plein — French to English
How French plein is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: plein (50 317), pleine (47 493), pleines (905), pleins (8 916). By style: everyday 743 · literary 122 · biblical 177 · parliamentary 5 318 · legal and administrative 7 623 · UN documents 93 648.
full
Used about 68 898 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 403 · literary ≈ 63 · biblical ≈ 95 · parliamentary ≈ 2 548 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 382 · UN documents ≈ 63 408). Meaning: full in the Elamur Dictionary.
Le sac est plein.
The bag is full.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and al_ex_an_der · checked, community translation · #2478232 #6324108--L'assiette est toute pleine.
“The plate is quite full.”
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31287une coupe d’or de dix sicles, pleine de parfum;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 7:38Aux Pays-Bas, le débat à ce sujet bat son plein.
In the Netherlands, the debate on this is in full swing.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 549531Effectifs totaux (équivalents temps plein)
Total staff (Full Time Equivalent)
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 3461366
solid
Used about 3 053 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 588 · UN documents ≈ 1 463). Meaning: solid in the Elamur Dictionary.
—Et tout ce granit ne pourrait se maintenir à l'état solide et serait en pleine fusion.
"And all this solid granite ought to be running in fusion."
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2140Bandages pleins ou creux (mi-pleins)
Solid or cushion tyres
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 3009410Les zones encadrées peuvent être pleines.
The framed areas may be solid.
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 20954255Jean Valjean n'avait rien changé au mobilier du premier jour; seulement il avait fait remplacer par une porte pleine la porte vitrée du cabinet de Cosette.
Jean Valjean had made no alterations in the furniture as it was the first day; he had merely had the glass door leading to Cosette’s dressing-room replaced by a solid door.
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9514À des fins douanières, la distance horizontale entre les anneaux sur les éléments pleins du véhicule ne devra pas dépasser 200 mm.
The horizontal distance between the rings, if used for Customs purposes, on the solid parts of the vehicle shall not exceed 200 mm.
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 26412031
powers
Used about 67 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 28 · legal and administrative ≈ 40).
Ce dernier a limogé son gouvernement et s’est attribué les pleins pouvoirs.
He sacked the Government and assumed direct powers himself.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 651855Il a estimé que la Commission avait outrepassé ses pouvoirs en matière d'aides d'État en développant puis en imposant sa propre interprétation du principe de pleine concurrence.
In particular, it considered the Commission to have exceeded its powers in the field of State aid by developing and imposing its own interpretation of the arm's length principle.
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 4512852
More sentences
Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.
Notre voiture est tombée en panne en plein milieu de la rue.
Our car broke down in the middle of the street.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Eldad · checked, community translation · #262595 #128063Servez-vous. Il y en a encore plein dans la cuisine.
Help yourselves. There's plenty more in the kitchen.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tras and CK · checked, community translation · #7590440 #7647145Tom cria à plein poumons.
Tom screamed at the top of his lungs.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and CK · checked, community translation · #1024201 #1091936
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