matières — French to English

How French matières 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: matières (129 176). By style: everyday 30 · literary 4 · parliamentary 3 292 · legal and administrative 39 597 · UN documents 86 253.

material

Used about 60 955 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 549 · legal and administrative ≈ 28 048 · UN documents ≈ 32 345). Forms: material, materials. Meaning: material in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je préfère les matières simples.

  I prefer plain materials.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and _undertoad · checked, community translation · #2267088 #5600947

• Le phénomène s'accomplissait alors sans violence; l'issue était énorme, et les matières fondues, rejetées des entrailles du globe, s'étendirent tranquillement en vastes nappes ou en masses mamelonnées.

  No violence accompanied this change; the matter thrown out was in vast quantities, and the liquid material oozing out from the abysses of the earth slowly spread in extensive plains or in hillocky masses.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1292

• Nous ne transportons plus du bois, du vin et des cailloux mais des matières bien plus dangereuses.

  We no longer transport wood, wine and stones but much more dangerous materials.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 587269

• Matières polarisantes en feuilles ou en plaques

  Sheets and plates of polarising material

  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 343912

• MATIÈRES RADIOACTIVES, APPAREILS ou OBJETS EN COLIS EXCEPTÉS

  RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE - INSTRUMENTS or ARTICLES

  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 17336838

substances

Used about 25 010 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 650 · UN documents ≈ 23 360).

• Installations destinées à la fusion de matières minérales, y compris celles destinées à la production de fibres minérales

  Installations for melting mineral substances, including the production of mineral fibres

  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 935191

• Classification schématique des matières organométalliques

  Schematic classification of organometallic substances

  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 8391128

• Mélanges de nitrate d'ammonium et de carbonate de calcium ou d'autres matières inorganiques dépourvues de pouvoir fertilisant

  Mixtures of ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non-fertilising substances

  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 4389985

• Lorsque d ' autres matières sont transportées, les dispositions suivantes s ' appliquent, selon les besoins.

  When other substances are carried, the following provisions apply as appropriate.

  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 28093925

• 4.8.2.7 Les matières explosives solubles dans l ' eau doivent être emballées dans des emballages résistant à l ' eau.

  4.8.2.7 Packagings for water soluble substances should be water resistant.

  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 2206769

nuclear

Used about 1 866 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 69 · UN documents ≈ 1 797). Meaning: nuclear in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Nous devrons investir dans une nouvelle génération de centrales nucléaires, dans la sécurité du stockage et la réutilisation des matières combustibles, et dans la fusion nucléaire.

  We shall have to invest in a new generation of nuclear power plants, safe storage and reuse of fuel and nuclear fusion.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1203410

• L ' Autriche estime que la protection physique fait partie intégrante du système national de sécurité nucléaire et doit donc être une condition préalable à la fourniture de matières nucléaires.

  12. In Austria ' s view, physical protection is an integral part of the national nuclear security system that must be required as a condition for nuclear supplies.

  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 23167397

subjects

Used about 1 808 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · UN documents ≈ 1 797).

• De toutes les matières, je préfère l'anglais.

  I like English best of all subjects.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Pharamp and CK · checked, community translation · #37539 #12918

• Durant le cycle suivant (de la cinquième à la huitième année de scolarité), les matières seront enseignées en langue albanaise et dans la langue de la minorité.

  In the next cycle (fifth to eight year of schooling), subjects shall be taught in Albanian and in the minority language.

  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 378068

• Quelles étaient vos matières préférées à l'école ?

  What were your favourite subjects at school?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and sundown · checked, community translation · #1218090 #13865180

• Quelles étaient tes matières préférées à l'école ?

  What were your favourite subjects at school?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and sundown · checked, community translation · #1218090 #13865181

• Les maths et l'anglais étaient mes matières préférées.

  Math and English were my favorite subjects.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Archibald and CK · checked, community translation · #270996 #128777

articles

Used about 1 650 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 650).

• AUTRES MÉTAUX COMMUNS; CERMETS; OUVRAGES EN CES MATIÈRES

  OTHER BASE METALS; CERMETS; ARTICLES THEREOF

  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 1909090

• les articles dans lesquels les plumes ou le duvet n'entrent que comme matières de rembourrage et notamment les articles de literie du no 9404;

  articles in which feathers or down constitute only filling or padding (for example, bedding of heading 9404);

  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 4392517

raw

Used about 1 029 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 029). Meaning: raw in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le dollar s'enfonce, les prix des matières premières, même des aliments de base, flambent.

  The dollar is sinking and prices of raw materials, including basic foodstuffs, are soaring.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1009629

• Les prix des matières premières sont particulièrement volatils et la diversification est plutôt rare.

  Raw materials prices are fluctuating wildly; there is but little diversification.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 801027

• Le monde ne devrait pas être l'otage de spéculateurs financiers et de monopoles des matières premières.

  The world should not be hostage to speculative capital and raw material monopolies.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1089788

• Adopter le système économique russe sans posséder les matières premières de la Russie n'a aucun sens.

  It does not make any sense to adopt a Russian economic system without having Russian raw materials.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1445548

• À l'avenir, il sera possible d'introduire d'autres matières premières, telles que le raisin, dans la vodka.

  In the future, it will be possible for other raw materials, such as grapes, to be put into vodka.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 941620

More sentences

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

• La table des matières se trouve à la fin du livre.

  The table of contents is at the end of the book.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #12131909 #12131961

• Reporte-toi à la fin pour consulter la table des matières.

  Flip to the back of the book for the index.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · #963951 #963979

• Il me dame le pion dans toutes les matières.

  He outdoes me in every subject.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · #290336 #12686486

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