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# average — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: average (91 417), averages (2 323). By style: everyday 74 · parliamentary 2 821 · legal and administrative 24 163 · UN documents 66 682.

## moyen

Used about 79 668 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 60 · parliamentary ≈ 2 645 · legal and administrative ≈ 21 394 · UN documents ≈ 55 568). Forms: moyen, moyenne, moyennes.

- Tom is **average** height.
  Tom a une taille **moyenne**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4699961](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4699961) [\#5375096](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5375096))

- **Average** consumption in Europe is 260 kg.
  La consommation **moyenne** en Europe est de 260 kg.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 958853)

- **Average** price/tonne (EUR)
  Prix **moyen**/tonne (EUR)
  ([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 2146077)

- Their **average** age was 15.8.
  Leur âge **moyen** s &apos; élevait à 15,8 ans.
  ([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 11972043)

- My marks were **average**.
  Mes notes étaient **moyennes**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5748262](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5748262) [\#11731758](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11731758))

## prix

Used about 1 641 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 252 · UN documents ≈ 1 389).

- Sales volume, market shares, growth and **average** unit prices in the EC
  Volume des ventes, parts de marché, croissance et **prix** unitaires moyens dans la CE
  ([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 662497)

- GDP at 1990 **Average** Prices saw a negative growth between 1996 and 1998 but continued with a growth rate of 5.8 per cent in 1999 and 9.8 per cent in 2000.
  Le PIB aux **prix** moyens de 1990 a connu une croissance négative entre 1996 et 1998, mais il a poursuivi avec un taux de croissance de 5,8% en 1999 et de 9,8% en 2000.
  ([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 24308466)

- 20. Inflation estimated on the basis of observations of the variation in **average** prices during the two years following devaluation is far from the initial forecast.
  20. L &apos; inflation estimée à partir des observations de la variation des **prix** moyens durant les deux années après la dévaluation se situe loin de la prévision établie au départ.
  ([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 4114291)

## référence

Used about 1 007 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 007).

- Adjusted **average** AD of ref. tyre: Ra (m/s2)
  Coefficient de force de freinage du pneumatique de **référence** \[BFC(R)\] (SRTT16)
  ([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 5557140)

- **Average** number of PSUs during the reference years
  Average Number of PSU during the reference years (Nombre moyen d'UEP au cours des années de **référence**)
  ([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 4531493)

- Therefore, the **average** pool price would not be the appropriate benchmark.
  Par conséquent, le prix moyen du «pool» ne constituerait pas une valeur de **référence** adéquate.
  ([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 3143730)

- Member State shall report the **average** volume in live weight (tons) of the landings abroad by fleet segment/metier in the given reference years.
  L'État membre indique le volume moyen en poids vif (tonnes) des débarquements à l'étranger par segment de flotte/métier au cours des années de **référence** données.
  ([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 3859407)

## période

Used about 755 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 755).

- The **average** labour costs of the cooperating Union producers developed over the period considered as follows:
  Les coûts moyens de la main-d'œuvre des producteurs de l'Union ayant coopéré ont évolué comme suit durant la **période** considérée:
  ([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 3679566)

- During the IP, the weighted **average** undercutting margin was 43 % for Russia, 36 % for Ukraine, 22 % for Romania and 26 % for Croatia.
  Au cours de la **période** d'enquête, cette marge s'est établie à 43 % pour la Russie, 36 % pour l'Ukraine, 22 % pour la Roumanie et 26 % pour la Croatie.
  ([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 995116)

- The Commission further multiplied the difference between the two **average** prices by the quantities of iron ore actually purchased by the Indian producers during the IP.
  La Commission a ensuite multiplié la différence entre les deux prix moyens par les volumes de minerai de fer réellement achetés par les producteurs indiens durant la **période** d'enquête.
  ([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 3956551)

## More sentences

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

- The U.S. president's passport is black, not blue like an **average** citizen's.
  Le passeport du président des États-Unis est noir, et non pas bleu comme celui d'un citoyen ordinaire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and Archibald · checked, community translation · [\#669460](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/669460) [\#711846](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/711846))

- He's an **average** guy.
  C'est un gars ordinaire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8394414](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8394414) [\#11941839](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11941839))

- You can tell from the jargon alone that these instructions were written for experienced builders and not the **average** consumer.
  On peut dire, rien que d'après le jargon, que ces instructions ont été rédigées pour des bâtisseurs professionnels et non pour le consommateur lambda.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#779168](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/779168) [\#1255612](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1255612))

## Grammar

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