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# cinquième — French to English

How French *cinquième* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: cinquième (130 299), cinquièmes (1 097). By style: everyday 45 · literary 9 · biblical 54 · parliamentary 1 540 · legal and administrative 2 283 · UN documents 127 465.

## fifth

Used about 123 084 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 54 · parliamentary ≈ 1 460 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 021 · UN documents ≈ 119 498). Forms: fifth, fifths. Meaning: [fifth in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fifth/).

- Il est arrivé **cinquième** de la course.
  He came **fifth** in the race.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#11205412](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11205412) [\#12437731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12437731))

- Le **cinquième** homme était sauvé.
  The **fifth** man was saved.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25743)

- Nocha le quatrième, et Rapha le **cinquième**.
  Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the **fifth**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 8:2)

- Le **cinquième** programme-cadre semble prometteur.
  The **fifth** framework programme looks promising.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1730970)

- ≤ deux **cinquièmes** de la TM
  ≤ two **fifths** of the ML
  ([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 3973911)

## periodic

Used about 2 656 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 656). Meaning: [periodic in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/periodic/).

- **Cinquièmes** rapports périodiques des États parties demandés pour 2000
  Fifteenth **periodic** reports of States parties due in 2000
  ([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 7885819)

- **Cinquièmes** rapports périodiques des États parties devant être soumis en 2004
  Fifthourth **periodic** reports of States parties due in 200234
  ([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 11747643)

## states

Used about 1 328 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 328).

- Dans la Constitution des Etats-Unis, c &apos; est la clause des &quot; trois **cinquièmes** &quot; qui illustre le mieux cette réalité.
  The &quot; 3/5 of a person &quot; clause in the United **States** Constitution best exemplifies that reality.
  ([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 1976414)

## three

Used about 1 328 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 328). Meaning: [three in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/three/).

- 28. Les trois **cinquièmes** (60 %) des femmes qui travaillent sont employées dans le secteur public.
  28. **Three** out of every five employed women (60 per cent) work in the public sector.
  ([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 18473063)

## four

Used about 40 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 16 · legal and administrative ≈ 24). Forms: four, fourth. Meaning: [four in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/four/).

- Selon les chiffres cités dans la proposition de résolution, 1,5 milliard de personnes n'ont pas accès à l'électricité, les quatre **cinquièmes** d'entre elles vivent en Afrique subsaharienne et en Asie du Sud, et près de 2,4 milliards de personnes utilisent encore des biocarburants traditionnels pour cuisiner et se chauffer, ce qui constitue une utilisation non durable des ressources naturelles.
  According to the data in the motion for a resolution, 1.5 billion people are currently without access to electricity, **four** out of five of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and nearly 2.4 billion people still use traditional biomass fuels for cooking and heating, which is an unsustainable use of natural resources.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1503183)

- Le troisième niveau vise des enfants qui se sont arrêtés en **cinquième** année et ceux ayant échoué en sixième année.
  The second level will be for children who went no further than the third or **fourth** year of primary school. These children will be taught to fourth-year primary level.
  ([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 3785076)

## committee

Used about 16 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 16). Meaning: [committee in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/committee/).

- En **cinquième** lieu, la commission de la pêche souhaite qu'une enquête soit menée sur le lien entre les changements climatiques et les ressources halieutiques.
  Fifthly, the Fisheries **Committee** wants research to be carried out into the connection between climate change and fish stocks.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 300063)

## More sentences

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

- Ils résident dans un immeuble délabré sur la **cinquième** rue.
  They live in a rundown tenement on 5th St.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#729871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/729871) [\#800962](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/800962))

- Nous avons célébré le quarante-**cinquième** anniversaire de Mère.
  We celebrated Mother's 45th birthday.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CN · checked, community translation · [\#249360](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/249360) [\#4817958](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4817958))

- Ils renouvelèrent leurs vœux à l'occasion de leur vingt-**cinquième** anniversaire de mariage.
  They renewed their vows on their 25th wedding anniversary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#719925](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/719925) [\#801515](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/801515))

## Grammar

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