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# amount — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: amount (196 967), amounts (58 098). By style: everyday 127 · literary 15 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 9 569 · legal and administrative 82 634 · UN documents 162 715.

## montant

Used about 157 760 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 1 695 · legal and administrative ≈ 62 836 · UN documents ≈ 93 222). Forms: montant, montants.

- What does the bill **amount** to?
  Quel est le **montant** de la facture ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sharptoothed and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2450057](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2450057) [\#12644156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12644156))

- Nevertheless, these **amounts** add up to millions of course.
  Les **montants** se calculent toutefois en millions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 66682)

- **Amount** granted in June 2013
  **Montant** octroyé en juin 2013
  ([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 3519717)

- **Amount** based on current salary scale.
  **Montant** calculé sur la base du barème des traitements actuel.
  ([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 5610216)

- Can you tell me what is the exact **amount**?
  Pouvez-vous me dire quel est le **montant** exact ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11281726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11281726) [\#11281731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11281731))

## dollars

Used about 13 665 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 100 · UN documents ≈ 13 560).

- The loss **amounts** to a million dollars.
  La perte s'élève à un million de **dollars**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Gawell · checked, community translation · [\#274553](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/274553) [\#336413](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/336413))

- All these measures will require an annual investment of roughly USD 40 billion in the 2010-2015 period, which **amounts** to 0.6% of global GDP.
  Toutes ces mesures exigent un investissement annuel de l'ordre de 40 milliards de **dollars** environ au cours de la période 2010-2015, ce qui représente 0,6 % du PIB mondial.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1496780)

- Description **Amount** in US dollars
  du Bureau): 7 000 **dollars** É.U.
  ([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 20850898)

- The loss **amounts** to ten million dollars.
  La perte s'élève à dix millions de **dollars**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#274552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/274552) [\#11230863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11230863))

- Of these **amounts**, roughly $18 million has been committed for 2006 and $7 million has been committed for 2007.
  À ce jour, seuls quelque 18 millions de **dollars** ont été réunis pour 2006 et 7 millions de dollars pour 2007.
  ([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 13611952)

## quantité

Used about 4 875 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 598 · legal and administrative ≈ 861 · UN documents ≈ 3 390).

- We need a large **amount** of coal.
  Nous avons besoin d'une grande **quantité** de charbon.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sharptoothed and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2450053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2450053) [\#8015949](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8015949))

- The **amount** of civilization is measured by the quantity of imagination.
  La **quantité** de civilisation se mesure à la quantité d'imagination.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26932)

- It is, however, too early to determine the total **amount** of aid appropriations required for the year 2000.
  Il est cependant trop tôt pour définir la **quantité** globale de crédits d'assistance nécessaires pour l'année 2000.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2019100)

- the **amounts** of components of fat and carbohydrates;
  la **quantité** de composants de matières grasses et de glucides;
  ([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 4376699)

- Under the new standard, the principal will show an unusual **amount** of capital and labour in relation to production.
  Dans le nouveau système, une **quantité** inhabituelle de capital et de travail liée à la production sera rapportée au donneur d &apos; ordre.
  ([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 20811412)

## somme

Used about 4 570 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 299 · legal and administrative ≈ 861 · UN documents ≈ 3 390).

- This **amount** includes tax.
  Cette **somme** inclut les taxes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and zmoo · checked, community translation · [\#59922](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/59922) [\#373834](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/373834))

- When they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large **amount** of silver to the soldiers,
  Ceux-ci, après s’être assemblés avec les anciens et avoir tenu conseil, donnèrent aux soldats une forte **somme** d’argent,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 28:12)

- Sometimes, people do not need that **amount**.
  Parfois, les gens n'ont pas besoin d'une telle **somme**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1315749)

- The allowance shall be a fixed **amount** for each dependant, set each year in the scales approved by the Board.
  L’indemnité consiste en une **somme** forfaitaire pour chaque personne à charge, fixée chaque année dans le barème approuvé par le conseil d’administration.
  ([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 1703683)

- Less: Estimated **amount** required to meet charges for tax refunds
  À déduire : **Somme** nécessaire au remboursement des impôts
  ([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 5436728)

## More sentences

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

- Gas cookers consume half the **amount** of energy as electric cookers.
  Les cuisinières à gaz consomment deux fois moins d'énergie que les cuisinières électriques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Gulliver and Cocorico · checked, community translation · [\#2313834](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2313834) [\#2313551](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2313551))

- I need an irreducible minimum **amount** of bourgeois comfort.
  J'ai besoin d'un minimum incompressible de confort bourgeois.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#10148285](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10148285) [\#881286](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/881286))

- The Swiss consume a large **amount** of beer.
  Les Suisses consomment beaucoup de bière.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tsayng and alexmarcelo · checked, community translation · [\#1250599](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1250599) [\#1102596](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1102596))

## 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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