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# figures — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: figures (42 478). By style: everyday 34 · literary 14 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 3 976 · legal and administrative 5 492 · UN documents 32 958.

## chiffres

Used about 26 204 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 3 065 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 890 · UN documents ≈ 19 226).

- These **figures** are inaccurate.
  Ces **chiffres** sont erronés.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kaiperkins271 and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#6862493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6862493) [\#6861030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6861030))

- "Yes, or **figures** are of no use."
  —Oui, ou les **chiffres** ne sont plus les chiffres!»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1621)

- These are horrific **figures**.
  Ces **chiffres** sont effroyables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 771457)

- The first 8 **figures** are constant: ‘05040501’.
  Les huit premiers **chiffres** sont toujours les mêmes: «05040501».
  ([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 1032097)

- a **Figures** apply to the European part of the country.
  a Les **chiffres** concernent la partie européenne du pays.
  ([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 26290059)

## figures

Used about 2 524 times in the texts (literary ≈ 6 · legal and administrative ≈ 458 · UN documents ≈ 2 060).

- When he recovered himself, Phœbus and Esmeralda were alone seated on the wooden coffer beside the lamp which made these two youthful **figures** and a miserable pallet at the end of the attic stand out plainly before the archdeacon’s eyes.
  Quand il revint à lui, Phoebus et la Esmeralda étaient seuls, assis sur le coffre de bois à côté de la lampe qui faisait saillir aux yeux de l'archidiacre ces deux jeunes **figures**, et un misérable grabat au fond du galetas.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4649)

- PB Pressures blower (**Figures** 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19)
  PB Ventilateur soufflant (**figures** 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 et 19)
  ([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 609291)

- The refugee **figures** are as of November 2003 and IDP **figures**
  The refugee **figures** are as of November 2003 and IDP figures
  ([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 12179017)

- On another occasion, alluding to the resistance offered by his ministry, he wrote in connection with a political criminal, who is one of the most generous **figures** of our day: “His pardon is granted; it only remains for me to obtain it.”
  Une autre fois, faisant allusion aux résistances de ses ministres, il écrivait à propos d'un condamné politique qui est une des plus généreuses **figures** de notre temps: Sa grâce est accordée, il ne me reste plus qu'à l'obtenir.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18202)

- The main characteristics of the manikin are illustrated in the following **figures** and tables:
  Les principales caractéristiques du mannequin sont indiquées dans les **figures** et les tableaux ci-après:
  ([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 5571302)

## More sentences

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

- Many logograms are just graphical idiomatic expressions, "**figures** of speech."
  De nombreux logogrammes ne sont jamais que des expressions idiomatiques graphiques, des « façons de parler ».
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nonong and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2055648](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2055648) [\#2056466](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2056466))

- Great **figures** don't meet high standards, but rather make their own.
  Les grands personnages ne se plient pas aux hautes exigences, mais créent plutôt les leurs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#506158](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/506158) [\#506160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/506160))

- Mary's pictures often show **figures** shrouded in a heavy mist.
  Les dessins de Marie montrent souvent des formes fondues dans un épais brouillard.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Sorgan · checked, community translation · [\#6201722](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6201722) [\#6203298](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6203298))

## Grammar

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