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# décennie — French to English

How French *décennie* 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: décennie (52 355), décennies (15 856). By style: everyday 33 · parliamentary 2 522 · legal and administrative 277 · UN documents 65 379.

## decade

Used about 65 906 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · parliamentary ≈ 2 286 · legal and administrative ≈ 254 · UN documents ≈ 63 336). Forms: decade, decades. Meaning: [decade in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decade/).

- J'ai connu Tom il y a des **décennies**.
  I met Tom **decades** ago.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Olcyx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5753769](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5753769) [\#12669689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12669689))

- Il aura fallu attendre une **décennie** pour qu'elle voie le jour.
  Almost a **decade** later it has now arrived.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1599905)

- Pics historiques de consommation sur la dernière **décennie**
  Peak demand over the past **decade**
  ([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 4161091)

- Objectifs de la CEE pour la **décennie** (20112020):
  UNECE goals for the **decade** (2011 - 2020):
  ([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 29754746)

- Dix **décennies** forment un siècle.
  Ten **decades** make up a century.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by EEEEEEEEE and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#11360006](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11360006) [\#11360739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11360739))

## past

Used about 29 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 26 · legal and administrative ≈ 3). Meaning: [past in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/past/).

- Je veux dire par là qu' il y a des responsabilités pour cette **décennie**, il y a des responsabilités aussi au sein de l' Union européenne.
  What I am getting at is that someone must take responsibility for what has happened over the **past** ten years, including the European Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 131371)

- Cette hausse continue de l’espérance de vie constitue une avancée majeure de ces dernières **décennies**.
  This continued increase in life expectancy is a major achievement of the recent **past**.
  ([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 2303449)

## over

Used about 26 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 26). Meaning: [over in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/over/).

- C'est le seul moyen de secouer les habitudes de cette maison, qui, nul ne peut le nier, se sont sclérosées au cours des **décennies**.
  It is the only way of bringing some sparkle and life to the procedures of this House, which have definitely been fossilising **over** the years.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 332797)

## two

Used about 26 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 26). Meaning: [two in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/two/).

- Monsieur le Président, au début de la **décennie** écoulée, nous avons connu l' effondrement du monde bipolaire avec l' effondrement d' un pôle.
  Mr President, the **two** superpower system fell apart when one of the superpowers broke up.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 202458)

## More sentences

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

- Une nouvelle **décennie** est passée en un clin d'œil.
  Another ten years went by quickly.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Thomz and jakov · checked, community translation · [\#53973](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/53973) [\#14140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14140))

- Même aujourd'hui, plusieurs **décennies** après la guerre froide, il y a encore beaucoup d'amertume entre les Allemands et les Russes, en particulier dans les zones qui avaient été occupées par l'Union soviétique.
  Even now, many years after the Cold War, there is still much bitterness between Germans and Russians, especially in areas which were occupied by the Soviet Union.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and sctld · checked, community translation · [\#757418](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/757418) [\#804702](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/804702))

- C'est pourquoi, une **décennie** plus tard, nous avons, face à l'Histoire, la responsabilité d'accomplir la réunification de l'Europe et de renforcer le processus d'intégration.
  Approximately ten tears later, we therefore now have a responsibility to history to join together in completing the reunification of Europe and strengthening the integration process.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 95871)

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