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# maximum — English to French

How English *maximum* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: maximum (107 982), maximums (56). By style: everyday 13 · literary 2 · parliamentary 3 318 · legal and administrative 41 723 · UN documents 62 982.

## maximum

Used about 73 471 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 370 · legal and administrative ≈ 36 314 · UN documents ≈ 34 771). Forms: maximal, maximale, maximales, maximum.

- That's the **maximum**.
  C'est le **maximum**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2251270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2251270) [\#6287738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6287738))

- It attained its **maximum** depth in the Rue Saint-Pierre, where it rose to the height of three feet above the flag-stones of the water-spout, and its **maximum** length in the Rue Saint-Sabin, where it spread out over a stretch two hundred and thirty-eight metres in length.
  Elle atteignit son **maximum** de profondeur rue Saint-Pierre où elle s'éleva à trois pieds au-dessus des dalles de la gargouille, et son maximum d'étendue rue Saint-Sabin où elle s'étala sur une longueur de deux cent trente-huit mètres.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27396)

- The idea of a **maximum** target for recycling is crazy.
  L'idée d'un objectif **maximal** de recyclage est débile.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 476443)

- **Maximum** levels in mg/kg (ppm)
  Teneurs **maximales** en mg/kg (ppm)
  ([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 1189566)

- (b) **maximum** flame height in cm;
  b) Hauteur **maximum** de la flamme en cm;
  ([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 11112217)

## maximums

Used about 18 603 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 545 · UN documents ≈ 17 058).

- The reimbursement rates in this Regulation are referred to as **maximums** in order to comply with the non-profit requirement and the co-financing principle, and to allow participants to request a lower rate.
  Les taux de remboursement prévus dans le présent règlement sont considérés comme des **maximums** en raison de la nécessité de respecter l'exigence d'absence de profit et le principe de cofinancement, et afin de permettre aux participants de demander un taux inférieur.
  ([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 3059764)

- **maximums** des Nations Unies
  **maximums** des Nations Unies
  ([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 4128587)

- In the light of these special circumstances and with a view to simplifying the administrative work involved in granting export refunds under Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, it is appropriate to adopt special provisions giving Member States greater flexibility than those set out in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 in so far as they relate to the **maximums** below which the Member States may exempt operators from furnishing the proof required under Article 16 of the latter Regulation.
  Compte tenu de ces circonstances particulières et en vue de simplifier le travail administratif dû à l’octroi de restitutions à l’exportation aux termes du règlement (CE) no 1043/2005, il convient d’adopter des dispositions spéciales accordant aux États membres une plus grande souplesse que les dispositions de l’article 17 du règlement (CE) no 800/1999 dans lesquelles sont fixés les **maximums** en dessous desquels les États membres peuvent dispenser l’exportateur de la production des preuves demandées à l’article 16 de ce même règlement.
  ([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 1037760)

- By adding together the hourly **maximums**.
  Nous additionnons les **maximums** horaires.
  ([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 7342946)

- En outre, l &apos; APNU émettra trois cartes **maximums** sur le même thème.
  En outre, l &apos; APNU émettra trois cartes **maximums** sur le même thème.
  ([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 3113693)

## montant

Used about 656 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 656).

- In Germany, for example, there were fixed **maximums** for the costs of certain types of actions.
  En Allemagne, par exemple, un plafond était fixé pour le **montant** des frais de justice dans certains types d &apos; action.
  ([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 7871508)

## More sentences

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

- Cooperation is the only way to ensure **maximum** efficiency of the actions undertaken at European level.
  Cette coopération est une condition préalable indispensable si l'on veut que les actionsmenées à l'échelon européen soient aussi efficaces que possible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1866426)

- The annual **maximum** amount the guarantee fund can cover is EUR 200 million.
  Le plafond des garanties que le fonds de garantie peut couvrir annuellement est de 200 millions d' euros.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2038007)

- This led to her incarceration in a **maximum**-security prison, in conditions that are putting her life in danger.
  C'est pour cette raison qu'elle a été incarcérée dans une prison de haute sécurité, dans des conditions qui mettent sa vie en danger.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1405840)

## Grammar

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