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# exceed — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: exceed (45 048), exceeds (10 645). By style: everyday 10 · literary 2 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 984 · legal and administrative 23 118 · UN documents 31 574.

## dépasse

Used about 29 912 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 492 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 706 · UN documents ≈ 21 707). Forms: dépasse, dépasser.

- Don't **exceed** the speed limit.
  Ne **dépasse** pas la limite de vitesse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2734388](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2734388) [\#11900](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11900))

- “But, in order not to **exceed** it, you must jump mathematically from the trains upon the steamers, and from the steamers upon the trains again.”
  --Mais pour ne pas le **dépasser**, il faut sauter mathématiquement des railways dans les paquebots, et des paquebots dans les chemins de fer!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 163)

- Manufacturers' costs **exceed** all imaginable amounts.
  Le coût pour les fabricants **dépasse** tous les montants imaginables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1443514)

- and shall not **exceed** the following:
  ne **dépasse** pas les montants suivants:
  ([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 2825885)

- C shall not **exceed** Cmax.
  C ne doit pas **dépasser** Cmax.
  ([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 15565657)

## excède

Used about 9 706 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 113 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 947 · UN documents ≈ 1 644). Forms: excède, excéder.

- It must also be assured that the punishment does not **exceed** the crime.
  Il doit aussi être assuré que la punition n'**excède** pas le crime.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MethodGT and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2310754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2310754) [\#2310901](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2310901))

- Ladies and gentlemen, no market functions if demand **exceeds** supply.
  Mesdames et Messieurs, aucun marché ne fonctionne si la demande **excède** l'offre.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1109491)

- Any leakage shall not **exceed** 200 cm3/h.
  Aucune fuite ne doit **excéder** 200 cm3/h.
  ([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 5563066)

- The amount of food available in the Netherlands therefore greatly **exceeds** domestic demand.
  La quantité de nourriture disponible y **excède** donc de beaucoup la demande intérieure.
  ([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 13640621)

- The number of English words **exceeds** twenty times Shakespeare's prodigious vocabulary.
  Le nombre de mots anglais **excède** d'un facteur vingt le vocabulaire prodigieux de Shakespeare.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2024475](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2024475) [\#2024485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2024485))

## ne

Used about 2 476 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 41 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 445 · UN documents ≈ 987).

- For I tell you that unless your righteousness **exceeds** that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
  Car, je vous le dis, si votre justice **ne** surpasse celle des scribes et des pharisiens, vous n’entrerez point dans le royaume des cieux.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 5:20)

- Mr Nassauer did not **exceed** his speaking time, nor did Mr Schulz.
  Je précise que M. Nassauer n'a pas dépassé plus son temps de parole que M. Schulz **ne** l'avait fait.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1801567)

- Testing shall not be performed if the wind speed at the microphone height **exceeds** 5 m/s.
  Les essais **ne** sont pas effectués lorsque la vitesse du vent à la hauteur du microphone est supérieure à 5 m/s.
  ([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 5448565)

- (b) The receptacle capacity does not **exceed** 12 litres;
  b) La contenance du récipient **ne** soit pas supérieure à 12 l;
  ([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 28601761)

- However, I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity **exceed** the fame which I heard.
  Je **ne** le croyais pas, avant d’être venue et d’avoir vu de mes yeux. Et voici, on ne m’en a pas dit la moitié. Tu as plus de sagesse et de prospérité que la renommée ne me l’a fait connaître.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 10:7)

## doit

Used about 1 567 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 10 · legal and administrative ≈ 241 · UN documents ≈ 1 316).

- Since, with the system for which it provides, the proposal under discussion **exceeds** the scope of the GPA, it must be resolutely rejected.
  Débordant, par le régime qu'elle prévoit, le champ d'application de l'accord, la proposition à l'examen **doit** être résolument rejetée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1615971)

- The presence of the substance must be indicated in the list of ingredients referred to in Article 19(1)(g) when its concentration **exceeds**:
  La présence de la substance **doit** être indiquée dans la liste des ingrédients visés à l'article 19, paragraphe 1, point g), lorsque sa concentration est supérieure:
  ([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 1955209)

- (iii) the outside surface temperature of the completed package shall not **exceed** 100°C.
  iii) la température de la surface extérieure du colis ne **doit** pas être supérieure à 100 °C.
  ([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 4279627)

- A new declaration shall be made after a break in service that **exceeds** three months.
  Une nouvelle déclaration **doit** être souscrite après toute interruption de service de plus de trois mois.
  ([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 17801969)

- The distance from the vessel &apos; s steering station / to the radar indicator shall not **exceed** 800 mm.
  La distance entre le poste de commande de bateau et l &apos; écran radar ne **doit** pas être supérieure à 800 mm.
  ([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 11209803)

## valeur

Used about 733 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 10 · legal and administrative ≈ 722).

- Leaching from 22 % of agricultural land in Europe **exceeds** 50 mg per litre, which is the generally accepted health limit.
  On constate que 22 % des zones agricoles européennes présentent une concentration supérieure à 50 mg par litre, qui constitue la **valeur** limite généralement admise sur le plan sanitaire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1899567)

- Mannvit therefore concludes that the rent for leasing the NATO fibre actually **exceeds** the market value.
  Mannvit conclut par conséquent que le loyer payé pour la location de la fibre de l'OTAN est en fait supérieur à la **valeur** marchande.
  ([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 5673920)

- Where the aggregate value of the lots is equal to or **exceeds** the threshold laid down in this Article, this Directive shall apply to the awarding of each lot.
  Lorsque la **valeur** cumulée des lots est égale ou supérieure au seuil prévu au présent article, la présente directive s’applique à la passation de chacun des lots.
  ([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 3190303)

- , measured on the three samples according to the procedure described in Appendix 2 to this Annex shall not **exceed** 0,010 (Δ tm 愦灭;lt; 0,010).
  , mesurée sur les trois échantillons suivant la procédure décrite à l'appendice 2 de la présente annexe, doit avoir une **valeur** moyenne inférieure ou égale à 0,010 (Δ tm 愦灭;lt; 0,010).
  ([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 5525892)

## lorsque

Used about 570 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 241 · UN documents ≈ 329).

- the cost of hiring cars for short or long periods when demand **exceeds** the capacity of the vehicle fleet,
  les frais de location, de courte ou longue durée, de voitures, **lorsque** les besoins excèdent la capacité du parc de véhicules,
  ([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 5054501)

- The symbols shall be marked as outdated, if the age of the information **exceeds** 30 seconds for moving vessels.
  L &apos; affichage doit indiquer que les symboles ne sont plus à jour **lorsque** l &apos; information date de plus de 30 secondes pour les bateaux en mouvement.
  ([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 26337621)

## More sentences

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

- He **exceeds** all his brothers in scholastic ability.
  Il surpasse tous ses frères en capacité scolaire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kindpanda and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#21554](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21554) [\#873668](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/873668))

- Her charm **exceeds** all description.
  Son charme est au-dessus de toute description.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dgibbons and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#1885115](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1885115) [\#390338](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390338))

- For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who **exceed** the number of the Levites,
  Pour le rachat des deux cent soixante-treize qui dépassent le nombre des Lévites, parmi les premiers-nés des enfants d’Israël,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 3:46)

## Grammar

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