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# higher — English to French

How English *higher* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: higher (115 670). By style: everyday 91 · literary 9 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 5 095 · legal and administrative 15 452 · UN documents 95 012.

## supérieur

Used about 38 534 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 318 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 575 · UN documents ≈ 35 630).

- Is there a **higher** purpose?
  Y a-t-il un but **supérieur** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12777641](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12777641) [\#13365368](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365368))

- Then he shouted, looking up at the **higher** floor: “Louise!”
  Alors il vociféra en levant la tête vers l'étage **supérieur**:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2048)

- The side rooms were wider on the **higher** levels, because the walls were narrower at the **higher** levels. Therefore the width of the house increased upward; and so one went up from the lowest level to the highest through the middle level.
  Les chambres occupaient plus d’espace, à mesure qu’elles s’élevaient, et l’on allait en tournant; car on montait autour de la maison par un escalier tournant. Il y avait ainsi plus d’espace dans le haut de la maison, et l’on montait de l’étage inférieur à l’étage **supérieur** par celui du milieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 41:7)

- Poland provides **higher** education places for many of these young people.
  La Pologne offre donc l'accès aux établissements d'enseignement **supérieur** à nombre de ces jeunes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1060926)

- In the RIP it decreased to a slightly **higher** level than in 2011, i.e. to 58113 tonnes.
  Au cours de la PER, elle a diminué pour s'établir à un niveau légèrement **supérieur** à celui de 2011, soit 58113 tonnes.
  ([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 3716873)

## plus

Used about 21 387 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 42 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 592 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 932 · UN documents ≈ 17 815).

- Prices rose **higher** and **higher**.
  Les prix grimpèrent de **plus** en plus haut.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#807064](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/807064) [\#4380707](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4380707))

- "It seems we must go **higher**," said my uncle.
  —Il parait qu'il faut aller **plus** haut, dit mon oncle.
  ([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 1332)

- The foreigner who is among you will mount up above you **higher** and **higher**, and you will come down lower and lower.
  L’étranger qui sera au milieu de toi s’élèvera toujours **plus** au-dessus de toi, et toi, tu descendras toujours plus bas;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 28:43)

- The document also includes the possibility that growth may be **higher** in the future.
  Le document inclut également la possibilité que la croissance soit **plus** élevée à l'avenir.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2026472)

- However, chromium steels may contain **higher** proportions of carbon.
  Toutefois, les aciers au chrome peuvent présenter une teneur en carbone **plus** élevée;
  ([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 2165940)

## élevés

Used about 18 007 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 23 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 955 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 151 · UN documents ≈ 11 877). Forms: élevé, élevés.

- I wish I had a **higher** salary.
  J'aimerais avoir un salaire plus **élevé**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#6090251](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6090251) [\#10346578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10346578))

- “For as the heavens are **higher** than the earth, so are my ways **higher** than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  Autant les cieux sont **élevés** au-dessus de la terre, Autant mes voies sont élevées au-dessus de vos voies, Et mes pensées au-dessus de vos pensées.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 55:9)

- As a result, **higher** wages come under even more pressure.
  En conséquence, les salaires plus **élevés** sont soumis à une pression encore plus forte.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 782558)

- **Higher** costs for the acquisition of rights of way
  coûts liés à l'acquisition de droits de passage plus **élevés**
  ([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 3586702)

- The repetition rate is **higher** among girls (20%) and in public schools (23.9%).
  Le redoublement est plus **élevé** chez les filles (20%) et dans l &apos; école publique (23,9%).
  ([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 15247451)

## niveau

Used about 5 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1).

- As global warming increases, sea levels get **higher** and **higher**.
  À mesure que le réchauffement climatique s’accentue, le **niveau** des mers monte de plus en plus.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#758813](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/758813) [\#12420640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12420640))

- The remainder of the trapezium formed the garden, which was much lower than the level of the Rue Polonceau, which caused the walls to be very much **higher** on the inside than on the outside.
  Le reste du trapèze formait le jardin qui était beaucoup plus bas que le **niveau** de la rue Polonceau; ce qui faisait les murailles bien plus élevées encore au dedans qu'à l'extérieur.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10770)

- Entertainment on his planet meant doing multidimensional **higher** mathematics.
  Le divertissement sur sa planète consistait à faire des mathématiques multidimensionnelles de haut **niveau**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nonong and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1469183](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1469183) [\#1469258](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1469258))

## More sentences

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

- The stock exchange closed slightly **higher** today.
  La Bourse a clôturé en légère hausse aujourd’hui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13406276](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406276) [\#13406275](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406275))

- We could only hope for the intervention of **higher** powers.
  Nous ne pouvions qu'espérer l'intervention de puissances supérieures.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#10660468](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10660468) [\#11052581](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11052581))

- I need to find a **higher** paying job.
  Il faut que je trouve un emploi mieux rémunéré.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6251525](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6251525) [\#11749735](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11749735))

## 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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