quatre — French to English

How French quatre 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: quatre (167 415), quatres (61). By style: everyday 651 · literary 176 · biblical 327 · parliamentary 8 270 · legal and administrative 14 573 · UN documents 143 479.

four

Used about 135 154 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 488 · literary ≈ 136 · biblical ≈ 238 · parliamentary ≈ 7 089 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 626 · UN documents ≈ 116 577). Meaning: four in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ziri avait quatre épées.

  Ziri had four swords.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · #11176810 #12482010

• Doublée en quatre ans!

  Doubled in four years!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7375

• les fils de l’autre Élam, mille deux cent cinquante-quatre;

  The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 2:31

• Je souhaiterais aborder quatre points.

  I would like to comment on four points.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1559709

• Répéter cette opération quatre fois.

  Repeat this operation four times.

  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 5454988

eighty

Used about 4 786 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 54 · literary ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 61 · parliamentary ≈ 169 · UN documents ≈ 4 484). Meaning: eighty in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il a plus de quatre-vingts ans.

  He is over eighty years old.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mervert1 and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #6573337 #13818863

• --En quatre-vingts jours seulement, dit Phileas Fogg.

  “In eighty days,” interrupted Phileas Fogg.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 129

• les gens de Bethléhem et de Netopha, cent quatre-vingt-huit;

  The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred eighty-eight.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 7:26

• Quatre-vingt pour cent de l’argent utilisé par l’Union européenne sont utilisés dans les états membres.

  Eighty per cent of the money used in the European Union is used in the Member States.

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• Quatre-vingt-unième session (juillet 2004)

  Eighty-first session (July 2004)

  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 20438891

years

Used about 1 805 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 7 · legal and administrative ≈ 304 · UN documents ≈ 1 495).

• Lémec vécut, après la naissance de Noé, cinq cent quatre-vingt-quinze ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.

  Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 5:30

• tous les quatre ans jusqu'à l'âge de 30 ans;

  every 4 years until the age of 30;

  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 3602860

• M. Zhenyu a évoqué les quatre siècles de politiques d ' isolement qu ' avait vécus la Chine jusqu ' à leur libéralisation, à la fin des années 70.

  44. Mr. Zhenyu spoke of China ' s historical experience of 400 years of closed-door policies and their liberalization since the late 1970s.

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one

Used about 189 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 169). Meaning: one in the Elamur Dictionary.

• En mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-onze, je travaillais en France.

  In nineteen ninety-one, I was working in France.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #9035463 #9035524

• Il y avait quatre-vingt-seize grenades de chaque côté, et toutes les grenades autour du treillis étaient au nombre de cent.

  There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network all around.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 52:23

• Actuellement, une personne sur vingt de plus de soixante-cinq ans et une personne sur cinq de plus de quatre-vingts ans souffrent de démence.

  At present, one in 20 people over the age of 65 and one in five over 80 suffer from dementia.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1472208

three

Used about 172 times in the texts (literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 169). Meaning: three in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Quiconque a aimé sait tous les sens rayonnants que contiennent les quatre lettres de ce mot: Elle.

  Whoever has loved knows all the radiant meanings contained in those three letters of that word: She.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16342

• Les chiffres sont clairs: quatre heures et demie sur la route et trois pauses d’un quart d’heure chacune, à prendre à la discrétion du chauffeur.

  The figures are quite straightforward: 4.5 hours on the road and three breaks of quarter of an hour each, to be taken at times of the driver’s choosing.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 662927

two

Used about 169 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 169). Meaning: two in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est pourquoi je me réjouis que les choses commencent à évoluer après quatre années.

  However, I have two specific supplementary questions.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 325903

More sentences

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

• Les ouvriers ont travaillé vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatre.

  The workers worked around the clock.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #2187828 #2189959

• Il y a quatre cylindres dans ce moteur.

  This engine has 4 cylinders.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #6310299 #12185869

• - Vous n'y allez pas par quatre chemins ! - Jamais ! Un seul, c'est plus court.

  "You don't beat around the bush!" "Never! It's faster to get straight to the point."

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and tieguy · checked, community translation · #11614062 #909027

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