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# chiffres — French to English

How French *chiffres* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: chiffres (48 799). By style: everyday 48 · literary 4 · parliamentary 3 645 · legal and administrative 7 565 · UN documents 37 537.

## figures

Used about 29 527 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 2 886 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 940 · UN documents ≈ 22 679).

- Ces **chiffres** sont erronés.
  These **figures** are inaccurate.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and kaiperkins271 · checked, community translation · [\#6862493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6862493) [\#6861030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6861030))

- Nous parlons **chiffres**.
  We are talking **figures**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30481)

- Les **chiffres** parlent d' eux-mêmes.
  The **figures** speak for themselves.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 93287)

- Le Luxembourg n'a communiqué, pour 2002, que les **chiffres** par semestre.
  Luxembourg provided only half year **figures** for 2002.
  ([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 596215)

- Note: p = **chiffres** provisoires.
  Note: p: Preliminary **figures**.
  ([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 17028702)

## numbers

Used about 5 095 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · parliamentary ≈ 380 · legal and administrative ≈ 788 · UN documents ≈ 3 910).

- Les **chiffres** sont stupéfiants.
  The **numbers** are staggering.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5737895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5737895) [\#9736284](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9736284))

- Je partage son malaise par rapport aux **chiffres** et à leur interprétation.
  I share his unease about the **numbers** and their interpretation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1703511)

- Il importe que cette obligation s’applique lorsque l’anomalie fait référence à des **chiffres** élevés d’unités de gros bétail.
  This obligation should apply when the abnormality refers to high **numbers** of livestock units (LUs).
  ([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 1225608)

- Les premiers **chiffres** en matière d &apos; enregistrement ont dû être révisés, et l &apos; aide fournie adaptée.
  Initial registration **numbers** had to be revised and assistance delivery adapted.
  ([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 27116054)

- Ces **chiffres** sont ahurissants.
  Those **numbers** are staggering.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5734662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5734662) [\#12911008](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12911008))

## digits

Used about 4 317 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 76 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 891 · UN documents ≈ 2 346). Forms: digit, digits.

- Combien de **chiffres** a ce nombre ?
  How many **digits** does that number have?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2258687](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2258687) [\#11146255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11146255))

- Dans son considérant C, la résolution a raison de pointer du doigt les considérations économiques qui ont provoqué la réduction du calendrier à deux **chiffres**.
  Recital C of the resolution rightly points the finger at the economic considerations which led to the year being displayed as two **digits** only.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1962114)

- Nombre maximal de caractères/**chiffres**
  Maximum number of characters/**digits**
  ([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 2072315)

- Le code à quatre **chiffres** du produit dans le champ 2 est défini dans le chapitre 5.
  The four-**digit** product code in data field 2 is defined in Chapter 5.
  ([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 11183884)

- Un million est un nombre à sept **chiffres**.
  One million is a seven **digit** number.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Petrus and Jesse · checked, community translation · [\#4463341](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4463341) [\#4470966](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4470966))

## letters

Used about 782 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 782).

- Les **chiffres** doivent être des **chiffres** arabes et les lettres doivent être en caractères latins majuscules.
  The numerals shall be Arabic numerals and the **letters** shall be in capital Latin characters.
  ([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 29783618)

## numerals

Used about 164 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · legal and administrative ≈ 158).

- Sais-tu les **chiffres** romains ?
  Do you know Roman **numerals**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and whitefishglobal · checked, community translation · [\#4823613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4823613) [\#939196](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/939196))

- Seuls les **chiffres** arabes et les lettres majuscules ci-après sont utilisés:
  Only the following Arabic **numerals** and capital letters shall be used:
  ([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 5526673)

- Tu connais les **chiffres** romains ?
  Do you know Roman **numerals**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sicerabibax and whitefishglobal · checked, community translation · [\#4823613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4823613) [\#4833145](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4833145))

- Connais-tu les **chiffres** romains ?
  Do you know Roman **numerals**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and whitefishglobal · checked, community translation · [\#4823613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4823613) [\#939195](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/939195))

- Sais-tu les **chiffres** romains ?
  Do you understand Roman **numerals**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and marshmallowcat · checked, community translation · [\#1487661](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1487661) [\#939196](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/939196))

## More sentences

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

- Il a un salaire à six **chiffres**.
  He has a six-figure salary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#6049606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6049606) [\#11146276](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11146276))

- Vingt-cinq millions, c'est le plus modéré des **chiffres** approximatifs que donnent les évaluations de la science spéciale.
  Twenty-five millions is the most moderate approximative figure which the valuations of special science have set upon it.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27249)

- Nous pouvons en débattre ici, mais il me semble que ces **chiffres** sont sans commune mesure avec le contexte plus large auquel vous faisiez référence.
  We can argue about that here, but it bears absolutely no relation to the larger context to which you referred.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1156222)

## Grammar

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