minimum — French to English
How French minimum 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: minimum (71 656), minimums (2 126). By style: everyday 35 · literary 2 · parliamentary 2 989 · legal and administrative 12 485 · UN documents 58 271.
minimum
Used about 61 381 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 32 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 211 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 364 · UN documents ≈ 49 773). Forms: minima, minimum. Meaning: minimum in the Elamur Dictionary.
C'est le strict minimum.
That's the bare minimum.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1414970 #9046916--Un minimum bien employé suffit à tout.
“A well-used minimum suffices for everything.”
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 162Ce prix minimum restera applicable pendant cinq ans.
This minimum price will operate for five years.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1734019TAUX D’INTÉRÊT FIXES MINIMUMS
MINIMUM FIXED INTEREST RATES
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 2973750c) Quatre sièges au minimum pour les observateurs.
(c) A minimum of four seats for observers.
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 22899108
least
Used about 4 915 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 187 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 691 · UN documents ≈ 3 035). Meaning: least in the Elamur Dictionary.
On devrait dormir au minimum sept heures par nuit.
We must sleep at least seven hours a day.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Romira and CM · checked, community translation · #247807 #180973--Mais, monsieur Fogg, ce laps de quatre-vingts jours n'est calculé que comme un minimum de temps!
“But, Mr. Fogg, eighty days are only the estimate of the least possible time in which the journey can be made.”
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 161Je crois que c'est là le minimum que nous devons à l'Assemblée.
I believe this is the least we owe to the House.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 227719Cette documentation comprend au minimum:
That documentation shall contain at least:
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 3897000Les examens devraient avoir lieu au minimum tous les cinq ans.
Reviews should be completed at least every five years.
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 27295216
age
Used about 607 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 607). Meaning: age in the Elamur Dictionary.
La législation relative aux autres âges minimums doit être abolie.
Legislation relating to other age limits should be abolished.
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 17078612
wages
Used about 31 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 31). Forms: wage, wages.
Quarante % de la croissance de l'emploi des femmes est représentée par le travail à temps partiel et indépendant, avec des salaires minimums.
Forty per cent of the growth in women' s employment is due to part-time and independent work, which receives minimal wages.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 198152
More sentences
Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.
Le danger est minimum.
The danger is minimal.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dreamk33 and CK · checked, community translation · #3226490 #3226498Les incidences des emballages sur l’environnement doivent être réduites au minimum.
The environmental impact of packaging must be minimised.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 553481Toutefois, avant d'en arriver là, il faut au minimum améliorer les conditions de transport des animaux.
Until that time, however, conditions for the animals during movement must be improved.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1767049
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