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# second — English to French

How English *second* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: second (344 196), seconds (6 591). By style: everyday 541 · literary 85 · biblical 178 · parliamentary 19 576 · legal and administrative 34 532 · UN documents 295 875.

## deuxième

Used about 133 279 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 107 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 6 525 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 590 · UN documents ≈ 114 035).

- He has a **second** job.
  Il a un **deuxième** travail.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#1871854](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1871854) [\#3043398](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3043398))

- **Second** problem: To share it.
  **Deuxième** problème: La répartir.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18275)

- for the twenty-**second** to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
  le vingt-**deuxième**, à Guiddalthi, ses fils et ses frères, douze;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 25:29)

- The **second** slight difference concerns the euro.
  Ma **deuxième** nuance touche à l'euro.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 94827)

- Article 5, **second** paragraph, **second** indent
  Article 5, **deuxième** alinéa, deuxième tiret
  ([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 902288)

## seconde

Used about 111 782 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 378 · literary ≈ 64 · biblical ≈ 159 · parliamentary ≈ 11 419 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 547 · UN documents ≈ 83 215). Forms: second, seconde, secondes.

- Do you have a **second**?
  Avez-vous une **seconde** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2647197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2647197) [\#6153750](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6153750))

- I entered the **second**.
  J'entrai dans la **seconde**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5290)

- and the **second** row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
  **seconde** rangée, une escarboucle, un saphir, un diamant;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 39:11)

- You have 15 **seconds** to say your final word.
  Vous avez 15 **secondes** pour conclure.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 466379)

- or \[with 59 °C for 674 **seconds**.\]\]
  ou \[à 59 °C pendant 674 **secondes**.\]\]
  ([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 3621001)

## s

Used about 51 847 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 4 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 518 · UN documents ≈ 49 313).

- A fire broke out on the **second** floor.
  Un feu **s**'est déclaré au premier étage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1393331](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1393331) [\#3628532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3628532))

- When many varied sensations have agitated the day, when various matters preoccupy the mind, one falls asleep once, but not a **second** time.
  Quand beaucoup de sensations diverses ont agité la journée, quand des choses préoccupent l'esprit, on **s**'endort, mais on ne se rendort pas.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2179)

- From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south wind sprang up, and on the **second** day we came to Puteoli,
  De là, en suivant la côte, nous atteignîmes Reggio; et, le vent du midi **s**’étant levé le lendemain, nous fîmes en deux jours le trajet jusqu’à Pouzzoles,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 28:13)

- (but not less than 15 **seconds**)
  (cette valeur étant au moins égale à 15 **s**)
  ([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 5550306)

- 3.8.2.8.1.3. exceeding a duration of 0.075 **seconds**;
  3.8.2.8.1.3 dépassant une durée de 0,075 **s**;
  ([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 9884940)

## pendant

Used about 13 251 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 204 · legal and administrative ≈ 719 · UN documents ≈ 12 328).

- I am afraid I left the Chamber for about 60 **seconds** of her speech.
  Je crains de m'être absenté à peu près une minute **pendant** son intervention.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 164826)

- The supply voltage to the electronic light source control-gear shall then be switched off for a period of 10 **seconds**, and be switched on again.
  Le courant alimentant le régulateur électronique de source lumineuse est ensuite coupé **pendant** 10 s, puis rétabli.
  ([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 5463223)

- 3.8.2.8.2.1. exceeding 5 g in the rearward direction for a cumulative period of at least 0.015 **seconds**;
  3.8.2.8.2.1 dépassant 5 g vers l &apos; arrière **pendant** une durée cumulative d &apos; au moins 0,015 s;
  ([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 12815669)

- The test procedure comprises a number of consecutive braking cycles each containing a number of X braking intervals of five **seconds** brake applied followed by 10 **seconds** brake released.
  La procédure d’essai comprend plusieurs cycles de freinage consécutifs **pendant** chacun desquels la commande de frein est actionnée à x reprises pendant 5 s puis relâchée pendant 10 s.
  ([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 5505146)

- (b) Pressure shall be maintained for a sufficiently long period (at least 30 **seconds**) to ensure complete expansion.
  b) La pression doit être maintenue **pendant** un laps de temps suffisamment long (au moins 30 s) pour qu &apos; il y ait une expansion complète.
  ([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 28107761)

## après

Used about 3 809 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 719 · UN documents ≈ 3 082).

- On **second** thought, I think I will have a slice of that pie.
  **Après** réflexion, je pense que je vais prendre une part de cette tarte.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#652535](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/652535) [\#811094](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/811094))

- "My boy!" came to me after a few **seconds**.
  «Mon enfant?» me fut-il répondu **après** quelques instants.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2419)

- Not earlier than 10 **seconds** and not later than 60 **seconds** after the impact the switch S1 shall be closed while the voltage Ub and the current Ie are measured and recorded.
  Entre 10 et 60 s **après** le choc, fermer le commutateur S1 puis mesurer et consigner la tension Ub et l’intensité Ie.
  ([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 5598699)

- The engine shall be stopped within 10 **seconds** of it being automatically started.
  - **Après** avoir parcouru 100 km.
  ([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 11260753)

- Push the sample holder into the combustion chamber so that the end of the sample is exposed to the flame, and after 15 **seconds** cut off the gas flow.
  Pousser le porte-échantillon dans la chambre de combustion afin que le bout de l'échantillon soit exposé à la flamme et, 15 s **après**, couper l'arrivée de gaz.
  ([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 5474715)

## More sentences

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

- He'll be here any **second**.
  Il sera là à tout moment.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1453546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1453546) [\#1453654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1453654))

- I'd like a **second** opinion.
  J'aimerais une autre opinion.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2012501](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2012501) [\#2594117](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2594117))

- On **second** thought, let's go out to eat.
  En fin de compte, allons manger dehors.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#3781311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3781311) [\#3781375](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3781375))

## 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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