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# many — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: many (336 389). By style: everyday 3 028 · literary 92 · biblical 516 · parliamentary 49 391 · legal and administrative 4 060 · UN documents 279 302.

## nombre

Used about 200 162 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 505 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 65 · parliamentary ≈ 33 956 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 707 · UN documents ≈ 162 926). Forms: nombre, nombreuses, nombreux.

- **Many** ships come to Hamburg.
  De **nombreux** vaisseaux arrivent à Hamburg.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13695332](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13695332) [\#13695329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13695329))

- "Do you really think there are **many** people bold enough?" said I.
  —Croyez-vous, dis-je, que le **nombre** de ces audacieux fût si grand?
  ([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 430)

- for by wise guidance you wage your war, and victory is in **many** advisors.
  Car tu feras la guerre avec prudence, Et le salut est dans le grand **nombre** des conseillers.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 24:6)

- Happily, there are **many** who realise this.
  **Nombreux**, heureusement, sont ceux qui ont compris cette nécessité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 317254)

- **Many** of the forced child recruits have been under the age of 15.
  **Nombre** des enfants recrutés de force avaient moins de 15 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 3171509)

## beaucoup

Used about 26 334 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 757 · literary ≈ 19 · biblical ≈ 140 · parliamentary ≈ 2 058 · legal and administrative ≈ 85 · UN documents ≈ 23 275).

- I don't have very **many** of these.
  Je n'en ai pas **beaucoup**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lucasmg123 · checked, community translation · [\#5450196](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5450196) [\#6725141](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6725141))

- There are **many** hills to ascend.”
  Il y a **beaucoup** de côtes à monter.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5495)

- **Many** false prophets will arise and will lead **many** astray.
  Plusieurs faux prophètes s’élèveront, et ils séduiront **beaucoup** de gens.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 24:11)

- There are **many** people in the southern hemisphere whom we completely fail to consider.
  Nous avons ignoré **beaucoup** d'habitants de l'hémisphère sud.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1647934)

- It is also chosen for soluble (but not volatile) chemicals, since the evolution of carbon dioxide is considered by **many** to be the only unequivocal proof of microbial activity.
  Il est également choisi pour les substances solubles (mais non volatiles) puisque **beaucoup** considèrent que le dégagement de dioxyde de carbone constitue la seule preuve irréfutable de l’activité microbiologique.
  ([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 3275492)

## ont

Used about 16 943 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 63 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 5 145 · legal and administrative ≈ 85 · UN documents ≈ 11 638).

- **Many** scientists have the reputation of being eccentric.
  Plusieurs scientifiques **ont** la réputation d'être excentriques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and yorickvidal · checked, community translation · [\#274799](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/274799) [\#129099](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129099))

- “Dear child, there are so **many** people who are better than I and who have not even a roof over their heads.”
  --Chère enfant, il y a tant de gens qui valent mieux que moi et qui n'**ont** même pas un toit sur leur tête.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19314)

- A Song of Ascents. **Many** times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
  Cantique des degrés. Ils m’**ont** assez opprimé dès ma jeunesse, Qu’Israël le dise!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 129:1)

- There are **many** thousands of children in Romania who have families of their own and have become detached from them.
  En Roumanie, des milliers d'enfants **ont** une famille et en ont été séparés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 314684)

- Unfavourable financial conditions had a serious impact on **many** areas of business.
  Les conditions financières défavorables **ont** eu de graves conséquences sur plusieurs domaines d’activité.
  ([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 2473976)

## combien

Used about 13 111 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 136 · legal and administrative ≈ 338 · UN documents ≈ 11 638).

- How **many** do they need?
  Il leur en faut **combien** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3822094](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3822094) [\#11388589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11388589))

- If so, how **many** organisms are involved in each sub-component?
  Si oui, **combien** d'organismes seront introduits à chaque étape?
  ([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 1253989)

- 12. Mr. Brillantes asked how **many** migrant workers were in an irregular situation in Ghana.
  M. Brillantes demande **combien** de travailleurs migrants sont en situation irrégulière au Ghana.
  ([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 29490963)

- How **many** kinds are there?
  **Combien** y en a-t-il de sortes ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2196902](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2196902) [\#2201487](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2201487))

- How **many** cases of non-compliance with Directive 2006/66/EC have you found?
  **Combien** de cas de non-respect de la directive 2006/66/CE avez-vous constaté?
  ([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 1710956)

## More sentences

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

- I have as **many** books as he does.
  J'ai autant de livres que lui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1456818](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1456818) [\#1461372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1461372))

- There aren't that **many** synagogues in this city.
  Il n'y a pas tant de synagogues dans cette ville.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lepotdeterre and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#4162352](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4162352) [\#6734002](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6734002))

- I had no idea there were so **many** people in the other room.
  Je n'avais pas idée qu'il y avait tant de monde dans l'autre pièce.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2331673](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2331673) [\#2429999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2429999))

## 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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