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# great — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: great (143 405), greats (4). By style: everyday 1 224 · literary 237 · biblical 789 · parliamentary 27 332 · legal and administrative 3 911 · UN documents 109 916.

## grand

Used about 81 002 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 510 · literary ≈ 173 · biblical ≈ 493 · parliamentary ≈ 8 746 · legal and administrative ≈ 733 · UN documents ≈ 70 346). Forms: grand, grande, grands.

- That's a **great** poem.
  C'est un **grand** poème.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#395034](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/395034) [\#452848](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/452848))

- The **great** befits a crown.
  Le **grand** va aux couronnes.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7405)

- There was **great** joy in that city.
  Et il y eut une **grande** joie dans cette ville.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 8:8)

- This had the makings of a **great** report.
  Ce rapport présentait tous les ingrédients d'un **grand** rapport.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1242441)

- **Great** Islamic Eastern Warriors Front (IBDA-C)
  Front islamique des combattants du **Grand** Orient (IBDA-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 807432)

## beaucoup

Used about 17 128 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 102 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 6 013 · UN documents ≈ 10 992).

- I will read your book with **great** care.
  Je lirai votre livre avec **beaucoup** d'attention.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CarpeLanam and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5114824](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5114824) [\#11670928](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11670928))

- You cause me a **great** deal of pain.
  Vous me faites **beaucoup** de peine.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30923)

- for I will promote you to very **great** honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’”
  car je te rendrai **beaucoup** d’honneurs, et je ferai tout ce que tu me diras; viens, je te prie, maudis-moi ce peuple.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 22:17)

- We do not have a **great** deal of time.
  Nous n'avons pas **beaucoup** de temps devant nous.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1880481)

- A **great** deal has been done.
  **Beaucoup** a été fait.
  ([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 8906703)

## uni

Used about 4 397 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 397).

- Russian Federation, United Kingdom of **Great** Britain and Northern
  États-Unis d &apos; Amérique, Fédération de Russie et Royaume-**Uni** de
  ([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 2128228)

- Legality of use of force (Yugoslavia/United Kingdom of **Great** Britain and Northern Ireland)
  France) viii) Légalité du recours à la force (Yougoslavie c. Royaume-**Uni**)
  ([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 5774052)

## bretagne

Used about 1 304 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 304).

- region I: **Great** Britain,
  région I: Grande-**Bretagne**,
  ([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 1043999)

- The territories of **Great** Britain
  Territoires de Grande **Bretagne**
  ([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 801115)

- THE UNITED KINGDOM OF **GREAT** BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
  LE ROYAUME-UNI DE GRANDE-**BRETAGNE** ET D’IRLANDE DU NORD,
  ([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 1999578)

- Other — United Kingdom (**Great** Britain and Northern Ireland)
  Autre — Royaume-Uni (Grande-**Bretagne** et Irlande du Nord)
  ([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 1411072)

- This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of **Great** Britain and Northern Ireland.
  Le Royaume-Uni de Grande-**Bretagne** et d'Irlande du Nord est destinataire de la présente décision.
  ([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 3538835)

## lacs

Used about 1 304 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 304).

- **Great** Lakes premium (EUR/t)
  Prime sur Grands **Lacs** (EUR/t)
  ([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 482238)

- Freight costs: **Great** Lakes–Rotterdam:
  Frais de fret: Grands **Lacs**–Rotterdam:
  ([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 2140861)

- Refugees in the region of Eastern Africa/**Great** Lakes.
  Les réfugiés dans la région d’Afrique orientale/des Grands **Lacs**.
  ([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 3318203)

- COMPAGNIE AERIENNE DES GRANDS LACS (CAGL); **GREAT** LAKES BUSINESS COMPANY (GLBC)
  COMPAGNIE AÉRIENNE DES GRANDS **LACS** (CAGL); GREAT LAKES BUSINESS COMPANY (GLBC)
  ([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 3481874)

- Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: 29,51 EUR/t; **Great** Lakes–Rotterdam: — EUR/t.
  Frets/frais: Golfe du Mexique–Rotterdam: 29,51 EUR/t; Grands **Lacs**–Rotterdam: — EUR/t.
  ([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 650836)

## More sentences

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

- I knew you would do something **great**.
  Je savais que tu ferais merveille.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2064933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2064933) [\#2467950](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2467950))

- I think that you look really **great**.
  Je trouve que tu as l'air vraiment bien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#8276468](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8276468) [\#6846159](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6846159))

- That's a **great** idea!
  C'est une excellente idée !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dalyup and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#6902541](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6902541) [\#5302307](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5302307))

## 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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