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# widespread — English to French

How English *widespread* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: widespread (27 329). By style: everyday 9 · parliamentary 1 711 · legal and administrative 509 · UN documents 25 100.

## répandue

Used about 4 618 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 356 · legal and administrative ≈ 74 · UN documents ≈ 4 183). Forms: répandu, répandue.

- That custom has become very **widespread**.
  Cette coutume est devenue très **répandue**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2267817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2267817) [\#11786560](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11786560))

- It is certainly the case that **widespread** obesity exists.
  On ne peut nier que l'obésité est **répandue**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1138499)

- It is **widespread** in Africa and Asia and it has been reported in Turkey and northern Africa countries since 2014.
  Elle est **répandue** en Afrique et en Asie, et elle est signalée en Turquie et en Afrique du Nord depuis 2014.
  ([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 4242472)

- **Widespread** use of torture
  Usage **répandu** de la torture
  ([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 16427749)

- Xenophobia is a **widespread** attitude in ghettos.
  La xénophobie est une attitude **répandue** dans les ghettos.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and Ahiru · checked, community translation · [\#5051504](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5051504) [\#2874640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2874640))

## généralisée

Used about 3 329 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 107 · legal and administrative ≈ 85 · UN documents ≈ 3 137).

- **Widespread** availability of defibrillators is one of many examples.
  Une mise à disposition **généralisée** des défibrillateurs est un exemple parmi tant 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 949026)

- technical and market potential for **widespread** application or replication, or for future cost reductions;
  potentiel technique et commercial d'application **généralisée** ou de reproduction, ou de futures réductions de coûts;
  ([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 4955372)

- This took place well before the **widespread** legalization of abortion.
  Cette tendance a été relevée bien avant la légalisation **généralisée** de l &apos; avortement.
  ([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 22634504)

- It showed the importance of centralised European action in a **widespread** crisis situation.
  Cette attitude a souligné l'importance d'une action européenne centralisée face à une situation de crise **généralisée**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1519015)

- Collaborative research and development to drive **widespread** supply chain improvement and innovation
  Recherche et développement collaboratifs afin de favoriser l'amélioration **généralisée** de la chaîne d'approvisionnement et l'innovation
  ([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 3490466)

## largement

Used about 1 601 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 32 · UN documents ≈ 1 569).

- Moreover, that investigation concerns only one Member State, while the Union industry is quite **widespread**.
  Par ailleurs, cette enquête portait sur un seul État membre, alors que l’industrie de l’Union est assez **largement** dispersée.
  ([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 2721925)

- In a number of these countries there are high dependence rates on tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs and **widespread** poor nutrition.
  Dans nombre de ces pays, la consommation de tabac, d &apos; alcool et de stupéfiants et la malnutrition étaient **largement** répandues.
  ([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 11523641)

- Because of the existing **widespread** use of these denominations, alkanolamides are named from the parent alkyl amide and the appropriate abbreviation for the amine used, e.g. Cocamide MEA.
  Ces dénominations étant **largement** utilisées, les alkanolamides sont désignés à l'aide du radical alkylamide spécifique et de l'abréviation appropriée de l'amine utilisée (par exemple: Cocamide MEA).
  ([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 798873)

- 67. It is also reported that other practices such as tribal markings (tattoos), dietary taboos and early marriages are **widespread**.
  67. De même, il est relevé que d &apos; autres pratiques telles que les marques tribales (les tatouages), les tabous nutritionnels et les mariages précoces sont **largement** répandues.
  ([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 3010980)

- advocating the efficient use of resources, inter alia through **widespread** use of best available and economically viable low carbon technologies and standards for mitigations and adaptation;
  à prôner l'utilisation efficace des ressources, notamment en recourant **largement** aux meilleures technologies sobres en carbone viables économiquement et en appliquant des normes d'atténuation et d'adaptation;
  ([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 2771975)

## More sentences

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

- Tales like Cinderella are very **widespread** in China, Japan, and other countries of the world.
  Des contes comme Cendrillon sont très répandus en Chine, au Japon et dans d'autres pays du monde.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#5218773](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5218773) [\#817315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/817315))

- Checkers are played in many different ways, despite their **widespread** use in all civilized countries.
  Les dames sont bien connues dans tous les pays civilisés, mais elles sont jouées de différentes manières.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10335766](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10335766) [\#10340793](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10340793))

- The earthquake caused **widespread** damage.
  Le séisme a provoqué des dommages étendus.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#45135](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/45135) [\#1082224](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1082224))

## Grammar

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