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# highly — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: highly (47 818). By style: everyday 102 · literary 4 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 5 301 · legal and administrative 5 289 · UN documents 37 116.

## très

Used about 12 403 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 32 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 546 · legal and administrative ≈ 771 · UN documents ≈ 10 052).

- He is a **highly** paid man.
  C'est un homme **très** bien payé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#296394](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/296394) [\#1273306](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1273306))

- Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was **highly** esteemed.
  Les princes des Philistins faisaient des excursions; et chaque fois qu’ils sortaient, David avait plus de succès que tous les serviteurs de Saül, et son nom devint **très** célèbre.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 18:30)

- I expect it to be a website that is challenging, innovative and **highly** accessible.
  Ce que j' attends, c' est un site qui soit attirant, innovateur et **très** accessible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2023766)

- Low buffering capacity, and **highly** digestible ingredients
  Faible capacité tampon et ingrédients **très** digestibles
  ([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 1438768)

- **Highly** flammable liquid and vapour
  Liquide et vapeurs **très** inflammables
  ([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 16086140)

## hautement

Used about 9 527 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · parliamentary ≈ 1 325 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 755 · UN documents ≈ 5 413).

- This is **highly** illegal.
  C'est **hautement** illégal.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#3734288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3734288) [\#3940907](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3940907))

- But here we are talking about operational aid in a sector which is **highly** sensitive.
  Or, dans ce cas, il s'agit d'une aide opérationnelle dans un secteur **hautement** sensible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1714089)

- MEASURES FOR **HIGHLY** MIGRATORY SPECIES
  MESURES RELATIVES AUX ESPÈCES **HAUTEMENT** MIGRATOIRES
  ([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 1095921)

- ANVISA: Class II **Highly** toxic
  ANVISA : Classe II - **Hautement** toxique
  ([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 28640950)

- It is **highly** symbolic.
  C'est **hautement** symbolique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#10022146](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10022146) [\#947893](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/947893))

## More sentences

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

- That's a **highly** energetic and unstable compound. Don't make it.
  C'est un composé à haute énergie et d'une forte instabilité. Ne le fabrique pas !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by halfb1t and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2083077](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2083077) [\#2083302](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2083302))

- He spoke **highly** of you.
  Il a été dithyrambique à votre sujet.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1780079](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1780079) [\#1783813](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1783813))

- The Firefighters' Ball continues to be among the most **highly** regarded of the parties that celebrate July 14 in France.
  Le bal des pompiers reste parmi les bals populaires les plus appréciés pour fêter le Quatorze-Juillet en France.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#2094636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2094636) [\#1689544](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1689544))

## 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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