suffisant — French to English

How French suffisant 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: suffisant (30 846), suffisante (28 236), suffisantes (33 055), suffisants (16 810). By style: everyday 100 · literary 5 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 6 333 · legal and administrative 16 553 · UN documents 85 954.

sufficient

Used about 50 515 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 738 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 846 · UN documents ≈ 34 919). Meaning: sufficient in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Mon explication n'était pas suffisante.

  My explanation was not sufficient.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and CK · checked, community translation · #251313 #130789

• Un mendiant déguenillé, qui ne pouvait faire recette, perdu qu'il était au milieu de la foule, et qui n'avait sans doute pas trouvé suffisante indemnité dans les poches de ses voisins, avait imaginé de se jucher sur quelque point en évidence, pour attirer les regards et les aumônes.

  A tattered mendicant, who could not collect any coins, lost as he was in the midst of the crowd, and who had not probably found sufficient indemnity in the pockets of his neighbors, had hit upon the idea of perching himself upon some conspicuous point, in order to attract looks and alms.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 357

• aux uns, une odeur de mort, donnant la mort; aux autres, une odeur de vie, donnant la vie. Et qui est suffisant pour ces choses?

  to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 2:16

• Y aura-t-il un appui logistique suffisant?

  Will there be sufficient logistical back-up?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1039530

• A-t-elle un effet incitatif suffisant?

  Does it have a sufficient incentive effect?

  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 1372881

adequate

Used about 31 952 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 594 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 810 · UN documents ≈ 29 547). Meaning: adequate in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je ne considère pas cela suffisant.

  I don't consider that adequate.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2275975 #2420765

• Les États membres ont été obligés de constituer des stocks suffisants.

  An obligation was introduced for the Member States to have an adequate quota.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1259856

• ou iv) de servir une rémunération constante et suffisante à son actionnaire.

  or (iv) to provide a steady and adequate remuneration for its shareholder.

  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 3795418

• Droit à une alimentation suffisante

  Right to adequate food

  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 27503998

• En effet, l'activité agricole est seulement possible si de l'eau pure est disponible en quantité suffisante.

  You can only farm if you have an adequate supply of clean water.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 10426

enough

Used about 6 092 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 68 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 649 · legal and administrative ≈ 345 · UN documents ≈ 4 029). Meaning: enough in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ce n'est pas suffisant.

  It's not enough.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1855207 #1858255

• Souvent ces chaînes de rocs arides faisaient une pointe vers la mer et mordaient sur le pâturage; mais il restait toujours une place suffisante pour passer.

  Often these chains of barren rocks made a dip towards the sea, and encroached upon the scanty pasturage: but there was always enough room to pass.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1060

• Ce n'est pas suffisant.

  That is not enough.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 96727

• Afin de fournir un espace suffisant pour offrir un environnement complexe, aucun compartiment ne devrait avoir une surface inférieure à 4500 cm2.

  In order to provide enough space for environmental complexity, no animal enclosure should be less than 4500 cm2.

  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 1178313

• Ces centres existent-ils en nombre suffisant pour satisfaire à la demande ?

  Were there enough centres to satisfy demand?

  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 2795716

resources

Used about 994 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 99 · UN documents ≈ 895).

• Nous devons mettre des moyens suffisants à disposition de la recherche à partir de 2003.

  We must look to research to make resources available for the post-2003 era.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 297839

• Comme d ' autres pays peu avancés, le Bénin ne dispose pas de ressources financières suffisantes pour honorer ses engagements.

  Benin, like other least developed countries, had insufficient financial resources to meet its commitments.

  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 20111765

• Le Service volontaire ne pourra être accepté par les jeunes en Europe que si la dotation financière est suffisante.

  The voluntary service will only be acceptable to Europe's young people if significant financial resources are made available.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1821943

• Nous veillerons à ce que l ' AIEA continue de bénéficier de structures, de ressources et de compétences suffisantes pour atteindre les objectifs fixés en matière de sécurité nucléaire.

  We will work to ensure that IAEA continues to have the appropriate structure, resources and expertise needed to support the implementation of nuclear security objectives.

  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 26730972

• Aussi devons-nous inviter les États membres à participer à cette initiative et à y allouer des ressources humaines et financières suffisantes.

  For this reason we need to call on Member States to participate in this initiative and to allocate appropriate human and financial resources for this purpose.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1094746

ensure

Used about 961 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 66 · UN documents ≈ 895). Meaning: ensure in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Lancer des plans n’est pas suffisant, il est capital de veiller à leur mise en œuvre.

  It is essential to ensure that the plans are implemented.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 531834

• b) Assurer aux victimes une réparation suffisante;

  ensure proper reparation for victims;

  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 16876091

• Par conséquent, nous devons également nous assurer que des montants suffisants sont alloués à la mise en oeuvre de programmes culturels adéquats dans les perspectives financières 2007-2013.

  Accordingly, we must also ensure that suitable sums are allocated to the implementation of appropriate cultural programmes in the 2007-2013 Financial Perspective.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 800124

• - Moyens financiers suffisants pour permettre la réalisation des critères susmentionnés.

  :: Adequacy of financial support to ensure the above.

  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 11431145

More sentences

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

• Ça devrait être amplement suffisant.

  This should be plenty.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and blay_paul · checked, community translation · #519051 #1328772

• Tom a eu un « suffisant » à son contrôle continu.

  Tom received a pass mark in the test.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and sundown · checked, community translation · #11101759 #9412924

• Peut-être manque-t-il de sophistication, mais au moins n'est-il pas snob et suffisant.

  He may have lowbrow tastes but at least he's not snooty and conceited.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · #700004 #805057

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