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# limits — English to French

How English *limits* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: limits (57 641). By style: everyday 47 · literary 1 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 3 393 · legal and administrative 16 545 · UN documents 37 651.

## limites

Used about 37 544 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 37 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 909 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 064 · UN documents ≈ 23 532). Forms: limite, limites.

- There are **limits**.
  Il y a des **limites**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2252609](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2252609) [\#6935919](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6935919))

- My uncle now took the opportunity to explain to Hans that it was his intention to explore the interior of the volcano to its farthest **limits**.
  A cette occasion, mon oncle dut apprendre au chasseur que son intention était de poursuivre la reconnaissance du volcan jusqu'à ses dernières **limites**.
  ([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 1222)

- But we will not boast beyond proper **limits**, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
  Pour nous, nous ne voulons pas nous glorifier hors de toute mesure; nous prendrons, au contraire, pour mesure les **limites** du partage que Dieu nous a assigné, de manière à nous faire venir aussi jusqu’à vous.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 10:13)

- Solidarity therefore has its **limits**.
  La solidarité a donc ses **limites**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1068628)

- **Limits**, Reserves and Transfers
  **Limites**, réserves et transferts
  ([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 1938382)

## More sentences

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

- No questions are off **limits**.
  Aucune question n'est hors-sujet.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and Toynop · checked, community translation · [\#5800464](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5800464) [\#5800476](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5800476))

- This portion of the library is off-**limits** to the public.
  Cette zone de la bibliothèque est fermée au public.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Opiejay888 and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#2490754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2490754) [\#1096686](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1096686))

- I'll help you within the **limits** of my ability.
  Je t'aiderai dans la mesure de mes possibilités.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#250140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/250140) [\#538225](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/538225))

## 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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