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# broad — English to French

How English *broad* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: broad (57 613), broads (1). By style: everyday 20 · literary 22 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 4 901 · legal and administrative 2 070 · UN documents 50 599.

## large

Used about 17 888 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 300 · legal and administrative ≈ 819 · UN documents ≈ 14 758).

- He said it with a **broad** grin.
  Il a dit ça avec un **large** sourire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Manfredo and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2180853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2180853) [\#10733492](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10733492))

- Beneath this frame, a sort of wooden panel, which was no longer than it was **broad**, stood on the ground and rested in a sloping attitude against the wall.
  Au-dessus de ce cadre, une espèce de panneau de bois plus long que **large** était posé à terre et appuyé en plan incliné contre le mur.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16149)

- “Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is **broad** that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it.
  Entrez par la porte étroite. Car **large** est la porte, spacieux est le chemin qui mènent à la perdition, et il y en a beaucoup qui entrent par là.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 7:13)

- Thank you once again for your **broad** support.
  Merci encore pour votre **large** soutien.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1374455)

- **broad** and/or narrow complex tachycardia;
  tachycardie complexe **large** ou étroite;
  ([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 3602907)

## More sentences

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

- He has a very **broad** knowledge of the world.
  Il a une très grande connaissance du monde.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#934984](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/934984) [\#865133](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/865133))

- Sit there, she said. It's still **broad** daylight, let's read something. Do you have a book?
  Asseyez-vous là, me dit-elle. Il fait encore grand jour, lisons quelque chose. Avez-vous un livre ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by samir\_t and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#12600156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12600156) [\#3341238](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3341238))

- He has **broad** shoulders.
  Il a de larges épaules.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#296000](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/296000) [\#2508063](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2508063))

## 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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