un permis coûte cher, il faut s ' y prendre longtemps à l ' avance et les demandes sont fréquemment rejetées.

  12. The application process for permits is time-consuming and expensive, and applications are frequently rejected.

  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 18160820

More sentences

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

• Ils vivent ensemble depuis longtemps.

  They have lived together for a while.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LdjuherTaqvaylit and tieguy · checked, community translation · #13815680 #13253858

• Elle alla, et elle fit selon la parole d’Élie. Et pendant longtemps elle eut de quoi manger, elle et sa famille, aussi bien qu’Élie.

  She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household ate many days.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 17:15

• Cependant, le peuple attendait Zacharie, s’étonnant de ce qu’il restait si longtemps dans le temple.

  The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 1:21

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