principale — French to English

How French principale 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: principale (44 205), principales (88 724). By style: everyday 81 · literary 7 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 5 983 · legal and administrative 10 671 · UN documents 116 176.

main

Used about 55 234 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 51 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 3 303 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 891 · UN documents ≈ 45 986). Meaning: main in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Nous sommes à l'entrée principale.

  We're at the main gate.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #11731966 #11816530

• Toutefois il me paraît évident que nous n'occupions pas la cheminée principale du volcan, mais bien un conduit accessoire, où se faisait sentir un effet de contre-coup.

  At any rate it was clear that we were not in the main shaft of the volcano, but in a lateral gallery where there were felt recurrent tunes of reaction.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3943

• C'est notre tâche principale - la ratification.

  This is our main task - ratification.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 979544

• Activité principale en mars

  Main activity in March

  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 5152824

• 11. Il a les fonctions principales suivantes:

  11. Its main functions are:

  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 23288541

principal

Used about 14 249 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 249 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 890 · UN documents ≈ 12 102). Meaning: principal in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ses principales exportations sont le minerai de fer, le caoutchouc, les diamants et l'or.

  Its principal exports are iron ore, rubber, diamonds, and gold.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and The_World_Factbook · checked, community translation · #8904678 #10542091

• La «principale locataire» du temps de Jean Valjean était morte et avait été remplacée par toute pareille.

  The “principal lodger” of Jean Valjean’s day was dead and had been replaced by another exactly like her.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12896

• Tel est l'objectif poursuivi, notre principale préoccupation et l'objectif premier de notre règlement.

  That is the objective, our central concern and principal aim of our regulation.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1381729

• Code de l’activité principale au niveau à 4 chiffres de la NACE

  Principal activity code at NACE 4-digit level

  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 5246406

• Quelques-unes des principales plaintes formulées sont reproduites ci-après.

  Some of the principal complaints received are listed below.

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major

Used about 14 012 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 249 · legal and administrative ≈ 445 · UN documents ≈ 13 312). Meaning: major in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le tabac était l'une de leurs principales cultures.

  Tobacco was one of their major crops.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source_VOA · checked, community translation · #807309 #1083188

• - Monsieur le Président, ce n’est pas la petite démocratie israélienne qui représente la principale menace pour la paix au Moyen-Orient, mais bien les grandes dictatures.

  Mr President, it is not the small Israeli democracy that is the major threat to peace in the Middle East, but the big dictatorships.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 712885

• que par le rail ou par les routes principales, et

  via major roads or railways, and

  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 809857

• C ' est la principale réalisation de l ' Union européenne.

  That is the major achievement of the European Union.

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• Nous acceptons toutes les principales cartes de crédit.

  We accept all major credit cards.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #265847 #4873030

source

Used about 2 670 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 249 · UN documents ≈ 2 420). Meaning: source in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il est prévu que la source principale de recettes provienne des droits de la propriété intellectuelle.

  The most important source of revenue is expected to be royalties from intellectual property rights.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 856153

• Dans le secteur combustion de combustibles, l ' industrie de l ' énergie était la principale source.

  Within the fuel combustion sector, the energy industry was the largest source.

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• Mon pays est la destination principale des exportations moldaves et la deuxième plus importante source d'importations.

  My country is the number one destination for Moldovan exports and the second biggest source of imports.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1296059

• 5. Principale source d ' énergie électrique, le charbon assure 40 % de la production d ' électricité dans le monde et dans la région de la CEE.

  5. Coal is the dominant source of electricity, providing 40% of the world’s and the ECE region ' s electricity.

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• Monsieur le Président, les connaissances deviendront la principale source de travail et de bien-être et ces connaissances seront toujours plus rapidement dépassées.

  Mr President, knowledge will become the most important source of work and prosperity and that knowledge will become outdated more and more quickly.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1758721

More sentences

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

• Le budget du ménage est traditionnellement la principale source de conflit dans un couple.

  Finances are traditionally the biggest cause of strife in a relationship.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #8400546 #10458012

• La caractéristique principale d'un sociopathe est son manque d'empathie.

  The hallmark of a sociopath is a lack of empathy.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and patgfisher · checked, community translation · #4086036 #10717637

• C'est quoi ta motivation principale pour apprendre le français ?

  What's your primary reason for studying French?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and CK · checked, community translation · #12421193 #12421198

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