vingt — French to English

How French vingt is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: vingt (89 466), vingte (1), vingts (922). By style: everyday 462 · literary 107 · biblical 342 · parliamentary 3 163 · legal and administrative 5 502 · UN documents 80 813.

twenty

Used about 31 678 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 213 · literary ≈ 67 · biblical ≈ 232 · parliamentary ≈ 659 · legal and administrative ≈ 516 · UN documents ≈ 29 992). Meaning: twenty in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ça fait vingt euros.

  That's twenty euros.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and bekindtoall · checked, community translation · #10259846 #10255471

• Donnez-moi vingt francs.

  Give me twenty francs.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31591

• les gens d’Anathoth, cent vingt-huit;

  The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 2:23

• Auront-ils du travail dans vingt ans?

  Whether they will have work twenty years from now.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 657586

• Vingt-quatre heures après le dernier traitement, les rats sont euthanasiés.

  Twenty-four hours after the last treatment, the rats will be humanely killed.

  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 3376188

eighty

Used about 22 830 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 116 · literary ≈ 30 · biblical ≈ 94 · parliamentary ≈ 758 · legal and administrative ≈ 172 · UN documents ≈ 21 661). Meaning: eighty in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il a quatre-vingts ans.

  He is eighty years old.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by theachaean and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #9336022 #8031068

• --Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours?

  “The journey round the world in eighty days?”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 144

• Les jours d’Isaac furent de cent quatre-vingts ans.

  The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 35:28

• Quatre-vingts pour cent des Européens sont chrétiens.

  Eighty percent of Europeans are Christians.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1449352

• Quatre-vingts importateurs/utilisateurs connus ont été contactés au stade de l'ouverture.

  Eighty known importers/users were contacted at the initiation stage.

  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 4246827

days

Used about 8 583 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 751 · UN documents ≈ 5 832).

• la demi-vie dans le sol est supérieure à cent quatre-vingts jours.

  the half-life in soil is higher than 180 days.

  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 1936290

• a) cent quatre-vingts jours après la date de dépôt des instruments de ratification par

  (a) 180 days after the date of the deposit of the instruments of ratification by

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• Aptitude à se déployer pour une durée maximale de vingt et un jours.

  Ability to be deployed for a period of up to 21 days.

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• Le visa expire si le détenteur s ' absente du pays plus de cent quatre-vingts jours.

  It expires if the foreigner is away from the country for more than 180 days. US$ 175

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• La durée de ces consultations ne peut excéder quatre-vingt-dix jours.

  Those consultations shall take no longer than 90 days.

  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 2736820

per

Used about 5 865 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 33 · UN documents ≈ 5 832). Meaning: per in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Les procédures d'appel prennent en moyenne cinq ans, mais parfois jusqu'à vingt ans; 41 % des condamnés n'ont pas déposé de recours.

  Appeals take five years on average, but sometimes up to 20. Forty-one per cent of the condemned have not filed appeals.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1170875

• Quatre-vingts pour cent des femmes âgées de 15 ans et plus (332 600 femmes) se déclarent handicapées.

  238. Eighteen per cent (or 332,600) of women aged 15 years and over report having a disability.

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• Quatre-vingts pour cent des enrôlements recensés en 2012 ont eu lieu dans les provinces du Nord-Kivu et du Sud-Kivu.

  Some 80 per cent of the recruitment cases in 2012 took place in North Kivu and South Kivu.

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• Quatre-vingts pour cent de la population groenlandaise parle aujourd ' hui le groenlandais, qui est enseigné en tant que langue maternelle.

  As much as 80 per cent of the current population of Greenland spoke Greenlandic, which was taught as a mother tongue.

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• Quatre-vingts pour cent de la pollution des océans est d ' origine tellurique et affecte les zones les plus productives de l ' environnement marin.

  Land-based sources are responsible for 80 per cent of the pollution of the oceans and affect the most productive areas of the marine environment.

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session

Used about 4 166 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 166). Meaning: session in the Elamur Dictionary.

• VINGT-SIXIÈME SESSION EXTRAORDINAIRE

  VINGT-SIXIÈME SESSION EXTRAORDINAIRE

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• Vingt-sixième session (extraordinaire)

  Vingt-sixième session (extraordinaire)

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• (constatations adoptées le 18 mars 2010, quatre-vingt-dix-huitième session) 339

  (Views adopted on 18 March 2010, ninety-eighth session) 328

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• Le Président prononce ensuite la clôture de la vingt-sep-tième session du Comité.

  Le Président prononce ensuite la clôture de la vingt-sep-tième session du Comité.

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• Le Conseil a adopté le présent compte rendu des travaux de sa vingt et unième session, à sa 10e séance, le 9 février 2001.

  The Council adopted the present proceedings at the 10th meeting of the session, on 9 February 2001.

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years

Used about 3 866 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 395 · legal and administrative ≈ 115 · UN documents ≈ 3 332).

• J'ai vingt et un ans.

  I am 21 years old.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by theachaean and Lumi_alt · checked, community translation · #12856575 #7851107

• Abraham était âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, lorsqu’il fut circoncis.

  Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 17:24

• Elle a vingt ans et ne reflète plus le contexte actuel.

  The directive is 20 years old and does not reflect the realities of today.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1351132

• Les prêts en question seront accordés pour une durée maximale de vingt ans.

  The maximum tenor to be allowed under the RSF will be 20 years.

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• Près de vingt ans après la fin de la guerre froide, le monde compte plus de 20 000 armes nucléaires.

  Nearly 20 years after the end of the Cold War, the world has more than 20,000 nuclear weapons.

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hundred

Used about 44 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 33). Meaning: hundred in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Des fils de Zérach: Jeuel, et ses frères, six cent quatre-vingt-dix.

  Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brothers, six hundred ninety.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 9:6

• Sur les cent plus grandes entreprises de l’Union européenne, quatre-vingts sont contrôlées par à peine trois agences, lesquelles devraient donc pouvoir mieux les noter.

  Of the hundred largest enterprises in the European Union, 80 are monitored by only three agencies, which should, therefore, be able to do a better job of rating them.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 555718

• Depuis le temps où cessera le sacrifice perpétuel, et où sera dressée l’abomination du dévastateur, il y aura mille deux cent quatre-vingt-dix jours.

  “From the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there will be one thousand two hundred ninety days.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 12:11

More sentences

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

• Les bus roulent à vingt minutes d'intervalle.

  Buses are running at 20-minute intervals.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CM · checked, community translation · #35327 #13092

• En vélo, je pourrais être chez toi dans vingt minutes.

  With a bicycle, I could reach your house in 20 minutes.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · #264473 #1591705

• En Italie, durant l'été, il ne fait pas nuit avant vingt-et-une heure.

  In Italy, during summer, it doesn't get dark until about nine o'clock.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and shekitten · checked, community translation · #792248 #804674

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