Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Translate** · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/) This page as HTML: # minimum — English to French How English *minimum* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences. What it means: [minimum in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/minimum/). Sentence pairs counted, by form: minimum (126 395), minimums (46). By style: everyday 37 · literary 1 · parliamentary 5 858 · legal and administrative 31 969 · UN documents 88 576. ## minimum Used about 105 473 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 32 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 706 · legal and administrative ≈ 25 445 · UN documents ≈ 75 290). Forms: minimal, minimale, minimales, minimum, minimums. - That's the bare **minimum**. C'est le strict **minimum**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#1414970](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1414970) [\#9046916](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9046916)) - “A well-used **minimum** suffices for everything.” --Un **minimum** bien employé suffit à tout. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 162) - This **minimum** price will operate for five years. Ce prix **minimum** restera applicable pendant cinq ans. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1734019) - **Minimum** permissible width: 愦灭※ Largeur **minimale** admissible: 愦灭※ ([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 5194965) - 3. **Minimum** mass of vehicle 3. Masse **minimale** du véhicule ([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 15564617) ## doit Used about 1 299 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 192 · UN documents ≈ 1 107). - When we speak of the rigour necessary for interinstitutional cooperation with regard to the buildings in Luxembourg, has Parliament decided what the effective **minimums** and maximums are which Parliament requires in Luxembourg? Lorsque nous parlons de la rigueur qui **doit** exister dans la collaboration interinstitutionnelle pour ce qui est des bâtiments à Luxembourg, le Parlement s'est-il demandé sur quels effectifs minimaux ou maximaux il pouvait compter à Luxembourg ? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2020245) - Granting some people certain **minimums** must be an initial and temporary goal and must never be considered a modus operandi of public policy. For that means that the " beneficiary " is placed in a position of inferiority compared to everyone else. Concéder à certaines personnes des principes minimaux **doit** être, tout au plus, un objectif préliminaire et temporaire, mais il ne doit jamais être considéré comme un modus operandi de la politique publique, étant donné que cela suppose que le bénéficiaire se trouve dans une situation d ' infériorité face aux autres. ([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 16562208) - In my view, the draft resolution of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development must be seen as a document of **minimums**, which should provide the basis for the negotiations within the Council of Ministers of the European Union. Selon moi, la proposition de résolution de la commission de l’agriculture et du développement rural du Parlement européen **doit** être perçue comme un document reprenant des minima qui devraient servir de base aux négociations au sein du Conseil de ministres de l’Union européenne. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 660387) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - I’ve only brought the bare **minimum**. Je n'ai amené que le strict nécessaire. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and Blabla · checked, community translation · [\#13880805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13880805) [\#2964629](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2964629)) - Would you work for **minimum** wage? Travaillerais-tu au SMIC ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Dreamk33 · checked, community translation · [\#2943008](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2943008) [\#3290861](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3290861)) - They're barely paid **minimum** wage. Ils sont à peine payés le SMIC. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Dreamk33 · checked, community translation · [\#1336113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1336113) [\#3290864](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3290864)) ## 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. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=en-fr&word=minimum). Every example is quoted under its source's licence and credited with it; the rest of the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.