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# classes — French to English

How French *classes* 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: classes (32 471). By style: everyday 19 · literary 2 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 581 · legal and administrative 3 422 · UN documents 28 436.

## classes

Used about 13 008 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 448 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 066 · UN documents ≈ 9 479). Forms: class, classes.

- Nous avons trop de **classes**.
  We have too many **classes**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by adjusting and adjusting · checked, community translation · [\#247872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/247872) [\#493618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/493618))

- Au dix-huitième siècle l'antique mélancolie de ces **classes** mornes se dissipe.
  In the eighteenth century, the ancient melancholy of the dejected **classes** vanishes.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21573)

- Le niveau de vie des **classes** ouvrières a diminué.
  The standard of living of the working **classes** has fallen.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 491525)

- **Classes** III 愦灭;amp; B
  **Classes** III 愦灭;amp; B
  ([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 5539064)

- le certificat Valable pour la ou les **classes** 1/ 2/
  Valid for **class**(es) 1/ 2/
  ([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 7554148)

## service

Used about 8 299 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 5 · UN documents ≈ 8 294). Meaning: [service in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/service/).

- Ils établirent les sacrificateurs selon leurs **classes** et les Lévites selon leurs divisions pour le service de Dieu à Jérusalem, comme il est écrit dans le livre de Moïse.
  They set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses, for the **service** of God which is at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 6:18)

- Services généraux (Autres **classes**)
  General **service**, Other level ID
  ([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 16280326)

- et touchant les **classes** des sacrificateurs et des Lévites, tout ce qui concernait le service de la maison de l’Éternel, et tous les ustensiles pour le service de la maison de l’Éternel.
  also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the work of the **service** of the LORD’s house, and for all the vessels of service in the LORD’s house—
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 28:13)

- Agents des services généraux (Autres **classes**)
  General **Service**, Other level
  ([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 27055355)

- Voici les **classes** des sacrificateurs et des Lévites pour tout le service de la maison de Dieu; et voici près de toi, pour toute l’œuvre, tous les hommes bien disposés et habiles dans toute espèce d’ouvrages, et les chefs et tout le peuple dociles à tous tes ordres.
  Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the **service** of God’s house. Every willing man who has skill for any kind of service shall be with you in all kinds of work. Also the captains and all the people will be entirely at your command.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 28:21)

## level

Used about 1 185 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 185). Meaning: [level in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/level/).

- Elles sont plus nombreuses dans les **classes** d &apos; entrée (elles occupent 53,2 % des 498 postes P-2 et 46,4 % des 1 445 postes P-3).
  It is higher at entry levels (53.2 per cent of 498 staff at the P-2 **level** and 46.4 per cent of 1,445 staff at the P-3 level).
  ([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 16377570)

- Le taux net d &apos; inscription dans les deux premières années du cycle secondaire (9e et 10e **classes**) est passé de 9,8 % en 2003/04 à 11,8 % en 2004/05.
  The Net enrollment ratio of the first cycle of secondary (9-10) **level** was increased from 9.8% in 2003/04 to 11.8% in 2004/05.
  ([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 15225592)

## More sentences

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

- De sa belle écriture, Maman rédigeait les étiquettes des cahiers, pour la rentrée des **classes**.
  With her beautiful handwriting, mum was inscribing the notebook labels, getting ready for the new school year.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#13714078](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13714078) [\#1811369](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1811369))

- Ses camarades de **classes** se sont moqués de cette fille.
  The girl was laughed at by all her classmates.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CK · checked, community translation · [\#46486](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/46486) [\#391246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/391246))

- Les Romains utilisaient le pain et les jeux pour apaiser les **classes** inférieures.
  The Romans used bread and circuses to placate the underclasses.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6698052](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6698052) [\#11291921](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11291921))

## Grammar

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