surtout — French to English

How French surtout 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: surtout (71 849), surtouts (1). By style: everyday 67 · literary 40 · biblical 10 · parliamentary 17 243 · legal and administrative 1 162 · UN documents 53 328.

especially

Used about 17 495 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · literary ≈ 14 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 3 952 · legal and administrative ≈ 169 · UN documents ≈ 13 332). Meaning: especially in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Elle aime les fruits, surtout les abricots.

  She likes fruit, especially apricots.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and sundown · checked, community translation · #8910246 #10783187

• --Surtout quand je sors de table.

  “Especially after a good meal.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1907

• Recherchez la charité. Aspirez aussi aux dons spirituels, mais surtout à celui de prophétie.

  Follow after love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 14:1

• Toute autre interprétation sera utilisée à des fins politiques, surtout en Italie.

  Any other interpretation will be open to use for political ends, especially within Italy.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 525820

• réduction des eaux de ruissellement, surtout en cas de phénomènes météorologiques violents,

  Water attenuation especially from severe weather events;

  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 4787763

above

Used about 8 490 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 3 952 · legal and administrative ≈ 73 · UN documents ≈ 4 444). Meaning: above in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Et surtout, ne mens pas.

  Above all, don't tell a lie.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Luornu · checked, community translation · #24788 #9658

• Son père, surtout, étonnait son oeil et sa pensée.

  His father, above all, amazed his eyes and his mind.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1272

• J'y vois des défis audacieux, surtout dans le domaine judiciaire.

  I see new challenges ahead, above all in the area of justice.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1942542

• Cela vaudrait surtout en cas d’épizootie.

  This applies above all in the event of an epidemic.

  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 2526444

• Surtout, nous avons la certitude que le développement du monde passe par l ' Afrique.

  Above all, we are convinced that the development of the world depends on the development of Africa.

  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 2542988

mainly

Used about 8 395 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 437 · legal and administrative ≈ 291 · UN documents ≈ 6 666). Meaning: mainly in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Sa maladie était surtout psychologique.

  His illness was mainly psychological.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and kotobaboke · checked, community translation · #373271 #389657

• M. Bowis a absolument raison: nous ne devons pas oublier que s'il frappe surtout les femmes, le cancer du sein tue mille hommes chaque année.

  Mr Bowis was absolutely right: we must not forget that although it mainly affects women, one thousand men die of breast cancer each year.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 866773

• Les ventes des importations chinoises se concentrent surtout sur le marché de la seconde monte.

  Chinese imports' sales are concentrated mainly in the replacement market.

  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 4625790

• On forme des personnes, et surtout des filles, pour les métiers d ' entrepreneur, d ' agent d ' assurance et d`assistant social.

  Workers, mainly girls, are being trained as entrepreneurs, insurance agents and social workers.

  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 10388728

• Aujourd'hui, il s'agit surtout de l'extrême droite, dans mon pays du moins, mais dans d'autres États, c'est l'extrême gauche qui progresse.

  Today it is mainly the extreme right, at least in our country, but there are other states where it is the extreme left that is pushing forward.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1240679

particularly

Used about 8 090 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 592 · legal and administrative ≈ 48 · UN documents ≈ 4 444). Meaning: particularly in the Elamur Dictionary.

• J'aime Nara, surtout en automne.

  I love Nara, particularly in the fall.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Songe and CN · checked, community translation · #259758 #127544

• «Les salons» surtout abondèrent dans ce sens.

  The “drawing-rooms” particularly abounded in remarks of this nature.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6575

• Il définit les conditions-cadre pour de nouvelles compétences dans la politique sociale, surtout en matière d'emploi.

  It creates the general conditions for new fields of responsibility in social policy, particularly in employment.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1913675

• Ce principe vise à ce que le but prévu par le fabricant lorsqu’il a conçu le système soit clair, surtout pour le conducteur.

  This principle seeks to ensure clarity, particularly for the driver, in terms of the manufacturer’s intention for use of the system.

  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 1433836

• 80. Les petits paysans, surtout les femmes et les jeunes, n’ont que très peu de moyens à leur disposition pour exprimer leurs vues.

  80. Smallholders, particularly women and young people, have very few opportunities to make their voice heard.

  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 3414431

most

Used about 5 946 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 359 · legal and administrative ≈ 24 · UN documents ≈ 5 555). Meaning: most in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je déteste surtout les maths.

  I hate math most of all.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and mookeee · checked, community translation · #1689600 #1689655

• On est surtout baron pour ses domestiques.

  A man is a Baron most of all to his servants.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30136

• ils l’embrassaient, affligés surtout de ce qu’il avait dit qu’ils ne verraient plus son visage. Et ils l’accompagnèrent jusqu’au navire.

  sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 20:38

• Et, surtout, n'y-a-t-il pas là les signes d'un malaise profond au sein de l'ensemble de la société algérienne, notamment chez les jeunes ?

  Most of all, are these not signs of a deep malaise within Algerian society as a whole, but in particular among young people?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 371429

• Et surtout, les comptes courants postaux sont en concurrence avec les comptes courants bancaires dans les communes où les banques, ainsi que PI, possèdent des guichets.

  Most importantly, postal current accounts are in competition with bank current accounts in places where both banks and PI have outlets.

  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 1663998

More sentences

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

• Ne fais surtout pas ça !

  Of all things, don't do that!

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and kaiperkins271 · checked, community translation · #6861459 #6859480

• Sa maladie était surtout dans sa tête.

  His sickness was mostly in his head.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mamat and tieguy · checked, community translation · #11618265 #476689

• Je ne veux surtout pas vivre dans une grande ville.

  I have no wish to live in a large city.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source_VOA · checked, community translation · #682455 #1051135

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