massive — French to English

How French massive 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: massive (30 092), massives (7 065). By style: everyday 8 · literary 2 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 1 892 · legal and administrative 1 225 · UN documents 34 029.

massive

Used about 30 897 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 616 · legal and administrative ≈ 561 · UN documents ≈ 28 712). Forms: mass, massive. Meaning: massive in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est la structure la plus massive que j'ai jamais vue.

  This is the most massive structure I've ever seen.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and CK · checked, community translation · #9001354 #333552

• Entre les hommes et lui, le condamné sentait peser sur sa tête un entassement de pierres et de geôliers, et la prison tout entière, la massive bastille n'était plus qu'une énorme serrure compliquée qui le cadenassait hors du monde vivant.

  Between men and himself, the condemned man felt a pile of stones and jailers weighing down upon his head; and the entire prison, the massive bastille was nothing more than an enormous, complicated lock, which barred him off from the rest of the world.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5148

• J'en viens à présent aux armes de destruction massive.

  I turn to weapons of mass destruction.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 414875

• L’existence d’importations massives en un temps relativement court

  The existence of massive imports in a relatively short period

  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 5143937

• Autres armes de destruction massive

  Other weapons of mass destruction

  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 30058518

violations

Used about 1 418 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 418).

• Les violations flagrantes et massives des droits de l ' homme représentent la menace la plus grave pour la communauté internationale.

  Gross and large-scale violations of human rights represent the most serious threat to the international community.

  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 383095

• Ces cycles de violence sans précédent et bien souvent interdépendants ont donné lieu à des violations massives des droits de l ' homme.

  These unprecedented and often interlocking patterns of violence have led to large-scale violations of human rights.

  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 14223097

• Les membres des forces de sécurité se rendraient responsables de violations massives des droits de l ' homme dans un climat de quasi-impunité.

  Large-scale human rights violations were said to have been committed by members of security forces in a climate of virtual impunity.

  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 380618

• Les violations massives des droits de l’homme ne sont pas seulement le produit de conflits civils et ethniques, elles sont également l’une des causes principales de ces conflits.

  Large-scale human rights violations are not merely the product of civil and ethnic conflict, they are also a major cause of such conflicts.

  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 4465791

scale

Used about 1 116 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 39 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 · UN documents ≈ 1 063). Meaning: scale in the Elamur Dictionary.

• À la suite des incarcérations massives de dissidents en 2003, l’Union européenne a adopté une série de mesures politiques.

  Following the large-scale imprisonment of dissidents in 2003, the Union took a series of political measures.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 620727

• Ainsi, les barrières structurelles peuvent s'avérer élevées sur un marché caractérisé par des économies d'échelle et/ou de gamme massives et par des coûts irrécupérables importants.

  For instance, high structural barriers may be found to exist when the market is characterised by substantial economies of scale and/or economies of scope and high sunk cost.

  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 5617132

• 17. Les violations massives du droit à la vie se poursuivent en Somalie.

  17. The right to life continues to be violated on an extensive scale in Somalia.

  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 13788354

• À ce sujet, il conviendrait de nuancer certaines déclarations car un certain protectionnisme est quelquefois préférable à une libéralisation massive.

  For this reason, we have to clarify certain statements, because sometimes wide-scale liberalisation can be a greater evil than the possibility of protection.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 274068

• 85. Le 4 juillet, on apprenait de sources militaires que les Forces de défense israéliennes (FDI) et le SGS avaient procédé à des arrestations massives dans les territoires.

  85. On 4 July, military sources reported that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and GSS had carried out large-scale arrests in the territories.

  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 3320212

destruction

Used about 421 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 421). Meaning: destruction in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Armes de destruction massive

  Weapons of mass destruction

  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 299200

• Lutte contre la prolifération des armes de destruction massive

  Countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

  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 2518860

• Lutte contre la prolifération des armes de destruction massive

  Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

  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 115990

• Lutte contre la prolifération des armes de destruction massive

  Countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

  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 166151

• Lutte contre la prolifération des armes de destruction massive

  Countering the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

  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 2771825

proliferation

Used about 26 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 26).

• Non-prolifération des armes de destruction massive et de leurs canaux de distribution, y compris des missiles balistiques

  non-proliferation of WMD and their means of delivery, including ballistic missiles,

  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 20469

• Les parties conviennent en outre de coopérer et de contribuer à la lutte contre la prolifération des armes de destruction massive et de leurs vecteurs en:

  The Parties furthermore agree to cooperate and to contribute to countering the proliferation of WMD and their means of delivery by:

  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 269787

weapons

Used about 20 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 20).

• L'on pourrait débattre de l'imminence du danger que pose un stock d'armes de destruction massive, mais je ne détecte aucune divergence sérieuse par rapport à son existence.

  There may be room for debate about how imminent a danger is posed by this armoury of lethal weapons, but I do not detect any serious dispute about its existence.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 370476

More sentences

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

• Cette maison est massive.

  That house is big.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #68536 #3642080

• Ces maisons sont massives.

  Those houses are big.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #67015 #3642077

• Elles sont très massives.

  They are very big.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #37779 #3652130

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