passé — French to English

How French passé 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: passé (71 816), passée (14 771), passées (10 293), passés (11 498). By style: everyday 1 858 · literary 80 · biblical 107 · parliamentary 12 494 · legal and administrative 5 816 · UN documents 88 023.

past

Used about 30 905 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 122 · literary ≈ 14 · biblical ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 3 254 · legal and administrative ≈ 909 · UN documents ≈ 26 590). Meaning: past in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Votre passé m'indiffère.

  I don't care about your past.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #953418 #1347145

• Ce revenant, le passé, est sujet à falsifier son passeport.

  This spectre, this past, is given to falsifying its own passport.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10869

• Car voici, l’hiver est passé; La pluie a cessé, elle s’en est allée.

  For behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · SOL 2:11

• Le passé n'est pas mort.

  The past is not dead.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1366827

• des enseignements tirés d’activités passées et présentes de la CE,

  lessons learnt from past and ongoing EC activities,

  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 1322635

increased

Used about 11 371 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 130 · legal and administrative ≈ 697 · UN documents ≈ 10 544). Meaning: increased in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Monsieur le Président, le rapport Peijs constate que les dépenses publiques sont passées en vingt ans de 35 à 50 % du PIB.

  Mr President, the Peijs report states that, over 20 years, government expenditure has increased from 35% to 50% of the GNP.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 241885

• La part de marché de ces importations est ainsi passée de 17 à 22 %.

  Thereby the market share of these imports increased from 17 % to 22 %.

  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 2214331

• La couverture antirétrovirale est passée de 46 % en 2008 à 53 % en 2009.

  ART coverage increased from 46 per cent in 2008 to 53 per cent 2009.

  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 24228629

• Notre présence militaire est passée de 20 000 soldats en 2001 à 150 000 aujourd'hui, et pourtant, l'insécurité n'a fait que progresser.

  The number of our troops there has grown from 20 000 in 2001 to 150 000 now and, yet, insecurity has only increased.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1462991

• La part de marché de ces importations est ainsi passée de 10,5 % à 17,9 %.

  Thereby the market share of these imports has increased from 10,5 % to 17,9 %.

  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 2358592

year

Used about 4 088 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 195 · legal and administrative ≈ 212 · UN documents ≈ 3 668). Meaning: year in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Un an passé et elle était enceinte.

  After a year she was pregnant.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and LdjuherTaqvaylit · checked, community translation · #12258085 #12258089

• Sans bouger de son fauteuil, dame Aloïse prit la parole: «N'est-ce pas une de ces bohémiennes qui sont arrivées l'an passé par la porte Gibard?

  Without moving from her arm-chair, Dame Aloïse interposed, “Is she not one of those gypsy girls who arrived last year by the Gibard gate?”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3675

• MEDIA II a été amputé d'une partie de sa dotation qui est passée de 400 à 310 millions d'écus.

  MEDIA II is being cut from ECU 400 million a year to ECU 310 m.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1649336

• C 17.00 OPR DETAILS — RISQUE OPÉRATIONNEL: PERTES BRUTES PAR LIGNES D'ACTIVITÉ ET TYPES D'ÉVÈNEMENTS SUR L'EXERCICE PASSÉ

  C 17.00 — OPERATIONAL RISK: GROSS LOSSES BY BUSINESS LINES AND EVENT TYPES IN THE LAST YEAR (OPR DETAILS)

  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 3342106

• Jusqu ' alors, elles étaient passées en charges en tant que dépenses de l ' exercice en cours.

  Previously, these provisions were charged to current year expenditure.

  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 14855446

last

Used about 2 076 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 254 · parliamentary ≈ 1 822). Meaning: last in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ils sont venus la semaine passée.

  They came last week.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and CM · checked, community translation · #3259680 #3259679

• (DE) Monsieur le Président, ECEH est le terme de la semaine passée.

  (DE) Mr President, EHEC is the term of the last week.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1566609

• Tom était malade la semaine passée.

  Tom was sick last week.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Cocorico and CK · checked, community translation · #3185584 #3498177

• Je pense que cette décision est entrée en vigueur la semaine passée.

  I believe that this decision came into force last week.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 96064

• T'es-tu amusée la nuit passée ?

  Did you have fun last night?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #1841733 #1842666

happened

Used about 1 720 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 213 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 1 041 · UN documents ≈ 458).

• Que s'est-il passé le lundi ?

  What happened on Monday?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by slahatuvelli and CK · checked, community translation · #5851979 #12609014

• Il ne s'était rien passé.

  Nothing had happened.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19156

• et ils s’entretenaient de tout ce qui s’était passé.

  They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 24:14

• Où sont passés les principes du droit international?

  What has happened to the principles of international law?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1541083

• 17. Il ne s’agit pas seulement du droit individuel qu’a toute victime, ou ses proches, de savoir ce qui s’est passé en tant que droit à la vérité.

  17. This is not simply the right of any individual victim or closely related persons to know what happened, a right to the truth.

  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 4050933

passed

Used about 1 643 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 264 · literary ≈ 33 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 260 · legal and administrative ≈ 151 · UN documents ≈ 917). Meaning: passed in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Quatre jours étaient passés.

  Four days had passed.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · #11221060 #12482018

• Et le jour où vous avez passé devant moi?

  And the day when you passed before me?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20348

• Les plus fiers animaux ne l’ont point foulé, Le lion n’y a jamais passé.

  The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 28:8

• La date limite de présentation d’observations par les autorités irlandaises n’est pas encore passée.

  The deadline for the submission of observations by the Irish authorities has not yet passed.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 836556

• La bouillie de champignons est passée sous une lampe à ultraviolets.

  The mushroom slurry is passed under a UV lamp.

  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 5240571

More sentences

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

• Il a passé toute la réunion à jacasser sur lui-même.

  He spent the entire meeting jabbering about himself.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Luornu · checked, community translation · #10564223 #10564225

• J'ai de doux souvenirs de tout le temps que nous avons passé ensemble.

  I have fond memories of all the time we spent together.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · #506101 #547908

• Où étais-tu passé ? J'étais inquiet.

  Where've you been? I was worried.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #7920478 #12298224

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