maximum — French to English

How French maximum is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: maximum (57 414), maximums (480). By style: everyday 16 · literary 2 · parliamentary 2 556 · legal and administrative 10 419 · UN documents 44 901.

maximum

Used about 34 353 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 598 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 489 · UN documents ≈ 25 257). Meaning: maximum in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est le maximum.

  That's the maximum.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #2251270 #6287738

• Elle atteignit son maximum de profondeur rue Saint-Pierre où elle s'éleva à trois pieds au-dessus des dalles de la gargouille, et son maximum d'étendue rue Saint-Sabin où elle s'étala sur une longueur de deux cent trente-huit mètres.

  It attained its maximum depth in the Rue Saint-Pierre, where it rose to the height of three feet above the flag-stones of the water-spout, and its maximum length in the Rue Saint-Sabin, where it spread out over a stretch two hundred and thirty-eight metres in length.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27396

• l'introduction de taux maximums de profit;

  the introduction of maximum rates of profit;

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1010514

• dont le couple maximum est de 100 Nm

  with a maximum torque of 100 Nm

  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 4348901

• Peines maximums et minimums

  Maximum and minimum penalties

  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 17071888

than

Used about 4 854 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 27 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 085 · UN documents ≈ 3 742). Meaning: than in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La local sales tax américaine peut varier entre zéro et dix points, bien que la différence entre États voisins soit généralement d'un maximum de cinq points.

  American local sales tax may vary between zero and ten points, although the difference between neighbouring states is generally no more than five points.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 134617

• au minimum 20 % et au maximum 28 % de campestérols

  20 % or more but not more than 28 % of campesterols

  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 3091852

• Voitures particulières contenant au maximum 10 places

  - Passenger cars having no more than 10 seats

  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 11247376

• R 22 (chlorodifluorométhane) 2 ppm en poids au maximum

  not more than 2 ppm by weight of R22 (Chlorodifluoromethane),

  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 4118006

• a) Possédant deux portes passagers au maximum, ainsi qu '

  (a) Not more than two passenger doors and

  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 22805493

levels

Used about 962 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 27 · UN documents ≈ 935).

• Nos villes sont soumises à des niveaux sonores largement supérieurs aux maximums recommandés; il est donc urgent d'élaborer une directive-cadre contraignante au niveau communautaire et de mettre en pratique des mesures et actions au niveau national et local.

  Our cities are noisy, above recommended levels, and the need to draft a Community framework directive that will be binding, and to implement measures and actions at national and local level, is an urgent matter.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1724213

• Les niveaux maximums de pression acoustique sont:

  Sound pressure levels shall not exceed:

  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 12757703

minimum

Used about 53 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 53). Meaning: minimum in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Mon troisième commentaire est qu'il existe effectivement des États membres qui s'efforcent de réduire au maximum le cabotage.

  My third point is that there are indeed Member States that attempt to limit this cabotage to a minimum.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1080458

• La détection de taux de dioxines supérieurs aux taux maximums autorisés dans un échantillon de viande de porc prélevé dans le cadre du programme national de surveillance des résidus a permis de remonter rapidement à la source de la contamination - une usine de production d'aliments pour animaux.

  The detection of dioxins above the minimum threshold in a sample of pork fat under the National Residue Monitoring Programme enabled the source of the contamination to be quickly traced to an individual feed manufacturing plant.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1212263

More sentences

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

• Vous voudrez avoir l'air à votre maximum, demain.

  You'll want to look your best tomorrow.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2026490 #2026514

• Tu voudras avoir l'air à ton maximum, demain.

  You'll want to look your best tomorrow.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2026490 #2026513

• Mon travail ne durera que deux ans au maximum.

  My job will only last two years at most.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rene1596 and CM · checked, community translation · #250114 #1184696

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