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# decade — English to French

How English *decade* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: decade (60 411), decades (21 747). By style: everyday 33 · parliamentary 3 009 · legal and administrative 329 · UN documents 78 787.

## décennie

Used about 60 835 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · parliamentary ≈ 2 288 · legal and administrative ≈ 247 · UN documents ≈ 58 270). Forms: décennie, décennies.

- I met Tom **decades** ago.
  J'ai connu Tom il y a des **décennies**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Olcyx · checked, community translation · [\#5753769](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5753769) [\#12669689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12669689))

- Natural gas will be even scarcer by the end of the **decade**.
  Le gaz naturel sera encore plus rare d'ici la fin de la **décennie**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 963887)

- Peak demand over the past **decade**
  Pics historiques de consommation sur la dernière **décennie**
  ([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 4161091)

- as the fourth disarmament **decade**)
  faisant des années 2010 la quatrième **Décennie** du désarmement)
  ([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 21307438)

- Ten **decades** make up a century.
  Dix **décennies** forment un siècle.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and EEEEEEEEE · checked, community translation · [\#11360006](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11360006) [\#11360739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11360739))

## ans

Used about 9 880 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 31 · UN documents ≈ 9 848).

- Over two **decades**, the Structural Funds have been invested in various regions of Europe and have made a key contribution to improving the quality of life of millions of Europeans.
  En vingt **ans**, les fonds structurels ont été investis dans diverses régions d'Europe et ont contribué de manière significative à améliorer la qualité de vie de millions d'Européens.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1586278)

- 318. Nepal is passing through a democratic transformation after over a **decade** long armed conflict.
  318. Après plus de dix **ans** de conflit armé, le Népal traverse une phase d &apos; évolution démocratique.
  ([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 26239771)

- Inflation is on the downtrend, registering 2.2 per cent in March 2007, the lowest in two **decades**.
  L &apos; inflation est à la baisse : elle se situait à 2,2 % en mars 2007, le taux le plus bas depuis 20 **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 16530570)

- We have now had five **decades** of nuclear testing and are in the fifth **decade** of calls to stop it.
  Cela fait 50 **ans** que nous effectuons des essais nucléaires et aussi 50 ans que nous en préconisons la cessation.
  ([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 998824)

- The civil and physical infrastructure of Angola was greatly damaged in two **decades** of civil war.
  Les infrastructures civiles et matérielles de l &apos; Angola avaient beaucoup souffert de 20 **ans** de guerre civile.
  ([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 1927830)

## années

Used about 5 174 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 219 · legal and administrative ≈ 31 · UN documents ≈ 4 924).

- We have had a mandatory rail toll within the European Union for **decades**.
  Nous avons un péage ferroviaire obligatoire dans l'Union européenne depuis des dizaines d'**années**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1567080)

- Some restrictions on capital flows will remain throughout the **decade**.
  Certaines restrictions sur les flux de capitaux subsisteront au cours des dix **années**.
  ([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 5650726)

- Maternal mortality rates have remained high in the last **decades**.
  Le taux de mortalité maternelle demeure élevé depuis quelques dizaines d &apos; **années**.
  ([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 29897645)

- India has been one of the world’s fastest growing economies for over a **decade**.
  L’économie indienne connaît une des croissances les plus rapides au monde depuis une dizaine d’**années**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 617330)

- There was a market for university software **decades** ago
  Cela fait déjà plusieurs dizaines d’**années** qu’il existe un marché pour les logiciels destinés aux établissements d’enseignement supérieur
  ([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 5070440)

## dernières

Used about 2 500 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 38 · UN documents ≈ 2 462).

- Over the last two **decades**, broadcasting has undergone important changes.
  Ces vingt **dernières** années, le secteur de la radiodiffusion a subi de profondes mutations.
  ([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 5616745)

- The notion of free primary education for all virtually disappeared over the past **decade**.
  La notion d &apos; un enseignement primaire gratuit et universel a quasiment disparu au cours des 10 **dernières** années.
  ([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 8782439)

- Over the last three **decades**, broadcasting has undergone important changes.
  Ces trente **dernières** années, le secteur de la radiodiffusion a subi de profondes mutations.
  ([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 5645212)

- 1. Over the past **decade** remarkable progress has been made in the collection and analysis of statistics on crime.
  Des progrès notables ont été réalisés ces 10 **dernières** années dans le domaine de la collecte et de l &apos; analyse de statistiques relatives à la criminalité.
  ([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 29886705)

- Over the past **decade**, CFR Marfă’s business activity was progressively reduced.
  Au cours des dix **dernières** années, l’activité commerciale de CFR Marfă a diminué progressivement.
  ([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 5336375)

## dix

Used about 475 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 470 · legal and administrative ≈ 3).

- The genesis of that idea can be traced back to a casual conversation a **decade** earlier.
  La genèse de cette idée remonte à une conversation informelle **dix** ans plus tôt.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2355484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2355484) [\#8587142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8587142))

- It is a fact that transport shipping will increase by 70% in the next **decade**.
  Il s'agit du fait que le transport augmentera, ces **dix** prochaines années, de 70 %.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 78569)

- A European survey completed more than a **decade** ago indicated that there were insufficient resources and marked disparities in the availability of epilepsy care among Member States, but the situation at present is unknown.
  Une enquête européenne, achevée il y a plus de **dix** ans, montrait des ressources insuffisantes et de fortes disparités entre États membres dans l’accès aux soins contre l’épilepsie, mais la situation actuelle n’est pas connue.
  ([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 3778436)

- Air travel has become cheaper and cheaper over the last few **decades**.
  . (NL) Au cours des **dix** dernières années, le prix des voyages en avion n'a cessé de diminuer.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 408279)

- 40 million new jobs need to be created in the coming **decade** just to keep employment levels where they are now.
  Il faut créer 40 millions d'emplois dans les **dix** années à venir, uniquement pour conserver les niveaux actuels d'emploi.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 316850)

## depuis

Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1).

- That's Sasha's house. She's lived there for **decades**.
  C'est la maison de Sasha. Elle y vit **depuis** des lustres.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#8023644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8023644) [\#8419344](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8419344))

## More sentences

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

- Algoriel, Askell, **Decade**, Seresco SA, Societe de Gestion de Terminaux Informatiques, Solutec and Sydelis.
  Algoriel, Askell, Decade, Seresco SA, Société de Gestion de Terminaux Informatiques, Solutec et Sydelis.
  ([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 4514231)

- Companies Algoriel, **Decade**, Seresco SA and Societe de Gestion de Terminaux Informatiques.
  Les entreprises Algoriel, Decade, Seresco SA et Société de Gestion de Terminaux Informatiques.
  ([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 4514489)

- Emphasises the need to look forward as by the end of this **decade**, SIS II might come to saturation point and SIS III will be needed; hopes in this regard that the preparations of SIS III will be significantly better conducted;
  souligne la nécessité d'anticiper l'avenir, car le SIS II pourrait arriver à saturation d'ici 2020 et il faudra alors mettre en place le SIS III; espère à cet égard que l'élaboration du SIS III sera nettement mieux conduite que celle du SIS II;
  ([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 5606466)

## Grammar

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