meilleur — French to English

How French meilleur is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: meilleur (41 911), meilleure (67 131), meilleures (45 348), meilleurs (31 922). By style: everyday 1 510 · literary 21 · biblical 60 · parliamentary 21 874 · legal and administrative 12 230 · UN documents 150 617.

best

Used about 73 429 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 912 · literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 8 089 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 777 · UN documents ≈ 59 619). Meaning: best in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je veux le meilleur.

  I want the best.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1699365 #1704139

• Les meilleurs ne sont pas exempts d'une pensée égoïste.

  The best of us are not exempt from egotistical thoughts.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9494

• Aspirez aux dons les meilleurs. Et je vais encore vous montrer une voie par excellence.

  But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 12:31

• Cette adversité nous a révélé le meilleur de la nature humaine.

  In that adversity we saw the best of human nature.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 782254

• Échange des meilleures pratiques

  Exchange of best practices

  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 1456656

better

Used about 48 254 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 511 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 8 658 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 758 · UN documents ≈ 35 301). Meaning: better in the Elamur Dictionary.

• N'est-ce pas meilleur ?

  Isn't that better?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #2248677 #6373743

• Il sortit de la ruine, et se mit à longer le grand bâtiment, cherchant quelque abri meilleur.

  He quitted the ruin and crept along the large building, seeking a better shelter.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9967

• Mon fruit est meilleur que l’or, que l’or pur, Et mon produit est préférable à l’argent.

  My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 8:19

• Je n’en vois en tout cas pas de meilleur.

  In any case, I see no better one.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 702514

• Facteur “meilleur que souverain” (BTSF)

  Better than Sovereign Factor (BTSF)

  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 4590776

possible

Used about 11 486 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 797 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 274 · UN documents ≈ 9 414). Meaning: possible in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ce tout petit changement en effet avait prodigieusement réduit le prix de la matière première, ce qui avait permis, premièrement, d'élever le prix de la main-d'oeuvre, bienfait pour le pays; deuxièmement, d'améliorer la fabrication, avantage pour le consommateur; troisièmement, de vendre à meilleur marché tout en triplant le bénéfice, profit pour le manufacturier.

  This very small change had, in fact, prodigiously reduced the cost of the raw material, which had rendered it possible in the first place, to raise the price of manufacture, a benefit to the country; in the second place, to improve the workmanship, an advantage to the consumer; in the third place, to sell at a lower price, while trebling the profit, which was a benefit to the manufacturer.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3529

• Dans cette affaire, il importe de résoudre définitivement le problème, dans les meilleurs délais.

  What is important here is to find a solution as soon as possible to deal with the problem once and for all.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1471997

• mis à mort dans les meilleurs délais; ou

  killed as soon as possible, or

  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 619001

• Après un examen post-mortem, les restes doivent être rendus à la famille dans les meilleurs délais.

  After post-mortem examination, the remains should be released to the family at the earliest time possible.

  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 22140460

• Elle a exhorté par ailleurs les responsables turcs à retirer leurs forces militaires du territoire irakien dans les meilleurs délais.

  It has also urged Turkish leaders to withdrawn military forces from Iraqi territories as soon as possible.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1742614

than

Used about 1 769 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 191 · UN documents ≈ 1 569). Meaning: than in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'était meilleur marché que je le pensais.

  It was cheaper than I thought.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · #416553 #1461366

• Au bout de dix jours, ils avaient meilleur visage et plus d’embonpoint que tous les jeunes gens qui mangeaient les mets du roi.

  At the end of ten days, their faces appeared fairer and they were fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate of the king’s delicacies.

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

• 愦灭;quot;écart de positionnement angulaire愦灭;quot; égal ou inférieur à (meilleur que) 0,02°;

  愦灭;quot;Angular position deviation愦灭;quot; equal to or less than 0,02°;

  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 5040580

• 602. En moyenne, les filles obtiennent de meilleurs résultats que les garçons dans l ' enseignement secondaire.

  602. Young women are, on average, achieving higher qualification levels in secondary education than young men.

  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 24504625

• En outre, l’enquête a montré que les parties de bicyclettes chinoises sont en général meilleur marché que les parties de bicyclettes de toute autre provenance.

  In addition, the investigation has shown that Chinese bicycle parts are in general cheaper than bicycle parts of any other origin.

  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 1485517

practices

Used about 64 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 64).

• Les pratiques de gestion de la ruche visent à obtenir les meilleures qualités de miels protégés par l'indication géographique.

  Hive management practices seek to produce the highest quality honeys covered by the geographical indication.

  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 1269252

More sentences

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

• Tom est largement meilleur que les autres.

  Tom is head and shoulders above others.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and al_ex_an_der · checked, community translation · #37070 #1692779

• Lesquels sont meilleurs pour la santé, les pommes ou le raisin ?

  Which are more healthy, apples or grapes?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #7920849 #8487415

• De notre famille à la vôtre, nous vous adressons nos meilleurs vœux.

  Our family extends our warmest wishes to you and yours.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · #13216229 #13216207

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