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# fifth — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: fifth (135 507), fifths (669). By style: everyday 52 · literary 11 · biblical 54 · parliamentary 1 672 · legal and administrative 2 304 · UN documents 132 083.

## cinquième

Used about 116 273 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 54 · parliamentary ≈ 1 428 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 920 · UN documents ≈ 112 821). Forms: cinquième, cinquièmes.

- He came **fifth** in the race.
  Il est arrivé **cinquième** de la course.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11205412](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11205412) [\#12437731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12437731))

- The **fifth** man was saved.
  Le **cinquième** homme était sauvé.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25743)

- Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the **fifth**.
  Nocha le quatrième, et Rapha le **cinquième**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 8:2)

- That was the motive behind the four **fifths**.
  C’était cela le motif à l’origine du concept des quatre **cinquièmes**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 819349)

- ≤ two **fifths** of the ML
  ≤ deux **cinquièmes** de la TM
  ([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 3973911)

## quatre

Used about 2 752 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 752).

- Four claimants in the twenty-**fifth** instalment submitted claims for other losses aggregating KWD 57,737 (approximately USD 199,782).
  66. **Quatre** requérants de la vingtcinquième tranche ont demandé à être indemnisés d &apos; autres pertes, pour un montant total de KWD 57 737 (environ USD 199 782).
  ([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 11060507)

- The Department of teacher education continues to attract a four-**fifths** majority female enrollment, and a 20-23% percentage of male enrollments.
  Le département de pédagogie continue d &apos; attirer une majorité de jeunes femmes (**quatre** étudiantes sur cinq), les inscriptions masculines représentant de 20 à 23 %.
  ([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 11943628)

## plus

Used about 1 377 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 1 376).

- In 1815, as we think we have already said, he reached his seventy-**fifth** birthday, but he did not appear to be more than sixty.
  En 1815, nous croyons l'avoir dit, il atteignit soixante-quinze ans, mais il n'en paraissait pas avoir **plus** de soixante.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1155)

- There are 28 activities reported under this programme area, about three **fifths** of which are collaborative, or at least being synchronized with the programmes of other agencies.
  On compte 28 activités dans ce domaine, dont **plus** de la moitié menées en collaboration avec d &apos; autres organismes ou tout au moins synchronisées avec leurs programmes.
  ([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 12990650)

## commission

Used about 1 376 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 376).

- According to a 1998 report from the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, four **fifths**
  According to a 1998 report from the Royal **Commission** on Environmental Pollution, four fifths
  ([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 10740926)

## majorité

Used about 76 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 52 · legal and administrative ≈ 24).

- Tomorrow the Czech Senate will vote on the Treaty, with a three-**fifths** majority required.
  Demain, le sénat tchèque procèdera au vote sur le traité, à la **majorité** des trois quarts.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1263240)

- Parliament shall act by a majority of its component Members and three-**fifths** of the votes cast.
  Le Parlement statue à la **majorité** des membres qui le composent et des 3/5 des suffrages exprimés.
  ([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 625362)

- This means that we reach an agreement on the basis of the last sentence of Article 203(9) of the EC Treaty, which states, in connection with the maximum rate of increase, that 'another rate may be fixed by the Council, acting by a qualified majority, and the European Parliament, acting by a majority of its members and three-**fifths** of the votes cast'.
  Cela signifie que nous nous mettons d'accord selon l'article 203, paragraphe 9, dernier alinéa. Je cite: «le Conseil, statuant à la **majorité** qualifiée, et le Parlement européen, statuant à la majorité des membres qui le composent» et ce, en rapport avec la question du taux maximal.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1998461)

- However, in this particular context and situation, it goes without saying, Commissioner, that if any wrong signal is sent out, it could have very serious consequences for the security of the European Union, especially when the governing party does not have the three-**fifths** majority it needs in parliament in order to modify the constitution; such a signal could seriously give rise to alarming turmoil in an already unstable country that is a strategic partner for the West, in the context of the Atlantic Alliance.
  Dans ce contexte particulier cependant, il va sans dire, Monsieur le Commissaire, que si nous envoyons un mauvais signal, ce signal pourrait avoir des conséquences très graves pour la sécurité de l'Union européenne, surtout lorsque le parti au gouvernement ne dispose pas de la **majorité** de 60 % dont il a besoin au parlement pour pouvoir modifier la Constitution. Ce signal risquerait de perturber dangereusement un pays déjà instable qui est un partenaire stratégique de l'Occident dans le cadre de l'Alliance atlantique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1338645)

## More sentences

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

- Today is the **fifth** of March.
  Aujourd'hui, nous sommes le cinq mars.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by maizewen and Petrus · checked, community translation · [\#4466777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4466777) [\#4470930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4470930))

- Take the lift to the **fifth** floor.
  Prenez l'ascenseur jusqu'au 5e étage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and dominiko · checked, community translation · [\#12758090](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12758090) [\#10094](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10094))

- Christmas is celebrated on December twenty-**fifth**.
  Noël est célébré le vingt-cinq décembre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#9373487](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9373487) [\#9497399](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9497399))

## Grammar

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