trois — French to English

How French trois is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: trois (312 500). By style: everyday 2 019 · literary 200 · biblical 419 · parliamentary 19 935 · legal and administrative 31 775 · UN documents 258 152.

three

Used about 277 482 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 935 · literary ≈ 192 · biblical ≈ 410 · parliamentary ≈ 19 935 · legal and administrative ≈ 29 127 · UN documents ≈ 225 883). Meaning: three in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Tom a eu trois fils.

  Tom had three sons.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and CK · checked, community translation · #4493723 #12241360

• Trois heures se passent.

  Three hours pass away.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3006

• Il eut sept fils et trois filles:

  He had also seven sons and three daughters.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 42:13

• Je donnerai trois exemples.

  Let me give three examples.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1695441

• Essai de trois véhicules

  Test of three vehicles

  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 5543173

months

Used about 662 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 662).

• Il convient de fixer cette période à trois mois.

  That period should be set at 3 months.

  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 4635277

years

Used about 662 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 662).

• 50 % si cette période est supérieure à trois ans mais inférieure ou égale à cinq ans,

  50 % if that period is more than 3 years but less than or equal to 5 years,

  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 3944704

More sentences

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

• Des vingt-trois qui ont été arrêtés, quatre se sont échappés.

  Of the 23 who were arrested, four escaped.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and quickfitter · checked, community translation · #1439065 #1441149

• Si vous acceptez d'en commander 3000, nous vous faisons une remise de trois pour cent.

  If you agree to buy 3,000 of them, we'll give you a 3 percent discount.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gall and CK · checked, community translation · #570246 #763251

• Et il dit au peuple: Soyez prêts dans trois jours; ne vous approchez d’aucune femme.

  He said to the people, “Be ready by the third day. Don’t have sexual relations with a woman.”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 19:15

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