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# summit — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: summit (103 855), summits (13 717). By style: everyday 24 · literary 18 · parliamentary 11 849 · legal and administrative 288 · UN documents 105 393.

## sommet

Used about 102 539 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 11 108 · legal and administrative ≈ 276 · UN documents ≈ 91 121). Forms: sommet, sommets.

- She started from the **summit**.
  Elle débuta au **sommet**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1722532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1722532) [\#1696465](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1696465))

- The next morning, a grey, heavy, cloudy sky seemed to droop over the **summit** of the cone.
  Le lendemain, un ciel gris, nuageux, lourd, s'abaissa sur le **sommet** du cône.
  ([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 1413)

- In a few days, a **summit** is to be held.
  Un **sommet** se tiendra dans quelques jours.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1514130)

- VIII World Rubber **Summit**
  VIII **Sommet** mondial du caoutchouc
  ([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 85936)

- (a) G8 **Summit** follow-up
  a) Suivi du **Sommet** du G8
  ([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 20723528)

## réunions

Used about 2 196 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 196).

- of United Nations **summits** and major intergovernmental
  Nations Unies et des principales **réunions** intergouvernementales,
  ([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 23358868)

- The **summits** have increased the security of nuclear material worldwide, reducing the chances that such material could fall into the hands of terrorists.
  Ces **réunions** ont permis d &apos; améliorer la sécurité des matières nucléaires dans le monde entier et de réduire les risques de les voir tomber entre les mains de terroristes.
  ([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 30130277)

## unies

Used about 2 196 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 196).

- and **Summits** in the Economic and Social Fields1
  Nations **Unies** dans les domaines économique et social1
  ([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 10889672)

- conferences and **summits** in the economic, social and related fields
  organisées par les Nations **Unies** dans les domaines économique et social et dans les domaines connexes
  ([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 14530007)

## conférences

Used about 1 221 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 123 · UN documents ≈ 1 098).

- Mr President, the world at large is slowly getting tired of hearing reports on environmental **summits** with feeble outcomes.
  Monsieur le Président, l'opinion publique commence à se lasser d'entendre des rapports de **conférences** sur l'environnement débouchant sur de maigres résultats.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 366100)

- Implementation of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and **summits**
  Application et suivi des textes issus des grandes **conférences**
  ([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 24449721)

## lors

Used about 123 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 123).

- Mr President, At the Biarritz **Summit**, there was obvious antagonism between the smaller and the larger Member States.
  Monsieur le Président, **lors** de la réunion de Biarritz, une opposition nette s'est fait jour entre les États membres les plus petits et les plus grands.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 104414)

## More sentences

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

- The twelve strokes had not finished striking when Enjolras sprang to his feet, and from the **summit** of the barricade hurled this thundering shout:
  Les douze coups n'étaient pas sonnés qu'Enjolras se dressait tout debout, et jetait du haut de la barricade cette clameur tonnante:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26638)

- Bossuet, who towered above the interlocutors from the **summit** of a heap of paving-stones, exclaimed, rifle in hand:—
  Bossuet, dominant les causeurs du haut d'un tas de pavés, s'écriait, la carabine à la main:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25543)

- Meanwhile the king addressed him, from the **summit** of his cask,—
  Cependant le roi, du haut de sa futaille, lui adressa la parole.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1247)

## 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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