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# minor — English to French

How English *minor* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: minor (33 678), minors (38 265). By style: everyday 42 · parliamentary 2 019 · legal and administrative 4 346 · UN documents 65 536.

## mineurs

Used about 55 806 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 25 · parliamentary ≈ 1 325 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 939 · UN documents ≈ 50 517). Forms: mineur, mineure, mineures, mineurs.

- Tom isn't a **minor**.
  Tom n'est pas **mineur**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#6484901](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6484901) [\#6485047](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6485047))

- More **minors** are likely to be executed shortly in Iran.
  D'autres **mineurs** vont probablement être exécutés prochainement en Iran.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1297276)

- Clinical trials on **minors**
  Essais cliniques sur les **mineurs**
  ([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 3322006)

- actions in support of **minors**;
  - des actions en faveur des **mineurs** ;
  ([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 10644263)

- It's a **minor** glitch.
  C'est un pépin **mineur**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3619085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3619085) [\#10720972](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10720972))

## enfants

Used about 2 752 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 21 · UN documents ≈ 2 731).

- Anyone who does not take action against children and **minors** being abused and lead astray is jeopardising the future.
  Ne pas agir pour empêcher que des **enfants** et des jeunes soient abusés et dupés, c'est compromettre 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 33618)

- As of June, Afghanistan &apos; s prisons housed nearly 650 women, some with their children (over 280 **minors**).
  En juin, environ 650 femmes, certaines avec leurs **enfants** (plus de 280) se trouvaient dans les prisons afghanes.
  ([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 23463804)

- In 2002 there were 50 reported cases of diphtheria (45 of them among **minors** under 15 years of age), resulting in 7 deaths.
  En 2002, on a signalé 50 cas (45 parmi des **enfants** de moins de 15 ans) de diphtérie, qui ont entraîné sept décès.
  ([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 17199026)

- 146. **Minors** over age 12 travelling alone are assigned to a special section for secured adolescents in migrant holding centres.
  146. Les **enfants** âgés de plus de 12 ans qui voyagent seuls sont affectés à une section du centre de rétention spécialement destinée aux adolescents.
  ([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 18810184)

- The social services will explain the parents &apos; circumstances to the **minor** and set in place the necessary measures to provide care and assistance.
  Les services sociaux expliquent la situation des parents aux **enfants** et établissent les mesures de soins et d &apos; aide nécessaires.
  ([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 24299275)

## More sentences

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

- He always troubles himself about **minor** things.
  Il se tracasse toujours pour des choses sans importances.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Goofy · checked, community translation · [\#289120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/289120) [\#480411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/480411))

- I had a **minor** issue with my computer.
  J'ai eu un petit problème avec mon ordinateur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TheNightAvl and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8159697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8159697) [\#12457334](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12457334))

- A few firefighters suffered **minor** injuries.
  Quelques pompiers ont souffert de blessures légères.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and alexisslay · checked, community translation · [\#5371599](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5371599) [\#5381428](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5381428))

## 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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