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# small — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: small (187 872), smalls (14). By style: everyday 809 · literary 57 · biblical 84 · parliamentary 16 875 · legal and administrative 14 040 · UN documents 156 021.

## petit

Used about 102 706 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 708 · literary ≈ 46 · biblical ≈ 51 · parliamentary ≈ 14 414 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 993 · UN documents ≈ 75 494). Forms: petit, petite, petites, petits.

- It's a **small** dog.
  C'est un **petit** chien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and MUIRIEL · checked, community translation · [\#9467574](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9467574) [\#503355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/503355))

- It is very **small** and very ugly.”
  C'est très laid et très **petit**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2409)

- I am **small** and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
  Je suis **petit** et méprisé; Je n’oublie point tes ordonnances.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 119:141)

- Once again, **small** producers will be the ones who suffer.
  Encore une fois, ce seront les **petits** producteurs qui en pâtiront.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1487029)

- BERRIES AND **SMALL** FRUIT
  BAIES ET **PETITS** FRUITS
  ([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 887083)

## entreprises

Used about 352 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 352).

- Naturally, undertakings pay a price, and not a **small** one.
  Naturellement, les **entreprises** paient un prix, et non des moindres.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 889684)

## More sentences

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

- The child picked up a **small** stone.
  L'enfant a ramassé un caillou.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by blay\_paul and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#47384](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/47384) [\#4627704](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4627704))

- The duodenum is a section of the **small** intestine.
  Le duodénum est un segment de l'intestin grêle.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lepotdeterre and sbamsbamsbam · checked, community translation · [\#4091048](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4091048) [\#4093549](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4093549))

- I had a **small** dinner party last weekend.
  J'ai organisé un dîner, le week-end dernier.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2331629](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2331629) [\#2429265](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2429265))

## 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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