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Forms: longueur, longueurs. - What is the **length**? Quelle est la **longueur** ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#12422366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12422366) [\#12422363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12422363)) - She laid her two hands on Jean’s shoulders, and holding him at arm’s **length** she said: Elle posa ses deux mains sur les épaules de Jean, et le tenant à la **longueur** de ses bras: ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1915) - It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its **length**, and a span its width. Il sera carré et double; sa **longueur** sera d’un empan, et sa largeur d’un empan. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 28:16) - It is a fairly insignificant **length** of net in that situation. Il s'agit en l'occurrence d'une **longueur** de filet tout à fait insignifiante. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1692928) - Nominal **length** of one net **Longueur** nominale d’un filet ([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 2129975) ## durée Used about 4 252 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 155 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 005 · UN documents ≈ 3 089). - 70-80 years is the average **length** of a human life. 70 ou 80 ans est la **durée** de vie normale des humains. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and cedo · checked, community translation · [\#12772081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12772081) [\#659189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/659189)) - That is an unreasonable **length** of time; Je reconnais que c'est une **durée** disproportionnée. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 949255) - Minimum **length** of training course: 5 years **Durée** minimale de formation: 5 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 908122) - C. **Lengths** of procedures for extradition requests C. **Durée** de la procédure ([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 13582012) - The data suggest that the optimum **length** of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes. Les données suggèrent que la **durée** optimale d’un cours magistral serait de 30 au lieu de 60 minutes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and zmoo · checked, community translation · [\#2081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2081) [\#3889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3889)) ## mm Used about 447 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 447). - Limited to a maximum workpiece capacity of 150 mm outside diameter or **length**; and limitées à une capacité maximale des pièces usinables de 150 **mm** de dimension ou de diamètre extérieur; et ([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 959365) - The CR energy TSI allows the use of catenary systems compatible with pantograph heads geometry of **lengths** 1600 mm or 1950 mm (see clause 4.2.8.2.9.2). La STI «énergie» RC autorise l’usage de caténaires compatibles avec des géométries de pantographe (archets) de 1600 **mm** ou 1950 mm (voir la clause 4.2.8.2.9.2). ([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 2253064) - A flexible metal wire (so-called ‘guide wire’) with a diameter of 0,35 mm, a **length** ranging from 180-300 cm, two radiopaque markers and a rounded tip. Fil métallique souple (appelé «fil-guide»), mesurant 0,35 **mm** de diamètre et entre 180 et 300 cm de long, comprenant deux marqueurs radio-opaques et une extrémité arrondie. ([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 3389499) ## largeur Used about 259 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 257). - He measured the width of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the **length** of the gate, thirteen cubits; Il mesura la **largeur** de l’ouverture de la porte, qui était de dix coudées, et la hauteur de la porte, qui était de treize coudées. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 40:11) - From north to south The Gambia extends to a maximum of 48km, though the coastline, with its bays and promontories, is 80km in **length**. Du nord au sud, sa **largeur** maximale est de 48 km, même si le littoral, avec ses baies et promontoires, s ' étire sur 80 km. ([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 22214083) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - At **length**, the ship arrived at its home port. Le navire arriva enfin à son port d'attache. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#13072974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13072974) [\#11780834](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11780834)) - I will not go to the **length** of saying such things. Je n'irai pas jusqu'à dire de telles choses. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and kamillel · checked, community translation · [\#32855](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32855) [\#13411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13411)) - At **length**, we reached the top of the mountain. Finalement, nous avons atteint le sommet de la montagne. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#38431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/38431) [\#10775651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10775651)) ## 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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