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# accroissement — French to English

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: accroissement (38 594), accroissements (278). By style: everyday 1 · literary 4 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 1 653 · legal and administrative 1 869 · UN documents 35 339.

## increase

Used about 24 878 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 305 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 480 · UN documents ≈ 22 087). Forms: increase, increased, increases, increasing. Meaning: [increase in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/increase/).

- Deux heures après le départ, il ne marquait encore que 10°, c'est-à-dire un **accroissement** de 4°.
  Two hours after our departure it only marked 10° (50° Fahr.), an **increase** of only 4°.
  ([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 1579)

- Il donne de l’**accroissement** aux nations, et il les anéantit; Il les étend au loin, et il les ramène dans leurs limites.
  He **increases** the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 12:23)

- Il est vrai qu'il provoquera çà et là quelques **accroissements** des coûts pour le fabricant.
  It will occasionally lead to an **increase** in cost for the manufacturer.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1814022)

- Autres **accroissements** ou (-) réductions
  Other **increases** or (-) decreases
  ([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 5392040)

- Objectif : **Accroissement** d &apos; au moins 30 %
  Target: At least 30% **increase**.
  ([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 29575257)

## growth

Used about 5 185 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 29 · UN documents ≈ 5 154). Meaning: [growth in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/growth/).

- L'**accroissement** de la population a donné lieu à de graves problèmes sociaux.
  Population **growth** has given rise to serious social problems.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#270346](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/270346) [\#128711](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128711))

- sans s’attacher au chef, dont tout le corps, assisté et solidement assemblé par des jointures et des liens, tire l’**accroissement** que Dieu donne.
  and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s **growth**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · COL 2:19)

- Nous pouvons maintenant déplorer la situation du marché de la viande bovine, l'**accroissement** de 600.000 tonnes des stocks existants ou la baisse de 11 % de la consommation.
  We can express our regret at the situation in the beef and veal sector, the **growth** of stocks by 600 000 tonnes and the 11 % fall in consumption.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1617099)

- I. DIMENSION ET **ACCROISSEMENT** DE LA POPULATION
  I. POPULATION SIZE AND **GROWTH**
  ([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 3029546)

- En Afrique, la croissance de la production alimentaire ne suit pas l &apos; **accroissement** de la population.
  &quot; **Growth** in food production is not keeping up with population growth in Africa.
  ([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 1505474)

## population

Used about 1 104 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 104). Meaning: [population in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/population/).

- Il en résulte un **accroissement** rapide de la population de ces pays.
  The result was that the **population** of those countries was growing fast.
  ([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 243888)

- 6. Des **accroissements** importants de la population sont prévus dans les pays les plus peuplés, même si l &apos; on prévoit une baisse de leur taux de fécondité.
  Large **population** increments are expected among the most populous countries even if their fertility levels are projected to be low.
  ([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 11106389)

- Avec un taux d &apos; **accroissement** moyen de 2,6 % de la population entre 1960 et 1990, le revenu par habitant a baissé de 0,03 % en moyenne par an.
  Thus, with the **population** growing at an average rate of 2.6 per cent between 1960 and 1990, per capita income decreased by an average of 0.03 per cent a year.
  ([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 2035433)

## More sentences

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

- Celui qui est sage de cœur manifeste la sagesse par sa bouche, Et l’**accroissement** de son savoir paraît sur ses lèvres.
  The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 16:23)

- —Quinze degrés à peine, ce qui ne fait qu'un **accroissement** de neuf degrés depuis notre départ.
  "Hardly fifteen degrees (59° Fahr), nine degrees only since our departure."
  ([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 1606)

- Des captures moins importantes sont synonymes d'un **accroissement** de la pauvreté et des problèmes de sécurité alimentaire dans cette région du monde.
  Smaller catches mean greater poverty and problems with food security in this region of the world.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1097210)

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