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# year — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: year (468 891), years (449 183). By style: everyday 3 141 · literary 156 · biblical 743 · parliamentary 76 350 · legal and administrative 99 483 · UN documents 738 201.

## année

Used about 443 003 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 571 · literary ≈ 45 · biblical ≈ 328 · parliamentary ≈ 46 923 · legal and administrative ≈ 40 415 · UN documents ≈ 353 721). Forms: année, années.

- Next **year** will be worse.
  L'**année** prochaine sera pire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3818431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3818431) [\#5493442](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5493442))

- A **year** passed; then another.
  Une **année** s'écoula, puis une autre.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3488)

- This burden was in the **year** that King Ahaz died.
  L’**année** de la mort du roi Achaz, cet oracle fut prononcé:
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 14:28)

- This sector underwent reform a few **years** ago.
  Ce secteur a connu une réforme il y a quelques **années**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1374726)

- the **year** of harvest;
  l'**année** de récolte;
  ([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 1642758)

## ans

Used about 281 191 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 276 · literary ≈ 81 · biblical ≈ 320 · parliamentary ≈ 16 702 · legal and administrative ≈ 32 125 · UN documents ≈ 230 688).

- I am 12 **years** old.
  J'ai douze **ans**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#2706902](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2706902) [\#2069123](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2069123))

- Doubled in four **years**!
  Doublée en quatre **ans**!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7375)

- Abimelech was prince over Israel three **years**.
  Abimélec avait dominé trois **ans** sur Israël.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 9:22)

- That was three **years** ago.
  Il y a déjà trois **ans** de cela !
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 101004)

- The age limit of 12 **years** is provisional.
  L’âge limite de 12 **ans** est fixé à titre provisoire.
  ([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 1848364)

## an

Used about 65 439 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 196 · literary ≈ 24 · biblical ≈ 88 · parliamentary ≈ 7 158 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 145 · UN documents ≈ 53 827).

- Tom died last **year**.
  Tom est mort l'**an** dernier.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and Yemana · checked, community translation · [\#1676706](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1676706) [\#5726953](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5726953))

- “She first said more than a **year**,” observed the soldier.
  --Elle a d'abord dit plus d'un **an**, observa le soldat.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8615)

- one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a **year** old, for a burnt offering;
  un jeune taureau, un bélier, un agneau d’un **an**, pour l’holocauste;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 7:15)

- I would just like to say that I lived through the siege and the shelling of Sarajevo for one and a half **years**.
  Je tiens à dire que j'ai vécu pendant un **an** et demi le siège et le bombardement de Sarajevo.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1301325)

- The Management Board shall hold two ordinary meetings a **year**.
  Le conseil d'administration se réunit deux fois par **an** en session ordinaire.
  ([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 3727990)

## depuis

Used about 1 048 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 8 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 036).

- For the first time in eight **years**, the wretched man had just tasted the bitter savor of an evil thought and of an evil action.
  Pour la première fois **depuis** huit années, le malheureux homme venait de sentir la saveur amère d'une mauvaise pensée et d'une mauvaise action.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5083)

- After many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in **years**,
  **Depuis** longtemps l’Éternel avait donné du repos à Israël, en le délivrant de tous les ennemis qui l’entouraient. Josué était vieux, avancé en âge.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOS 23:1)

- HCA has not expanded since 2009 and is merely returning to the original volume of flights operated by ČSA's charter division in the **years** 2008 to 2009.
  L’entreprise HCA ne s’est pas développée **depuis** 2009, elle revient seulement au volume initial de vols exploités par la division charter de ČSA en 2008 et 2009.
  ([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 2782921)

- This convent, which in 1824 had already existed for many a long **year** in the Rue Petit-Picpus, was a community of Bernardines of the obedience of Martin Verga.
  Ce couvent, qui en 1824 existait **depuis** longues années déjà petite rue Picpus, était une communauté de bernardines de l'obédience de Martin Verga.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10358)

## More sentences

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

- It's warm for this time of **year**.
  Il fait chaud pour la saison.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#242060](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/242060) [\#237254](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/237254))

- Arthur is one of the students that redid their **year**.
  Arthur est un des élèves qui ont redoublé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and Archibald · checked, community translation · [\#677905](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/677905) [\#669676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/669676))

- Sami is a few **years** older than Layla.
  Sami est un peu plus vieux que Layla.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and genes1s · checked, community translation · [\#7287319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7287319) [\#13357065](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13357065))

## Grammar

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