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# reduce — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: reduce (108 653), reduces (4 712). By style: everyday 54 · literary 1 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 8 694 · legal and administrative 10 758 · UN documents 93 856.

## réduit

Used about 63 478 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 37 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 981 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 620 · UN documents ≈ 50 839). Forms: réduire, réduit.

- We plan to **reduce** taxes.
  Nous prévoyons de **réduire** les impôts.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11603045](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11603045) [\#13252047](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13252047))

- For a prostitute **reduces** you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
  Car pour la femme prostituée on se **réduit** à un morceau de pain, Et la femme mariée tend un piège à la vie précieuse.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 6:26)

- It **reduces** the quality of groundwater.
  Elle **réduit** la qualité des eaux souterraines.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 670708)

- Consumption of NWT-02 **reduces** loss of vision.
  La consommation de NWT-02 **réduit** la perte de la vue.
  ([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 5358096)

- b. **Reduce** fishing &amp; find alternate source of protein
  a) **Réduire** les rejets de mercure dans les zones de pêche;
  ([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 19665529)

## risque

Used about 629 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 181 · legal and administrative ≈ 448).

- Such measures, intended to bring these states and the EU closer together with a view to integration, will **reduce** the potential for conflict in the region significantly.
  Ces mesures, qui visent à rapprocher ces États de l'UE en vue de leur intégration, réduiront considérablement le **risque** de conflit dans la région.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1281688)

- On the contrary, any amount that **reduces** the exposures shall be reported as a negative figure.
  En revanche, tout montant réduisant la valeur du **risque** sera déclaré en tant que valeur négative.
  ([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 3346178)

- Worldwide redistribution of prosperity **reduces** social tension and the chance of violence and refugee flows, and increases our potential markets.
  La redistribution de la prospérité au niveau mondial entraîne une diminution des tensions sociales. Elle diminue le **risque** de violence et de mouvements de réfugiés et accroît nos débouchés commerciaux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1414947)

- The measures also increase external risk monitoring, both of which **reduces** threats to the banks' viability.
  Les mesures augmentent également le contrôle du **risque** externe de sorte que les menaces pour la viabilité des banques s'en voient réduites.
  ([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 5650992)

- Uncertainty about whether input has been completed also **reduces** driver attention to the road scene.
  Si le conducteur n'est pas sûr que ses données aient été complètement introduites, son attention **risque** par ailleurs d'être détournée de la route.
  ([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 1176452)

## émissions

Used about 428 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 91 · legal and administrative ≈ 336).

- Biogas systems **reduce** methane emissions by transforming waste from livestock, crops, water and food into energy.
  Les installations de biogaz réduisent les **émissions** de méthane en transformant en énergie les déchets provenant du bétail, des cultures, de l'eau et de la nourriture.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10244321](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10244321) [\#10466083](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10466083))

- Moreover, as Minister Carlgren has said, the recession has made it cheaper to **reduce** emissions.
  En outre, comme M. Carlgren l'a dit, la récession a fait baisser le prix des réductions d'**émissions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1303384)

- Techniques to **reduce** emissions to air of dust, metals including mercury, and/or PCDD/F
  Techniques de réduction des **émissions** atmosphériques de poussières, de métaux dont le mercure ou de PCDD/F
  ([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 4193129)

- The proposal **reduces** the particulate matter emission limit for diesel vehicles to 5 milligrams per kilometre.
  La proposition ramène à 5 milligrammes par kilomètre la limite applicable aux **émissions** de particules des véhicules à moteur diesel.
  ([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 806950)

- In order to prevent or **reduce** emissions of PAHs and/or solvents, BAT is to use water-based preservatives.
  Afin d’éviter ou de limiter les **émissions** de HAP et/ou de solvants, la MTD consiste à utiliser des produits de préservation à base aqueuse.
  ([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 5120523)

## More sentences

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

- **Reduce** the size of your portions.
  Réduis la taille de tes portions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#7697532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7697532) [\#12956782](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12956782))

- Condoms greatly **reduce** the chances of pregnancy.
  Les préservatifs réduisent considérablement les chances de grossesse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1879697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1879697) [\#1902944](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1902944))

- To **reduce** misunderstandings we should learn the techniques for communicating successfully.
  Afin de diminuer les incompréhensions, nous devons apprendre les techniques pour communiquer avec succès.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#240261](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/240261) [\#538601](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/538601))

## Grammar

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