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# minorities — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: minorities (70 287). By style: everyday 8 · parliamentary 3 513 · legal and administrative 361 · UN documents 66 405.

## minorités

Used about 56 438 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 3 513 · legal and administrative ≈ 346 · UN documents ≈ 52 571).

- The country oppresses its **minorities**.
  Le pays opprime ses **minorités**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6099120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6099120) [\#12214516](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12214516))

- The rights of **minorities**?
  Les droits des **minorités**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 846347)

- Ethnic or linguistic **minorities**
  **Minorités** ethniques ou linguistiques
  ([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 4226910)

- SPECIFIC GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS: **MINORITIES**
  GROUPES ET INDIVIDUS PARTICULIERS : **MINORITÉS**
  ([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 6284941)

- **Minorities** are despised in many countries.
  On méprise les **minorités** dans de nombreux pays.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Yemana · checked, community translation · [\#267917](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/267917) [\#5663045](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5663045))

## appartenant

Used about 1 391 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 8 · UN documents ≈ 1 383).

- Special arrangements shall be made to meet the needs of prisoners who belong to ethnic or linguistic **minorities**.
  Des arrangements spéciaux doivent être pris concernant les besoins des détenus **appartenant** à une minorité ethnique ou linguistique.
  ([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 4226911)

- (a) Rights guaranteed to persons belonging to **minorities**;
  a) Droits garantis aux personnes **appartenant** à une minorité;
  ([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 26024736)

## droits

Used about 8 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 8).

- In both Republics: adopt/implement legislation on property restitution. Refugees, displaced persons and **minorities**
  **Droits** de la propriété: Dans les deux républiques: adopter et mettre en œuvre la législation relative à la restitution de la propriété.
  ([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 395787)

## More sentences

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

- The Declaration of the Rights of **Minorities** will be available on the independent expert &apos; s page at the OHCHR website.
  Elle sera publiée sur la page Web du site du HCDH de l &apos; experte indépendante.
  ([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 15701486)

- In government service, **minorities** are reported to be under-represented at all levels and especially in the senior ranks, with few exceptions.
  Dans l &apos; administration, elles seraient sous-représentées à tous les échelons et surtout dans la haute administration, sauf cas exceptionnel.
  ([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 2967684)

- This affects young women, ethnic **minorities** and men from very poor families.
  This affects young women, ethnic minorities and men from very poor families.
  ([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 12141772)

## Grammar

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