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# consumption — English to French

How English *consumption* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: consumption (72 900), consumptions (57). By style: everyday 24 · literary 1 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 3 394 · legal and administrative 24 417 · UN documents 45 119.

## consommation

Used about 60 512 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · parliamentary ≈ 3 117 · legal and administrative ≈ 22 281 · UN documents ≈ 35 093). Forms: consommation, consommations.

- I lowered my meat **consumption**.
  J'ai diminué ma **consommation** de viande.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1293303](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1293303) [\#1293378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1293378))

- Forty percent of energy **consumption** comes from our buildings.
  Quarante pour cent de la **consommation** d'énergie provient de nos bâtiments.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1457116)

- Electric energy **consumption** (Wh/km)
  **Consommation** d'énergie électrique (Wh/km)
  ([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 2608797)

- **Consumption** of natural gas
  **Consommation** de gaz naturel
  ([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 17273916)

- Japan's **consumption** of rice is decreasing.
  La **consommation** en riz du Japon décroît.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#281451](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/281451) [\#129718](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129718))

## carburant

Used about 3 133 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 133).

- .. Calculation of fuel **consumptions** ...
  1.5 Calcul des consommations de **carburant**
  ([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 10794869)

- The fuel **consumptions** are calculated from the emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in accordance with paragraph 1.4. of this annex. ...
  1.5.1 Les consommations de **carburant** sont calculées à partir des émissions d &apos; hydrocarbures, de monoxyde de carbone et de dioxyde de carbone calculées conformément au paragraphe 1.4. de l &apos; annexe 4.
  ([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 10794870)

- (p) Generator fuel for an estimated **consumption** of 2,133,000 litres at an average price of $0.82 per litre in Iraq and $0.40 in Kuwait, including 10 per cent for lubricants ($1,917,700);
  p) **Carburant** pour groupes électrogènes, sur la base de 2 133 000 litres à 0,82 dollar le litre en Iraq et 0,40 dollar le litre au Koweït, y compris 10 % pour les lubrifiants (1 917 700 dollars);
  ([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 28857208)

- Fuel **consumptions** are calculated according to paragraph 1.5. of annex 4 by the carbon balance method using the measured emissions of CO2 and the other carbon related emissions (CO and HC).
  5.2.3 Les consommations de **carburant** sont calculées conformément au paragraphe 1.5 de l &apos; annexe 4 au moyen de la méthode du bilan carbone qui utilise les émissions de CO2 mesurées et les autres émissions associées au carbone (CO et HC).
  ([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 10794273)

- 1. Utility Factor (UF) are ratios based on driver statistics and the ranges achieved in charge-depleting mode and charge-sustaining modes for OVC-HEVs and are used for weighting emissions, CO2 emissions and fuel **consumptions**.
  1. Les facteurs d &apos; utilisation (utility factors − UF) sont des facteurs fondés sur des statistiques de conduite et sur les autonomies atteintes en mode épuisement de la charge et en mode maintien de la charge pour les VEH-RE, qui s &apos; emploient pour pondérer les émissions, les émissions de CO2 et les consommations de **carburant**.
  ([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 28131082)

## production

Used about 1 254 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 1 253).

- Meanwhile, within her, pauperism, the proletariat, salary, education, penal servitude, prostitution, the fate of the woman, wealth, misery, production, **consumption**, division, exchange, coin, credit, the rights of capital, the rights of labor,—all these questions were multiplied above society, a terrible slope.
  Cependant, à l'intérieur, paupérisme, prolétariat, salaire, éducation, pénalité, prostitution, sort de la femme, richesse, misère, **production**, consommation, répartition, échange, monnaie, crédit, droit du capital, droit du travail, toutes ces questions se multipliaient au-dessus de la société; surplomb terrible.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18257)

- Refugee villages in Uganda were production zones, selling food to WFP for **consumption** in other African States.
  Les villages de réfugiés en Ouganda sont des zones de **production** qui vendent au PAM des denrées alimentaires consommées dans d &apos; autres États africains.
  ([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 11623439)

- 199. Timor-Leste has been producing less food than required for **consumption** by the population due to adverse climatic conditions resulting in widespread food insecurity.
  199. À cause de conditions climatiques défavorables, la **production** alimentaire du Timor-Leste ne permet pas de répondre aux besoins de la population, d &apos; où une insécurité alimentaire généralisée.
  ([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 17537506)

## humaine

Used about 1 221 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 221).

- Unfit, or to be rendered unfit, for human **consumption**
  impropres ou rendues impropres à l'alimentation **humaine**
  ([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 198264)

- Whale meal; flours, meals and pellets of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human **consumption**
  Farines de baleine; farines, poudres et agglomérés sous forme de pellets, de poissons ou de crustacés, de mollusques ou d’autres invertébrés aquatiques, impropres à l’alimentation **humaine**
  ([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 4835033)

- Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human **consumption**; greaves
  Farines, poudres et agglomérés sous forme de pellets, de viandes, d'abats, de poissons ou de crustacés, de mollusques ou d'autres invertébrés aquatiques, impropres à l'alimentation **humaine**; cretons
  ([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 3007170)

- Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human **consumption**
  Poissons séchés, salés ou en saumure; poissons fumés, même cuits avant ou pendant le fumage; farines, poudres et agglomérés sous forme de pellets de poisson, propres à l'alimentation **humaine**
  ([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 2687938)

## énergie

Used about 610 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 610).

- Since the wind industry is the main driver of the GFF **consumption**, that would have a positive impact on the Union industry.
  Étant donné que l’**énergie** éolienne est la principale consommatrice de TFV, cela serait bénéfique pour l’industrie de l’Union.
  ([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 5217317)

- When production begins at the reconfigured refineries, the same cargo will be processed, but with a considerably higher conversion capacity, with lower energy **consumptions**, and with emissions reduction.
  Lors du démarrage de la production dans les raffineries reconfigurées, la même charge sera traitée, mais la capacité de conversion sera considérablement plus élevée, tout en consommant moins d’**énergie** et en libérant moins d’émissions dans l’atmosphère.
  ([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 2523379)

## More sentences

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

- The price doesn't include **consumption** tax.
  Le prix ne comprend pas la TVA.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and jerom · checked, community translation · [\#24432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24432) [\#435519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/435519))

- She had **consumption**.
  Elle avait la tuberculose.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10795335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10795335) [\#10825425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10825425))

- The LORD will strike you with **consumption**, with fever, with inflammation, with fiery heat, with the sword, with blight, and with mildew. They will pursue you until you perish.
  L’Éternel te frappera de consomption, de fièvre, d’inflammation, de chaleur brûlante, de desséchement, de jaunisse et de gangrène, qui te poursuivront jusqu’à ce que tu périsses.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 28:22)

## 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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