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# much — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: much (117 342). By style: everyday 3 616 · literary 133 · biblical 206 · parliamentary 36 529 · legal and administrative 3 012 · UN documents 73 846.

## beaucoup

Used about 38 515 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 055 · literary ≈ 36 · biblical ≈ 51 · parliamentary ≈ 10 654 · legal and administrative ≈ 565 · UN documents ≈ 26 154).

- He didn't say **much**.
  Il n'a pas dit **beaucoup**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and BobbyLee · checked, community translation · [\#8679847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8679847) [\#9401552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9401552))

- This will prevent them from looking **much** in our direction.
  Cela fait qu'on ne regardera pas **beaucoup** de notre côté.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11226)

- Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys **much** good.
  La sagesse vaut mieux que les instruments de guerre; mais un seul pécheur détruit **beaucoup** de bien.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 9:18)

- **Much** remains to be done.
  Il reste **beaucoup** à faire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 597229)

- Plastic pipes in smaller diameters are initially **much** cheaper per unit.
  Les conduites en plastique de petits diamètres sont initialement **beaucoup** moins chères à l'unité.
  ([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 3679773)

## plus

Used about 12 408 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 226 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 51 · parliamentary ≈ 3 805 · legal and administrative ≈ 628 · UN documents ≈ 7 692).

- That took **much** more time than I thought it would.
  Cela a pris bien **plus** de temps que je ne le pensais.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4011844](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4011844) [\#7862460](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7862460))

- “Bah!” replied the father, “I am **much** colder than that.”
  --Bah! répondit le père, j'ai bien **plus** froid que cela.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16315)

- won’t service of the Spirit be with **much** more glory?
  combien le ministère de l’esprit ne sera-t-il pas **plus** glorieux!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 3:8)

- One could argue that **much** of this framework agreement only clarifies existing provisions under the present EU Treaties.
  On pourrait avancer que la **plus** grande partie de cet accord-cadre ne fait que clarifier les dispositions existantes conformément aux Traités UE actuels.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 72729)

- This is to help ensure that the product supports the driver as **much** as possible.
  Ainsi, on s'assure que le produit sera le **plus** utile possible au conducteur.
  ([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 1176651)

## autant

Used about 3 244 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 829 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 2 283 · legal and administrative ≈ 126).

- Why do we drink so **much**?
  Pourquoi buvons-nous **autant** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#12893737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12893737) [\#2319974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2319974))

- One thing is certain, that Djali loves me almost as **much** as he does her.”
  Ce qui est sûr, c'est que Djali m'aime déjà presque **autant** qu'elle.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3968)

- Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as **much** as to you.
  Prends ce qui te revient, et va-t’en. Je veux donner à ce dernier **autant** qu’à toi.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 20:14)

- I therefore very **much** regret, Commissioner, that the Commission has made no proposal for that committee.
  Monsieur le Commissaire, je déplore d'**autant** plus, pour cette raison, que la Commission n'a pas fait de proposition pour ce comité permanent.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1643819)

- The Participant to which an enquiry is addressed shall respond within 7 calendar days and provide as **much** information as possible.
  Le participant interrogé répond dans un délai de sept jours civils et fournit **autant** d’informations que possible.
  ([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 2462421)

## More sentences

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

- These twins look like each other, so **much** so that I can't tell who is who.
  Ces jumeaux se ressemblent tellement que je n'arrive pas à savoir qui est qui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#11914226](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11914226) [\#10663789](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10663789))

- How **much** do you feed your dog?
  Quelle quantité de nourriture donnes-tu à manger à ton chien ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#898537](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/898537) [\#1347814](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1347814))

- How **much** money did you spend in total?
  Combien d'argent avez-vous dépensé au total ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#17841](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17841) [\#477490](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477490))

## 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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