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# lower — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: lower (74 267), lowers (358). By style: everyday 84 · literary 28 · biblical 26 · parliamentary 3 352 · legal and administrative 14 411 · UN documents 56 724.

## inférieur

Used about 10 349 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 234 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 603 · UN documents ≈ 6 500). Forms: inférieur, inférieure.

- He negotiated a **lower** price with the real estate agent.
  Il négocia un prix **inférieur** avec l'agent immobilier.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#507001](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/507001) [\#547849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/547849))

- Thénardier thrust out his **lower** lip with a significant twist of the neck.
  Thénardier avança la lèvre **inférieure** avec une torsion de cou significative.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28171)

- The pavement was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates, even the **lower** pavement.
  Le pavé était au côté des portes, et répondait à la longueur des portes; c’était le pavé **inférieur**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 40:18)

- Is the percentage higher or **lower**?
  Le pourcentage est-il supérieur ou **inférieur**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 992918)

- Zona Val dell’Adige — **lower** part
  Zona Val dell'Adige — Partie **inférieure**
  ([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 530932)

## réduit

Used about 5 864 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 507 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 402 · UN documents ≈ 2 954).

- This very small change had, in fact, prodigiously reduced the cost of the raw material, which had rendered it possible in the first place, to raise the price of manufacture, a benefit to the country; in the second place, to improve the workmanship, an advantage to the consumer; in the third place, to sell at a **lower** price, while trebling the profit, which was a benefit to the manufacturer.
  Ce tout petit changement en effet avait prodigieusement **réduit** le prix de la matière première, ce qui avait permis, premièrement, d'élever le prix de la main-d'oeuvre, bienfait pour le pays; deuxièmement, d'améliorer la fabrication, avantage pour le consommateur; troisièmement, de vendre à meilleur marché tout en triplant le bénéfice, profit pour le manufacturier.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3529)

- Whoever **lowers** welfare standards furthest, whoever allows the lowest wages, wins the day.
  Le gagnant est celui qui **réduit** le plus les normes sociales, celui qui autorise les salaires les plus bas.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 835455)

- Actively **lowers** cholesterol.
  **Réduit** activement le cholestérol.
  ([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 3411165)

- **Lowers** agricultural input prices
  **Réduit** les prix des intrants agricoles
  ([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 22867139)

- A crisis like this worsens the public's living conditions and **lowers** their expectations for the future.
  Une crise comme celle-ci aggrave les conditions de vie des citoyens et **réduit** leurs attentes pour 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 1551436)

## baisser

Used about 2 774 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 390 · UN documents ≈ 2 364).

- Could you **lower** your voice?
  Pourrais-tu **baisser** la voix ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2951601](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2951601) [\#11578839](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11578839))

- “Croix-Dieu!” resumed Coppenole, thoroughly unhappy at being obliged to **lower** his voice thus, “I should like to sit down on the floor, with my legs crossed, like a hosier, as I do in my shop.”
  «Croix-Dieu! reprenait Coppenole tout malheureux d'être obligé de **baisser** ainsi la voix, l'envie me démange de m'asseoir à terre, jambes croisées, en chaussetier, comme je fais dans ma boutique.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7339)

- I do not believe that any of these issues should make us **lower** our guard.
  Je ne pense pas qu'aucune de ces questions doive nous faire **baisser** la garde.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1330132)

- 58. Increased competition **lowers** the price of remittances sent from the Group of Eight countries.
  58. La concurrence fait **baisser** le prix des envois de fonds à partir des pays du G-8.
  ([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 26875527)

- Could you **lower** the music?
  Pourrais-tu **baisser** la musique ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and Rockaround · checked, community translation · [\#7351973](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7351973) [\#7284185](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7284185))

## niveau

Used about 2 596 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 351 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 651 · UN documents ≈ 591).

- I wonder if there exists a level that's **lower** than "user"?
  Je me demande s'il existe un **niveau** plus bas qu'« utilisateur ».
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais2 and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#597326](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/597326) [\#597323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/597323))

- 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)

- This is only the **lower** level.
  C'est seulement le **niveau** minimal.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 473329)

- That Regulation **lowers** the MRLs for several products, including tomatoes and aubergines, to the limit of determination as of 13 August 2019.
  Celui-ci abaisse les LMR pour plusieurs produits, notamment les tomates et les aubergines, au **niveau** de la limite de détermination à partir du 13 août 2019.
  ([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 5018517)

- As the resale value entails **lower** profits, the company makes higher gains in terms of direct taxation;
  Comme la valeur de revente reflète des bénéfices inférieurs, la société augmente ses gains au **niveau** de la fiscalité directe;
  ([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 18393930)

## prix

Used about 1 547 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · parliamentary ≈ 39 · legal and administrative ≈ 901 · UN documents ≈ 591).

- The actual price was **lower** than I had thought.
  Le **prix** actuel était plus bas que je ne l'avais pensé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by al\_ex\_an\_der and christian63 · checked, community translation · [\#265249](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/265249) [\#128240](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128240))

- It is also of concern that the **lower** cost of independent producers' spare parts will result in **lower** levels of safety and quality.
  Le fait que les **prix** inférieurs des pièces de rechange des fabricants indépendants seront synonymes de niveaux de qualité et de sécurité inférieurs également est préoccupant.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1010363)

- TVDanmark claims that these prices were even **lower** than the average prices shown in the table above.
  TvDanmark fait valoir que ces **prix** ont été encore inférieurs aux prix moyens donnés dans les tableaux ci-dessus.
  ([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 2295885)

- While energy conservation **lowers** the real price of energy it also induces expansion in energy demand, and the overall effects are difficult to predict.
  L &apos; utilisation rationnelle de l’énergie en abaisse le **prix** réel, tout en suscitant une expansion de la demande : le résultat global est donc difficile à prévoir.
  ([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 5242604)

- I'll agree to the terms if you **lower** the price.
  J'accepte les termes du contrat si vous baissez le **prix**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Quazel · checked, community translation · [\#24416](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24416) [\#1082534](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1082534))

## More sentences

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

- If only eggs had a **lower** cholesterol content, I'd eat them every day!
  Si seulement les œufs avaient une teneur en cholestérol moins élevée, j'en mangerais tous les jours !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mervert1 and mervert1 · checked, community translation · [\#3995784](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3995784) [\#4042803](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4042803))

- A slightly **lower** interest rate could save thousands of dollars over the life of a home loan.
  Un taux d'intérêt un peu plus bas peut épargner des milliers de dollars au cours de la durée d'un prêt immobilier.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3679177](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3679177) [\#3679729](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3679729))

- She tried to **lower** her expenses.
  Elle essaya de diminuer ses dépenses.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1442158](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1442158) [\#1074499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1074499))

## Grammar

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