plusieurs — French to English

How French plusieurs 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: plusieurs (329 172). By style: everyday 544 · literary 26 · biblical 131 · parliamentary 18 871 · legal and administrative 36 384 · UN documents 273 216.

several

Used about 190 651 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 317 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 6 683 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 886 · UN documents ≈ 170 760). Meaning: several in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il y a plusieurs options.

  There are several options.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #4494165 #11642701

• Il en vit venir encore plusieurs, sortant l'un après l'autre de l'ombre impénétrable.

  He saw several more come in, one after another, out of the impenetrable vapour.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1050

• Plusieurs autres affaires sont en cours.

  Several new cases are in progress.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1760682

• Feuille réfléchissante auto-adhésive, constituée de plusieurs couches:

  Self-adhesive reflecting film, consisting of several layers including:

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• A cet effet, plusieurs mesures avaient été adoptées.

  To this end several measures had been adopted.

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one

Used about 40 993 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 393 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 128 · UN documents ≈ 28 460). Meaning: one in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Une personne ne peut pas faire plusieurs choses à la fois.

  One cannot do lots of things at the same time.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and CM · checked, community translation · #270114 #128683

• Il fallut bientôt traverser plusieurs petits fjörds sans importance, et enfin un véritable golfe; la marée, étale alors, nous permit de passer sans attendre et de gagner le hameau d'Alftanes, situé un mille au delà.

  We had to cross a few narrow fiords, and at last quite a wide gulf; the tide, then high, allowed us to pass over without delay, and to reach the hamlet of Alftanes, one mile beyond.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1171

• Il existe, en Europe plusieurs langues nationales mais, comme le dit Samaranch, le président du Comité olympique international, une seule langue est vraiment internationale: celle du sport.

  There are various national languages in Europe, but as Mr Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee, puts it, only one language is truly international: that of sport.

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• un ou plusieurs champs BÉNÉFICIAIRES (“BENEFICIARIES”),

  One or more ‘BENEFICIARIES’,

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• b) Perte d ' un ou de plusieurs échelons de classe;

  (b) Loss of one or more steps in grade;

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number

Used about 36 603 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 5 111 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 032 · UN documents ≈ 28 460). Meaning: number in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Les services ne sont pas des marchandises comme les autres, pour plusieurs raisons.

  Services are not like goods, for a number of reasons.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1127050

• La Commission a pris en considération plusieurs options pour la sélection du prix le plus adapté à utiliser comme prix de référence international.

  The Commission was considering a number of alternatives for the selection of a most suitable price which should be used as an international reference price.

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• D ' autre part, le Canada compte prendre plusieurs initiatives.

  Track two consisted of a number of initiatives.

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• Plusieurs députés ont déposé des amendements visant à obtenir des dérogations.

  Members of your House have now tabled a number of amendments aimed at securing derogations.

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• L'attribution de contrats spécifiques fondés sur un accord-cadre conclu avec plusieurs opérateurs économiques est effectuée selon les modalités suivantes:

  Specific contracts based on framework agreements concluded with a number of economic operators shall be awarded in accordance with the following arrangements:

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many

Used about 8 727 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 147 · literary ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 120 · parliamentary ≈ 2 752 · UN documents ≈ 5 692). Meaning: many in the Elamur Dictionary.

• J'apprends plusieurs langues.

  I study many languages.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Gib and CK · checked, community translation · #2456789 #9788362

• Plusieurs semaines s'étaient écoulées.

  Many weeks had elapsed.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3582

• Et, dans ce lieu-là, plusieurs crurent en lui.

  Many believed in him there.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 10:42

• Plusieurs milliers de demandes de projets attendent une évaluation depuis plus d'un an.

  Many thousands of project applications have been awaiting assessment for over a year now.

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• Le secteur de la justice fait l ' objet de nombreuses réformes, portant notamment sur la juridiction de plusieurs districts et divisions appartenant à une zone géographique relativement importante.

  Many reforms were being carried out in the justice sector, concerning inter alia the jurisdiction of various districts and divisions in a relatively large geographical area.

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more

Used about 394 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 393). Meaning: more in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Plusieurs années s'écoulèrent ainsi; Cosette grandissait.

  His whole heart melted in gratitude, and he loved more and more.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12586

• Au cours du débat sur le chocolat, le mot éthique a été prononcé à plusieurs reprises.

  In the debate on chocolate, the word ethics was used more than once.

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More sentences

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

• Un mot peut avoir plusieurs sens.

  Words can have multiple meanings.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · #13744372 #13744366

• Parfois je regarde une forêt, j'entre en transe et je ne le remarque pas avant plusieurs minutes.

  Sometimes, if I look at a forest of trees, I get in a trance and don't even realize until minutes later.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Zifre · checked, community translation · #700481 #837294

• Les journaux ont découvert plusieurs choses louches lorsqu'ils ont enquêté sur le scandale Recruit.

  The papers found lots of monkey business when they investigated the Recruit scandal.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Inventorfrog · checked, community translation · #32811 #390696

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