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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sharris123 and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#7773726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7773726) [\#12827696](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12827696)) - It was **five** minutes past eight. Il n'était que huit heures **cinq**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 3187) - thirty thousand **five** hundred donkeys, trente mille **cinq** cents ânes, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 31:45) - We have spent **five** years together. Nous avons passé **cinq** années ensemble. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 610862) - For second year substitute **five** years Remplacer «deux ans», par «**cinq** ans». ([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 4849053) ## ans Used about 39 196 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 328 · legal and administrative ≈ 532 · UN documents ≈ 38 336). - The level of trust in Denmark was thus not sufficient to reduce the requirement to less than **five** years. La confiance en le Danemark était si réduite que l'on avait exigé 5 **ans**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 383918) - This Agreement shall apply for **five** years from the date of its entry into force. Le présent accord s'applique pour une durée de 5 **ans** à compter de son entrée en vigueur; ([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 130127) - Nursing auxiliaries Dentists Care for under-**fives** Enfants de moins de 5 **ans** pris en charge ([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 15228597) - In the Commission's second annual Report on the Demographic Situation it is clear that, in addition to the three generations that we have been familiar with up to now - young people in eduction, people of working age, and pensioners - a new generation is emerging, that of the over seventy-**fives**. Dans le deuxième rapport annuel de la Commission sur les données démographiques fondamentales, il apparaît clairement qu'une quatrième génération est venue s'ajouter aux trois autres - ceux qu'il faut former, ceux qui exercent une profession et ceux qui sont retraités -, à savoir la génération des plus de 75 **ans**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1698703) - 160000 km or **five** years, whichever is the sooner, in the case of engines fitted to vehicles of category M1, N1 and M2; 160000 km ou 5 **ans**, au premier des deux termes échus, dans le cas des moteurs équipant des véhicules des catégories M1, N1 et M2; ([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 5510467) ## enfants Used about 4 423 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 423). - Children ' s homes (under-**fives**) Foyers pour jeunes **enfants** ([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 24473865) - Under-**fives** with weight deficit **Enfants** souffrant de retard de croissance ([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 17082565) - Prevalence of diarrhoea among under-**fives** (%) Prévalence de la diarrhée chez les **enfants** ([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 11917378) ## moins Used about 1 740 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 266 · UN documents ≈ 1 474). - At least four out of **five** points for appearance, flavour and consistency’ Au **moins** 4 points sur 5 pour l'aspect, le goût et la consistance» ([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 4586718) - Households in which under-**fives** have slept under mosquito netting Ménages dans lesquels les enfants de **moins** ([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 20573927) ## pendant Used about 281 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · legal and administrative ≈ 266). - I had to wait for him for **five** hours! J’ai dû l’attendre **pendant** 5 heures ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#10517106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10517106) [\#10517117](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10517117)) - Remaining stable at temperatures of 523 K (250 °C) or higher for periods of **five** minutes or longer; demeurant stables **pendant** des périodes de 5 minutes ou plus à des températures égales ou supérieures à 523 K (250 °C); ([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 2059956) ## quatre Used about 6 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 6). - The children of Gibeon: ninety-**five**. les fils de Gabaon, **quatre**-vingt-quinze; ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 7:25) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Simmer **five** carefully peeled and chopped tomatoes with the garlic, thyme and bay leaf for **five** minutes. Faites mijoter 5 belles tomates pelées et concassées 5 minutes avec l'ail, le thym et le laurier. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and MUIRIEL · checked, community translation · [\#8919902](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8919902) [\#353378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/353378)) - Last week I gained back **five** pounds. La semaine dernière j'ai repris 5 livres. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by adjusting and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#490899](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/490899) [\#435352](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/435352)) - I want to finish this work by **five**. Je veux finir ce travail pour 5 heures. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Apex · checked, community translation · [\#72515](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/72515) [\#10096](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10096)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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