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# accrue — French to English

How French *accrue* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: accrue (37 363), accrues (7 795). By style: everyday 3 · literary 1 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 3 671 · legal and administrative 2 020 · UN documents 39 460.

## increased

Used about 22 354 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 338 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 284 · UN documents ≈ 19 730). Meaning: [increased in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/increased/).

- Les services administratifs et les institutions devraient proposer aux Étasuniens des opportunités **accrues** de participer à l'élaboration de la politique et d'apporter à leur gouvernement les bienfaits de leur expertise et de leur information collective.
  Executive departments and agencies should offer Americans **increased** opportunities to participate in policymaking and to provide their Government with the benefits of their collective expertise and information.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3652769](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3652769) [\#3654335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654335))

- 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)

- Nous devons être à la hauteur des enjeux d'une mondialisation et d'une concurrence **accrues**.
  We need to deal with **increased** globalisation and competition.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1570801)

- 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)

- Des ressources **accrues** sont attendues.
  **Increased** resources are necessary and expected.
  ([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 2523254)

## greater

Used about 6 108 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 071 · legal and administrative ≈ 105 · UN documents ≈ 4 933). 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)

- Une importance **accrue** sera accordée à cet aspect dans le cadre du nouveau projet TACKLE.
  To be addressed with **greater** focus under new project TACKLE
  ([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 27800813)

- 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)

- On observe une tendance à l'utilisation **accrue** de propylène de qualité polymère dans les nouveaux procédés de production chimique.
  There is a trend towards **greater** use of polymer-grade propylene in new chemical production processes.
  ([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 538702)

## enhanced

Used about 2 686 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 115 · legal and administrative ≈ 105 · UN documents ≈ 2 466). Meaning: [enhanced in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/enhanced/).

- Il ne faut pas dédoubler les travaux, mais leur donner une visibilité **accrue**.
  The work should not be duplicated, but be given **enhanced** visibility.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1300727)

- Efficacité et flexibilité **accrues**
  **Enhanced** efficiency and flexibility
  ([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 2503348)

- Cette transparence **accrue** permet de mieux suivre l &apos; évolution de la situation.
  176. The **enhanced** transparency allows improved monitoring of the situation.
  ([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 18068999)

- Nous partageons l'avis qu'une coopération **accrue** entre les organismes de surveillance nationaux est nécessaire ainsi que des liens et un dialogue renforcés avec les États-Unis.
  We agree that there is a need for more cooperation between national supervisors and **enhanced** links and dialogue with the US.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 390745)

- La RCSNU 2094 (2013) invite tous les États à exercer une vigilance **accrue** à l'égard du personnel diplomatique de la RPDC.
  UNSCR 2094 (2013) also calls upon all States to exercise **enhanced** vigilance over DPRK diplomatic personnel.
  ([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 2785494)

## transparency

Used about 42 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 42). Meaning: [transparency in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/transparency/).

- Voici quelques exemples de la transparence **accrue** qui préside aux activités du renseignement américain:
  To summarize the extensive **transparency** that exists about U.S. intelligence activities:
  ([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 3842803)

- L'assistance macrofinancière de l'Union devrait avoir pour objectifs spécifiques une efficacité, une transparence et une responsabilisation **accrues**.
  The specific objectives of the Union’s macro-financial assistance should strengthen efficiency, **transparency** and accountability.
  ([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 2833891)

## More sentences

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

- 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))

- Les aveugles ont souvent une perception auditive **accrue**.
  A blind person's hearing is often very acute.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#323722](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/323722) [\#15722](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15722))

- Et, parce que l’iniquité se sera **accrue**, la charité du plus grand nombre se refroidira.
  Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 24:12)

## Grammar

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