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# above — English to French

How English *above* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [above in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/above/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: above (273 418), aboves (1). By style: everyday 199 · literary 79 · biblical 164 · parliamentary 11 053 · legal and administrative 45 022 · UN documents 216 902.

## dessus

Used about 111 238 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 129 · literary ≈ 36 · biblical ≈ 65 · parliamentary ≈ 1 842 · legal and administrative ≈ 20 635 · UN documents ≈ 88 531).

- My room is just **above**.
  Ma chambre est juste au-**dessus**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by allasobirova and Archibald · checked, community translation · [\#4127474](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4127474) [\#7636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7636))

- Gavroche elevated his nose **above** his shawl.
  Gavroche leva le nez par-**dessus** son châle.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20537)

- The LORD is great in Zion. He is high **above** all the peoples.
  L’Éternel est grand dans Sion, Il est élevé au-**dessus** de tous les peuples.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 99:2)

- I welcome the report, even if some of the **above** proposals fell.
  Je me félicite de ce rapport, même si certaines des propositions mentionnées ci-**dessus** ont été abandonnées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 775929)

- Purchase of debt **above** the market value
  Acquisition d'une dette au-**dessus** de la valeur marchande
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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 2943657)

## haut

Used about 10 797 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 51 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 876 · UN documents ≈ 8 853).

- All good things come from **above**.
  Toutes les bonnes choses viennent d'en **haut**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3731357](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3731357) [\#3940659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3940659))

- The English army was stationed **above**, the French army below.
  L'armée anglaise était en **haut**, l'armée française en bas.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6909)

- Yet he commanded the skies **above**, and opened the doors of heaven.
  Il commanda aux nuages d’en **haut**, Et il ouvrit les portes des cieux;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 78:23)

- The regime considered in this decision is confined to the **above** mentioned amount of 10000 slots.
  Le régime considéré dans la présente décision se limite au nombre de 10000 créneaux horaires mentionné plus **haut**.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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 4842420)

- The exhaust backpressure or restriction shall follow the same criteria as **above**, and may be set with a valve.
  La contre-pression ou la restriction à l &apos; échappement doit satisfaire aux critères énoncés plus **haut**, et elle peut être réglable au moyen d &apos; une soupape.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 29817412)

## ci

Used about 4 428 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 4 427).

- The greater part of these privileges, it may be noted in passing, and there were some even better than the **above**, had been extorted from the kings by revolts and mutinies.
  (La plupart de ces privilèges, pour le noter en passant, et il y en avait de meilleurs que celui-**ci**, avaient été extorqués aux rois par révoltes et mutineries.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1838)

- The following summarizes the actions taken during the period January to May 2010 to implement the **above** General Conference decision:
  8. Les mesures prises de janvier à mai 2010 pour mettre en œuvre la décision susmentionnée de la Conférence générale sont résumées **ci**-après:
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 23029581)

## surtout

Used about 4 156 times in the texts (literary ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 4 145).

- His father, **above** all, amazed his eyes and his mind.
  Son père, **surtout**, étonnait son oeil et sa pensée.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1272)

- However, it is, **above** all, an equality problem.
  Cependant, il s'agit **surtout** d'un problème d'égalité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1310342)

- “**Above** all,” said he; “don’t let me lose the steamer.”
  «**Surtout**, dit-il, que je prenne bien garde de ne pas manquer le bateau!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 429)

- **Above** all, we must also take action outside our own borders.
  **Surtout**, nous devons également agir au-delà de nos propres frontières.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1407019)

- “**Above** all things, don’t lose the letter! remember that you carry two hundred thousand francs with you!”
  --**Surtout** ne perds pas la lettre! songe que tu as deux cent mille francs sur toi.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17643)

## More sentences

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

- A draw is the most frequent result of closed matches, in which each player seeks, **above** all, to restrict the opponent's actions.
  L'égalité est le résultat le plus fréquent des matchs fermés, dans lesquels chaque joueur cherche avant tout à restreindre les actions de l'adversaire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#9984701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9984701) [\#9984860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9984860))

- We live about three miles **above** this bridge.
  Nous vivons environ trois milles au-delà de ce pont.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Dreamk33 · checked, community translation · [\#262731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/262731) [\#2160573](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2160573))

- I'm **above** telling lies.
  Je ne suis pas homme à dire des mensonges.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Cocorico · checked, community translation · [\#256143](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/256143) [\#6809](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6809))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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