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# valuable — English to French

How English *valuable* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: valuable (25 289), valuables (482). By style: everyday 76 · literary 3 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 2 357 · legal and administrative 677 · UN documents 22 652.

## objets

Used about 5 555 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 127 · UN documents ≈ 5 427).

- Hezekiah had exceedingly great riches and honor. He provided himself with treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of **valuable** vessels;
  Ézéchias eut beaucoup de richesses et de gloire. Il se fit des trésors d’argent, d’or, de pierres précieuses, d’aromates, de boucliers et de tous les **objets** qu’on peut désirer;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 32:27)

- Armoured cargo vehicles for transporting **valuables**
  Véhicules blindés pour le transport d'**objets** de valeur
  ([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 346560)

- :: Take care of your **valuables**
  :: Surveillez vos **objets** de valeur;
  ([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 30338604)

- specialised vehicles transporting money and/or **valuables**;
  véhicules spécialisés pour le transport d'argent et/ou d'**objets** de valeur;
  ([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 969205)

- Acquisitions less disposals of **valuables**;
  - les acquisitions moins les cessions d &apos; **objets** de valeur ;
  ([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 7116393)

## précieux

Used about 5 136 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 010 · legal and administrative ≈ 78 · UN documents ≈ 4 011). Forms: précieuse, précieux.

- It's very **valuable**.
  C'est très **précieux**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4999970](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4999970) [\#5627072](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5627072))

- Now, silver is more **valuable** than bone.”
  Or, l'argent est plus **précieux** que l'os.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3104)

- We’ll find all **valuable** wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.
  Nous trouverons toute sorte de biens **précieux**, Nous remplirons de butin nos maisons;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 1:13)

- Health is the most **valuable** asset we possess.
  La santé est le bien le plus **précieux** que nous ayons.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1475912)

- The 2010 agricultural census will be a very **valuable** source in this respect.
  Le recensement agricole de 2010 sera une source très **précieuse** à cet égard.
  ([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 1169236)

## valeur

Used about 870 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · parliamentary ≈ 48 · legal and administrative ≈ 78 · UN documents ≈ 708).

- She sold all her **valuables**.
  Elle a vendu tous ses objets de **valeur**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10361122](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10361122) [\#10741376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10741376))

- A situation in which certain organisations are more **valuable** than others is alien to a large number of us.
  Nombre d’entre nous n’adhèrent pas à une situation dans laquelle certaines organisations ont plus de **valeur** que d’autres.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 579396)

- Bouygues Telecom notes among other things the lack of any disposal of **valuable** or strategic assets.
  BT relève notamment l'absence de cession d'actifs de **valeur** ou stratégiques.
  ([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 825371)

- Everyone entering Egypt must declare items of value such as jewellery, cameras, electronic equipment and other **valuables**.
  Toute personne entrant en Égypte doit déclarer des articles de **valeur** — bijoux, caméras, équipements électroniques et autres.
  ([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 937641)

- Gold is more **valuable** than silver.
  L'or a plus de **valeur** que l'argent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#6317788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6317788) [\#6603417](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6603417))

## argent

Used about 237 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 236).

- All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Silver was not considered **valuable** in the days of Solomon.
  Toutes les coupes du roi Salomon étaient d’or, et toute la vaisselle de la maison de la forêt du Liban était d’or pur. Rien n’était d’**argent**: on n’en faisait aucun cas du temps de Salomon.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 9:20)

- The attackers stole money, a satellite phone and other **valuables**.
  Les attaquants ont volé de l &apos; **argent**, un téléphone portable et d &apos; autres biens.
  ([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 15929461)

## cessions

Used about 205 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 205).

- Acquisitions less disposals of **valuables**
  Acquisitions moins **cessions** d'objets de valeur
  ([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 1324933)

- Acquisition less disposals of **valuables**
  Acquisitions moins **cessions** d’objets de valeur
  ([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 1318756)

- Acquisitions less disposals of **valuables**
  Acquisitions moins **cessions** d’objets de valeur
  ([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 359503)

- acquisitions less disposals of **valuables** \[44\]
  acquisitions moins **cessions** d’objets de valeur \[44\]
  ([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 1318408)

- Acquisitions less disposals of **valuables** (P.53)
  Acquisitions moins **cessions** d'objets de valeur (P.53)
  ([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 2943101)

## acquisitions

Used about 7 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 7).

- Gross capital formation (P.5), changes in inventories and net acquisition of **valuables** (sum of P.52 + P.53): breakdowns
  Formation brute de capital (P.5), variations des stocks et **acquisitions** nettes d’objets de valeur (P.52 + P.53): ventilations
  ([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 1318703)

## More sentences

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

- Mark is delivering a **valuable** presentation.
  Mark est en train de faire une présentation importante.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and always · checked, community translation · [\#11567431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11567431) [\#12184924](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12184924))

- The horse was also **valuable**.
  Le cheval valait aussi quelque chose.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1223913](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1223913) [\#1224771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1224771))

- When a language dies, **valuable** knowledge disappears with it.
  Quand une langue meurt, de précieuses connaissances disparaissent avec elle.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5922039](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5922039) [\#8823582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8823582))

## 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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