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# fifty — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: fifties (72), fifty (111 114). By style: everyday 115 · literary 21 · biblical 146 · parliamentary 566 · legal and administrative 101 · UN documents 110 237.

## cinquante

Used about 54 477 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 93 · literary ≈ 20 · biblical ≈ 143 · parliamentary ≈ 349 · legal and administrative ≈ 65 · UN documents ≈ 53 806).

- My father is **fifty** years old.
  Mon père a **cinquante** ans.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#251625](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/251625) [\#516997](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/516997))

- “**Fifty** sous—three francs.”
  --**Cinquante** sous-trois francs.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16755)

- The men of Netophah, **fifty**-six.
  les gens de Nethopha, **cinquante**-six;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 2:22)

- We thus have a little under **fifty** days left.
  Il nous reste donc un peu moins de **cinquante** jours.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 103962)

- all the vessels belonging to the same group do not exceed **fifty** in number.
  un même groupe ne peut comprendre plus de **cinquante** navires.
  ([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 1237755)

## années

Used about 21 077 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 78 · UN documents ≈ 20 998).

- Prices in the last ten years have risen by **fifty** per cent.
  Durant les 10 dernières **années**, les prix ont augmenté de 50 pour cent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and kjh · checked, community translation · [\#8836910](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8836910) [\#772471](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/772471))

- In the **fifties** our parents had a more flexible approach to work.
  Dans les **années** 50, nos parents ont connu une approche flexible du marché de l'emploi.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1659844)

- 207. Infant mortality at national level has had a trend of reduction from the **fifties**.
  207. Le taux de mortalité infantile au plan national suit une tendance à la baisse depuis les **années** 50.
  ([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 22513902)

- Our fishing fleet, which comprises around **fifty** vessels, has been all but grounded for the last two years.
  Notre flotte de pêche, qui compte environ une cinquantaine d'embarcations, a été pratiquement inactive ces deux dernières **années**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 164188)

- The planning for these projects goes back to the days of the Rehabilitation Board in the **fifties**.
  La planification de ces projets remonte à l &apos; époque du Conseil du réaménagement, dans les **années** 50.
  ([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 756757)

## session

Used about 6 562 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 6 562).

- **FIFTY**-FIRST SESSION - MEETING HELD ON 21 NOVEMBER 1996, 1000
  FIFTY-FIRST **SESSION** - MEETING HELD ON 21 NOVEMBER 1996, 1000
  ([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 3830406)

- **FIFTY**-FIRST SESSION — MEETING HELD ON 14 OCTOBER 1996, 1000
  FIFTY-FIRST **SESSION** — MEETING HELD ON 14 OCTOBER 1996, 1000
  ([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 3838621)

- **FIFTY**-FIRST SESSION - REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - SUPPLEMENT NO. 41
  FIFTY-FIRST **SESSION** - REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - SUPPLEMENT NO. 41
  ([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 2808033)

- The Bureau of the Board was as elected at its **fifty**-second session. The Bureau was thus as follows:
  Bureau 84. Le Bureau du Conseil, élu à la cinquantedeuxième **session**, était composé comme suit:
  ([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 16127847)

- It is based on a document without a symbol (informal document No. GRE-52-23) distributed during the **fifty**-third GRE session.
  Il est fondé sur un document sans cote (document informel no GRE-52-23) distribué lors de la cinquantetroisième **session** du GRE.
  ([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 14435989)

## ans

Used about 5 334 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 70 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 · UN documents ≈ 5 249).

- My father is in his **fifties**.
  Mon père a 50 **ans**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#318947](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/318947) [\#134836](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134836))

- It was here, **fifty** years ago, that a European Parliament met for the first time.
  Il y a 50 **ans**, un Parlement européen a siégé ici pour la première fois.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 368961)

- in case of motor vehicles at least thirty years old, in case of aircraft at least **fifty** years old;
  qui sont âgés d'au moins 30 **ans** pour les véhicules automobiles et d'au moins 50 ans pour les aéronefs;
  ([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 3698801)

- Those separated when they were children met each other in their **fifties** or sixties.
  Des parents qui avaient été séparés alors qu &apos; ils étaient enfants se sont retrouvés à l &apos; âge de 50 ou de 60 **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 10498778)

- It has taken five thousand years to shape our countryside and only **fifty** years to spoil its greatest gifts.
  Il a fallu cinq mille **ans** pour sculpter nos campagnes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1899487)

## sa

Used about 1 312 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 312).

- In his **fifties**, a person is no longer at the peak of his physical capacities, but acquires considerable life experience and wisdom.
  Lorsqu &apos; elle atteint la cinquantaine, une personne n &apos; est plus au meilleur de **sa** forme physique, mais elle a acquis une expérience de la vie et une sagesse considérables.
  ([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 1667478)

## More sentences

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

- It's **fifty** kilometers to Paris.
  Il y a 50 kilomètres jusqu'à Paris.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#35018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/35018) [\#13126](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13126))

- There are **fifty** members in this club.
  Il y a 50 membres dans ce club.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#61181](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61181) [\#1717678](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1717678))

- The doctor examined over **fifty** patients that day.
  Le docteur examina plus de 50 patients ce jour-là.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and kilwann · checked, community translation · [\#44613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/44613) [\#396140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/396140))

## 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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