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# accru — French to English

How French *accru* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: accru (22 950), accrue (37 363), accrues (7 795), accrus (6 151). By style: everyday 6 · literary 1 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 5 088 · legal and administrative 3 206 · UN documents 65 952.

## increased

Used about 36 850 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 908 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 304 · UN documents ≈ 32 633). Meaning: [increased in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/increased/).

- Les fumeuses présentent un risque **accru** de fausse couche.
  Smokers have an **increased** risk of miscarriage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Vanilla · checked, community translation · [\#4282118](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4282118) [\#12463532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12463532))

- Cette foule, à laquelle les quatre sergents, qui s'étaient postés dès neuf heures du matin aux quatre coins du pilori, avaient fait espérer une exécution telle quelle, non pas sans doute une pendaison, mais un fouet, un essorillement, quelque chose enfin, cette foule s'était si rapidement **accrue** que les quatre sergents, investis de trop près, avaient eu plus d'une fois besoin de la serrer, comme on disait alors à grands coups de boullaye et de croupe de cheval.
  That crowd which the four sergeants posted at nine o’clock in the morning at the four corners of the pillory had inspired with the hope of some sort of an execution, no doubt, not a hanging, but a whipping, a cropping of ears, something, in short,—that crowd had **increased** so rapidly that the four policemen, too closely besieged, had had occasion to “press” it, as the expression then ran, more than once, by sound blows of their whips, and the haunches of their horses.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3405)

- Par ta grande sagesse et par ton commerce Tu as **accru** tes richesses, Et par tes richesses ton cœur s’est élevé.
  By your great wisdom and by your trading you have **increased** your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 28:5)

- Les investissements stratégiques à long terme en Europe doivent être **accrus**.
  Strategic long-term investments in Europe need to be **increased**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1542141)

- une sécurité **accrue** en mer, et
  **increased** safety at sea; and
  ([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 5127921)

## greater

Used about 10 531 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 140 · legal and administrative ≈ 117 · UN documents ≈ 9 275). Meaning: [greater in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/greater/).

- Premièrement, la sécurité juridique est **accrue**.
  Firstly, there is **greater** legal certainty.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 576652)

- promotion d'une utilisation **accrue** des technologies durables en matière énergétique;
  fostering **greater** use of sustainable energy technologies;
  ([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 1078589)

- C. Rôle **accru** des pays en développement
  **Greater** role of developing countries
  ([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 17824371)

- La commission des pétitions devrait, selon moi, avoir des compétences **accrues**.
  I believe that the Committee on Petitions should have **greater** powers.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 228942)

- Le Royaume-Uni a consenti des efforts **accrus** pour associer les différentes parties prenantes à ce processus.
  The UK has made **greater** efforts to involve stakeholders.
  ([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 1177170)

## More sentences

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

- Les femmes dont les mères ou les sœurs ont de l'endométriose courent un risque **accru** de développer également cette maladie.
  Women with mothers or sisters who have endometriosis are at elevated risk of developing the condition themselves.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Vanilla · checked, community translation · [\#4282130](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4282130) [\#5140900](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5140900))

- Les profits de l’entreprise se sont **accrus**.
  The company's profits have been increasing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#681203](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/681203) [\#13085508](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13085508))

- La dotation de l'université s'est **accrue** de 10% dans la seule dernière année.
  The university's endowment grew 10% in the last year alone.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#696898](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/696898) [\#806073](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/806073))

## Grammar

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