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# croissante — French to English

How French *croissante* 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: croissante (24 140), croissantes (4 942). By style: everyday 17 · literary 3 · parliamentary 2 193 · legal and administrative 944 · UN documents 25 925.

## increasing

Used about 12 485 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 914 · legal and administrative ≈ 492 · UN documents ≈ 11 072). Forms: increasing, increasingly.

- La fonction exponentielle est strictement **croissante**.
  The exponential function is strictly **increasing**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · [\#12269584](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12269584) [\#5370554](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5370554))

- «Mais, dis-je, n'est-il pas à craindre que cette pression toujours **croissante** ne soit fort pénible?
  "But," I said, "is there not reason to fear that this ever-**increasing** pressure will become at last very painful to bear?"
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1535)

- D'un autre côté, une préoccupation commune se fait **croissante**.
  It has also led to **increasing** levels of care and concern across the borders.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 139323)

- On constate des différences **croissantes** entre les règles nationales à cet égard.
  There are **increasing** differences between such national rules.
  ([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 4558733)

- Les estimations qui ont été faites font apparaître une demande **croissante** de bois d &apos; oeuvre pour l &apos; industrie.
  Estimations done show an **increasing** demand of timber for the industry.
  ([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 832269)

## growing

Used about 11 848 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 800 · legal and administrative ≈ 236 · UN documents ≈ 10 802). Meaning: [growing in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/growing/).

- L'Algérie a une économie **croissante**.
  Algeria is a **growing** economy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10078039](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10078039) [\#10925491](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10925491))

- Seulement la pâleur **croissante** des flaques de lumière qu'il rencontrait de temps en temps lui indiqua que le soleil se retirait du pavé et que le jour ne tarderait pas à décliner; et le roulement des voitures au-dessus de sa tête, étant devenu de continu intermittent, puis ayant presque cessé, il en conclut qu'il n'était plus sous le Paris central et qu'il approchait de quelque région solitaire, voisine des boulevards extérieurs ou des quais extrêmes.
  Only the **growing** pallor of the pools of light which he encountered from time to time indicated to him that the sun was withdrawing from the pavement, and that the day would soon be over; and the rolling of vehicles overhead, having become intermittent instead of continuous, then having almost ceased, he concluded that he was no longer under central Paris, and that he was approaching some solitary region, in the vicinity of the outer boulevards, or the extreme outer quays.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27861)

- Les éleveurs européens sont depuis peu confrontés à des difficultés **croissantes**.
  European livestock farmers have been facing ever-**growing** difficulties recently.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1431190)

- Ainsi, ce type de cordages en fibres synthétiques représente une part **croissante** de son assortiment de produits.
  Thus such synthetic fibre ropes represent a **growing** share within their product mix.
  ([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 2214372)

- L &apos; enfance fait désormais partie des préoccupations **croissantes** du Sultanat.
  77. Concern for childhood is **growing** in the Sultanate.
  ([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 19509738)

## concern

Used about 550 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 10 · UN documents ≈ 540). Meaning: [concern in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/concern/).

- Ces évolutions sont particulièrement préoccupantes étant donné la participation **croissante** des clients de détail dans ce secteur du marché.
  These developments are of particular **concern** given the increase in retail clients participating in this sector of the market.
  ([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 4762671)

- La sécurité et la protection du personnel humanitaire travaillant dans la sous-région ont suscité des préoccupations **croissantes** ces dernières années.
  131. **Concern** over the security and protection of humanitarian workers operating in the subregion has risen in recent years.
  ([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 8028956)

- 10. Le fait que la mondialisation se développe dans un contexte de tensions sociales et de discordances politiques **croissantes** est extrêmement préoccupant.
  10. It is of considerable **concern** that the processes of globalization are taking place within a context of increased social tension and political discordance.
  ([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 8154280)

## ever

Used about 46 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 46). Meaning: [ever in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ever/).

- Le deuxième aspect important est que nous sommes confrontés aujourd' hui à une pénurie **croissante** de sang.
  The second important point is that blood is in **ever** shorter supply.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 228490)

- Le sujet numéro deux concerne les responsabilités **croissantes** qu'acquiert l'Union européenne dans le domaine de la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune.
  The second topic is that the European Union is gaining **ever** greater importance because of the responsibility it is assuming in the area of common security and defence policy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 177017)

## demand

Used about 31 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 30). Meaning: [demand in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/demand/).

- Il est prévu d'augmenter l'importation de bœuf américain pour satisfaire la demande **croissante**.
  Additional imports of American beef are planned to meet rising **demand**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dominiko and CM · checked, community translation · [\#274339](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/274339) [\#129058](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129058))

- Ces facteurs peuvent varier sur la durée, compte tenu notamment de la part **croissante** de la demande de détail et de gros satisfaite.
  These factors may change over time, in particular due to the progressive increase of retail and wholesale **demand** met.
  ([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 2040316)

- Il est probable qu'une partie de la réponse à cette demande **croissante** passera par une augmentation de la superficie des terres agricoles.
  Part of that increase in **demand** is likely to be met through an increase in the amount of land devoted to agriculture.
  ([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 4570099)

- En conséquence, les nouvelles capacités répondront à la demande intérieure **croissante** même si des capacités en excédent à certains moments ne sont pas à exclure.
  Thus, the new capacities will meet the rising domestic **demand** although it cannot be excluded that there might be at times some excess capacity.
  ([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 1034262)

## More sentences

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

- La lune est **croissante**.
  The moon is waxing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10022139](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10022139) [\#4900509](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4900509))

- Une part **croissante** des femmes gagnent plus que leur mari.
  A rising share of women earn more than their husbands.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#6981458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6981458) [\#11453509](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11453509))

- La thèse du rapporteur selon laquelle la construction de nouveaux réacteurs nucléaires exerce une pression **croissante** pour que les anciens soient mis à l'arrêt est fausse.
  The rapporteur's assumption that building new nuclear reactors increases pressure to close down older ones is spurious.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1969926)

## Grammar

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