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# wide — English to French

How English *wide* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: wide (94 169). By style: everyday 83 · literary 28 · biblical 44 · parliamentary 4 571 · legal and administrative 5 754 · UN documents 83 689.

## échelle

Used about 17 271 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 381 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 199 · UN documents ≈ 15 692).

- I support the Commission's initiative to introduce Community-**wide** measures for reducing VOC emissions.
  Je soutiens l'initiative de la Commission visant à introduire à l'**échelle** de la communauté des mesures pour réduire les émissions de COV.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 501377)

- The dossier demonstrates that action on a Union-**wide** basis is necessary.
  Le dossier démontre qu’une action à l’**échelle** de l’Union est nécessaire.
  ([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 3280080)

- The CEB is the only system-**wide** coordination mechanism.
  17. Le CCS est le seul mécanisme de coordination à l’**échelle** du système.
  ([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 21837160)

- In Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands a nation-**wide** screening programme has led to a 30% reduction in the mortality rate.
  En Suède, en Grande-Bretagne et aux Pays-Bas, le taux de mortalité a diminué de 30% grâce à un programme de dépistage à l'**échelle** nationale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 467631)

- Together with the adoption of the Union-**wide** performance targets, the Commission shall establish:
  En parallèle de l'adoption d'objectifs de performance à l'**échelle** de l'Union, la Commission établit:
  ([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 4910862)

## large

Used about 14 753 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 33 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 1 238 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 997 · UN documents ≈ 10 461). Forms: large, largeur.

- That's too **wide**.
  C'est trop **large**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jimkillock and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#8838788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8838788) [\#12148778](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12148778))

- The Grand Sewer is, in fact, eight feet **wide** and seven feet high.
  Le Grand Égout en effet a huit pieds de **large** sur sept de haut.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27820)

- As through a **wide** breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin.
  Ils arrivent comme par une **large** brèche, Ils se précipitent sous les craquements.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 30:14)

- Only then can the consumers be offered a **wide** spectrum of choices.
  De cette manière seulement, le consommateur se verra offrir une **large** gamme de produits.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1646512)

- Mesh size between 80 and 99 mm **wide**
  **Largeur** du maillage comprise entre 80 et 99 mm
  ([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 4117174)

## mm

Used about 3 487 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 487).

- Its striking surface, rectangular and flat, shall be 1600 mm **wide** (l) and 500 mm high (h).
  Sa surface de frappe, rectangulaire et plane, doit avoir une largeur (l) de 1 600 **mm** et une hauteur (h) de 500 mm.
  ([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 17393296)

- 5.3.2.2.1 The \[orange-coloured plates\] may be reflectorized and shall be of 40 cm base and 30 cm high; they shall have a black border 15 mm **wide**.
  5.3.2.2.1 La \[signalisation orange\] peut être rétroréfléchissante et doit avoir une base de 40 cm et une hauteur de 30 cm; elle doit porter un liseré noir de 15 **mm**.
  ([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 12778883)

## porte

Used about 1 848 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 95 · UN documents ≈ 1 744).

- I opened the door **wide**.
  J’ai ouvert grand la **porte**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11004800](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11004800) [\#2231386](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2231386))

- The Thénardier threw the street door **wide** open:—
  La Thénardier ouvrit toute grande la **porte** de la rue.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8186)

- He set captains of war over the people, gathered them together to him in the **wide** place at the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
  Il donna des chefs militaires au peuple, et les réunit auprès de lui sur la place de la **porte** de la ville. S’adressant à leur cœur, il dit:
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 32:6)

- The door is being left **wide** open for arbitrariness, as was demonstrated in certain articles in the press when Parliament adopted the Leinen report.
  On laisse la **porte** grande ouverte à l’arbitraire, comme on a pu le constater dans certains articles de presse lors de l’adoption du rapport Leinen.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 567410)

- The channels are smooth and the gate is **wide** open for such dialogue.
  Les voies à emprunter ne présentent aucune difficulté et la **porte** est grande ouverte pour ce dialogue.
  ([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 6848946)

## More sentences

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

- They were standing still with their eyes **wide** open.
  Ils restaient là avec les yeux grand ouvert.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#307611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/307611) [\#1170475](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1170475))

- Whenever she sees me, she gives me a **wide** berth.
  Chaque fois qu'elle me voit, elle m'évite.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11812101](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11812101) [\#12462073](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12462073))

- He stood with his feet **wide** apart.
  Il était debout avec les jambes bien écartées.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#304741](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/304741) [\#1180125](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1180125))

## 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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