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# decrease — English to French

How English *decrease* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: decrease (39 395), decreases (3 755). By style: everyday 11 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 697 · legal and administrative 6 254 · UN documents 36 186.

## diminution

Used about 21 059 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 276 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 062 · UN documents ≈ 17 716). Forms: diminue, diminution, diminutions.

- A good tool **decreases** the work by half.
  Un bon outil **diminue** le travail de moitié.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#6852939](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6852939) [\#1244309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1244309))

- He must increase, but I must **decrease**.
  Il faut qu’il croisse, et que je **diminue**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 3:30)

- Only 1% of companies expects a **decrease**.
  Seul un pour cent des entreprises envisage une **diminution**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 435052)

- **decrease** 愦灭;lt; 15 per cent of Ro
  **diminution** 愦灭;lt; 15 % de Ro
  ([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 5491723)

- (b) **Decrease** the infant mortality rate;
  b) **diminution** de la mortalité infantile;
  ([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 4923263)

## baisse

Used about 4 117 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 73 · legal and administrative ≈ 651 · UN documents ≈ 3 392).

- There has been a **decrease** in the number of incidents.
  On a constaté une **baisse** du nombre d'incidents.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 934188)

- any increase or **decrease** in economic efficiency arising from the change;
  toute hausse ou **baisse** de l'efficience économique entraînée par la modification;
  ([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 3659290)

- B The boiling point **decreases**
  B Le point d &apos; ébullition **baisse**
  ([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 29793475)

- We are, therefore, moving towards a **decrease** in aid and assistance to Afghanistan.
  Donc, nous allons vers une **baisse** de l'aide et de l'assistance en faveur de l'Afghanistan.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 206318)

- The UI suffered a **decrease** in sales volumes and a drop in market share.
  Cette dernière a subi une **baisse** des volumes de vente et une réduction de sa part de marché.
  ([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 2109234)

## augmentation

Used about 1 515 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 7 · UN documents ≈ 1 508).

- It is unrealistic for some political groups to table large numbers of amendments to all the reports calling for increased subsidies year on year, where the Commission is proposing progressive **decreases** in order to reduce agricultural spending and make EU enlargement possible.
  Certains groupes politiques déposent un grand nombre d'amendements à tous les rapports, des amendements qui demandent l'**augmentation** des subsides d'année en année, alors que la Commission suggère une réduction progressive de ceux-ci de manière à limiter les dépenses agricoles et rendre l'élargissement de l'UE possible. Voilà une attitude irréaliste.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1940152)

- Across headquarters, no increase is expected in these two combined areas, with overall **decreases** in volume being offset by increases in cost.
  Aucune **augmentation** n &apos; est prévue dans ces deux domaines, les baisses globales en volume étant compensées par un accroissement des coûts.
  ([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 10558038)

- **Decreases** in egg weights and egg production rate and an increase in the number of cracked eggs were observed at 500 and 1,000 ppm of HBCD.
  À 500 et 1 000 ppm, on a observé des baisses du poids des œufs et du taux de ponte ainsi qu &apos; une **augmentation** du nombre d &apos; œufs fêlés.
  ([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 23372108)

- This increase in school attendance is consistent with the **decreases** observed in the labour-force participation rates for children and young people.
  L &apos; **augmentation** du taux de fréquentation scolaire correspond aux baisses observées dans les taux de participation à l &apos; emploi des enfants et des jeunes.
  ([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 7141191)

- The historic record indicated that a further increase in the Committee &apos; s work was likely soon after 2010 and that the workload would probably **decrease** after 2012.
  Le bilan de référence indiquait qu &apos; une nouvelle **augmentation** des activités du Comité était probable peu après 2010 et que le volume de travail diminuerait éventuellement après 2012.
  ([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 17861399)

## More sentences

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

- Exposure to nature can **decrease** our blood pressure.
  Une immersion dans la nature peut faire baisser notre tension artérielle.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#8187647](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8187647) [\#10774375](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10774375))

- We don't want them to **decrease** our paycheck.
  Nous ne voulons pas qu'ils réduisent notre paie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#680645](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/680645) [\#2107400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2107400))

- I would like to drastically **decrease** the amount of time it takes me to clean the house.
  J'aimerais diminuer de manière drastique la somme de temps que ça me prend de nettoyer la maison.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#909538](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/909538) [\#1406786](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1406786))

## Grammar

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