vaste — French to English

How French vaste 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: vaste (32 799), vastes (12 610). By style: everyday 43 · literary 35 · biblical 13 · parliamentary 3 929 · legal and administrative 1 141 · UN documents 40 248.

wide

Used about 8 488 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 327 · legal and administrative ≈ 190 · UN documents ≈ 7 966). Meaning: wide in the Elamur Dictionary.

• À leur tête, Pyrrhus, une hache à la main, / frappe à coups redoublés sur les portes d'airain. / Les gonds tremblent ; des ais la vaste épaisseur s'ouvre.

  He in the forefront, tallest of the tall, / poleaxe in hand, unhinging at a stroke / the brazen portals, made the doorway fall, / and wide-mouthed as a window, through the oak, / a panelled plank hewn out, a yawning rent he broke.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #6839909 #6839916

• Sa redingote noire, tigrée de taches d'acides et de sirops, beaucoup trop vaste pour son corps maigre et petit, avait un aspect d'antique soutane; et l'homme parlait avec un fort accent polonais qui donnait à sa voix fluette quelque chose d'enfantin, un zézaiement et des intonations de jeune être qui commence à prononcer.

  His black frock-coat, streaked with stains of acids and sirups, was much too wide for his lean little person, and looked like a shabby old cassock; and the man spoke with a strong Polish accent which gave the childlike character to his thin voice, the lisping note and intonations of a young thing learning to speak.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 461

• Ils trouvèrent de gras et bons pâturages, et un pays vaste, tranquille et paisible, car ceux qui l’habitaient auparavant descendaient de Cham.

  They found rich, good pasture, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful, for those who lived there before were descended from Ham.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 4:40

• Madame la Présidente, je tiens à remercier M. Jules Maaten, qui a rédigé un rapport remarquable à propos d'un thème particulièrement vaste.

  Mr President, I should like to thank Mr Maaten who has produced a distinguished report on a particularly wide-ranging subject.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 358384

• Les deux importateurs commercialisent une vaste gamme de produits.

  Both importers trade a wide range of products.

  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 3577192

large

Used about 6 990 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 409 · legal and administrative ≈ 273 · UN documents ≈ 6 289). Meaning: large in the Elamur Dictionary.

• L'Amérique est très vaste.

  America is very large.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #67543 #139230

• Un quart d'heure plus tard, il s'arrêtait devant une vaste case, que couronnaient plusieurs faisceaux de banderoles, et dont les parois extérieures représentaient, sans perspective, mais en couleurs violentes, toute une bande de jongleurs.

  A quarter of an hour later he stopped before a large cabin, adorned with several clusters of streamers, the exterior walls of which were designed to represent, in violent colours and without perspective, a company of jugglers.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1885

• Voici la grande et vaste mer: Là se meuvent sans nombre Des animaux petits et grands;

  There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 104:25

• Nous devons également tenter de prévenir des vastes flux incontrôlés de migrants vers l’Union européenne.

  We must also try to prevent large, uncontrolled migrant flows to the European Union.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 735024

• l'autorisation de véhicules dans de vastes zones où ils sont destinés à être utilisés; et

  the authorisation of vehicles in large areas of use; 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 4194850

broad

Used about 5 142 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 409 · legal and administrative ≈ 119 · UN documents ≈ 4 612). Meaning: broad in the Elamur Dictionary.

• L'intelligence artificielle est un vaste domaine qui englobe de nombreuses techniques et applications.

  Artificial intelligence is a broad field encompassing numerous technologies and applications.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and Darkbloom · checked, community translation · #4614745 #1806642

• Leur costume consistait en une grossière vareuse de laine noire connue dans tous les pays scandinaves sous le nom de «vadmel», un chapeau à vastes bords, un pantalon à lisère rouge et un morceau de cuir replié en manière de chaussure.

  Their costume consisted of a coarse jacket of black woollen cloth called in Scandinavian lands a 'vadmel,' a hat with a very broad brim, trousers with a narrow edge of red, and a bit of leather rolled round the foot for shoes.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 866

• Nous sommes parvenus à un vaste consensus.

  We have achieved a broad consensus.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1404302

• Les parties conviennent de coopérer dans les vastes domaines suivants afin de:

  The Parties agree to cooperate in the following broad fields:

  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 412870

• Elle participe en outre activement à de vastes consultations avec les États intéressés.

  The European Union is also actively engaged in broad-based consultations with interested States.

  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 7638817

vast

Used about 4 524 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 24 · parliamentary ≈ 246 · legal and administrative ≈ 48 · UN documents ≈ 4 193). Meaning: vast in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le champ est vaste.

  The field is vast.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LdjuherTaqvaylit and Charmander · checked, community translation · #13727653 #13409983

• Il était temps que cet homme vaste tombât.

  It was time that this vast man should fall.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7169

• Les dégâts seront vastes.

  The damage will be vast.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1174663

• Les importations des pays concernés constituent la vaste majorité de toutes les importations dans l'Union.

  Imports from the countries concerned constitute the vast majority of all imports in the Union.

  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 3629273

• La pauvreté est le sort de millions de personnes dans de vastes territoires.

  Poverty is the fate of millions of people across vast territories.

  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 3493379

extensive

Used about 2 702 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 532 · legal and administrative ≈ 71 · UN documents ≈ 2 096). Meaning: extensive in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Vaste programme !

  What an extensive program!

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · #6602106 #1392254

• Les tâches qui nous attendent sont beaucoup plus vastes.

  The tasks facing us are much more extensive.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 846383

• Sur la base d’une vaste consultation menée avec toutes les parties concernées, la Commission a évalué la mesure nationale.

  Based on the extensive consultation with all concerned parties, the Commission has evaluated the national measure.

  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 5348970

• :: Vaste collection de publications sur l ' ONU (y compris des thèses de doctorat);

  Extensive collection of publications about the United Nations (including doctoral dissertations)

  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 9704077

• De la crête où nous nous trouvions, nous avions une bonne vue sur la vaste zone boisée.

  From the ridge where we stood, we had a good view over the extensive woodland.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · #10333578 #10344644

More sentences

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

• Le quadriceps se compose de quatre muscles : le droit fémoral, le vaste médial, le vaste intermédiaire et le vaste latéral.

  The quadriceps is made up of four muscles: the rectus femoris, the vastus medialis, the vastus intermedius and the vastus lateralis.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Clavain and Clavain · checked, community translation · #441590 #441593

• La chambre est vaste et claire.

  The room is spacious and light.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · #44206 #1073506

• Il y a un vaste marché pour ce produit.

  There is an ample market for this product.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #1123327 #7811173

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