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# extensive — English to French

How English *extensive* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: extensive (33 829), extensives (1). By style: everyday 7 · literary 3 · parliamentary 2 086 · legal and administrative 1 107 · UN documents 30 627.

## très

Used about 4 662 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 217 · legal and administrative ≈ 69 · UN documents ≈ 4 375).

- Very **extensive** work is already being done to clean up various sources of discharges around the Baltic.
  Un travail de **très** grande ampleur est déjà en cours, pour assainir différentes sources de rejets sur le pourtour de la Baltique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2040530)

- This contrasts with the **extensive** network in the United States.
  La situation est différente aux États-Unis, où il existe un réseau **très** développé.
  ([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 538628)

- 14. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has an **extensive** network of rivers.
  14. La République démocratique du Congo possède un réseau hydrographique **très** important.
  ([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 13381079)

- Mrs Breyer, I did not say that we do not hold consultations; in fact, in Spain, the consultations are very **extensive**.
  Madame Breyer, je n'ai pas dit que nous ne procédions pas à des consultations, elles sont **très** étendues en Espagne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1880799)

- the banking group or entity has a strong and **extensive** cross-border activity;
  le groupe bancaire ou l'entité exerce une activité transfrontalière importante et **très** étendue,
  ([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 3909315)

## vaste

Used about 3 348 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 174 · legal and administrative ≈ 46 · UN documents ≈ 3 125).

- From the ridge where we stood, we had a good view over the **extensive** woodland.
  De la crête où nous nous trouvions, nous avions une bonne vue sur la **vaste** zone boisée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10333578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10333578) [\#10344644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10344644))

- He desired to pour into all minds the **extensive** principles of general ideas: he said: “Revolution, but civilization”; and around the mountain peak he opened out a vast view of the blue sky.
  Il voulait qu'on versât aux esprits les principes étendus d'idées générales; il disait: Révolution, mais civilisation; et autour de la montagne à pic il ouvrait le **vaste** horizon bleu.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13997)

- However, it is proving to be a very complex and, as you will understand, an extremely **extensive** exercise.
  Cependant, vous le comprendrez aisément, cela s'avère être un exercice très complexe et extrêmement **vaste**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1434826)

- The work programme should therefore set out an **extensive** plan for the implementation of electronic systems in order to ensure the correct application of the Code.
  Il convient dès lors que le programme de travail définisse un **vaste** plan de mise en œuvre des systèmes électroniques afin d'assurer l'application correcte du code.
  ([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 3128555)

- The final text now before the Council is the product of this **extensive** and inclusive process.
  Le texte final dont le Conseil est saisi est le produit de ce **vaste** processus ouvert à tous.
  ([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 23975296)

## More sentences

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

- Those selected will have to face **extensive** medical and psychological tests.
  Ceux qui seront sélectionnés devront faire face à de considérables tests médicaux et psychologiques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and le\_petit\_ane\_gris · checked, community translation · [\#1731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1731) [\#3551](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3551))

- The city library underwent **extensive** renovations and can now accommodate twice as many books as before.
  La bibliothèque municipale a été complètement rénovée et offre désormais deux fois plus d'espace pour les livres qu'auparavant.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3142028](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3142028) [\#3143277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3143277))

- It's a small and lightweight audio player with **extensive** format support.
  C'est un lecteur audio petit et léger, compatible avec de nombreux formats.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13158607](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13158607) [\#13158608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13158608))

## 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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