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# dernières — French to English

How French *dernières* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: dernières (114 061). By style: everyday 127 · literary 11 · biblical 12 · parliamentary 11 245 · legal and administrative 5 593 · UN documents 97 073.

## years

Used about 74 408 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 32 · parliamentary ≈ 4 451 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 165 · UN documents ≈ 68 760).

- Il vécut tranquillement les **dernières** années de sa vie.
  He lived quietly in the latter **years** of his life.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#296211](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/296211) [\#8540556](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8540556))

- Il s’agirait d’une grande amélioration par rapport aux cinq **dernières** années.
  That would be a great improvement over the last five **years**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 611233)

- l’adénomatose pulmonaire, au cours des trois **dernières** années;
  pulmonary adenomatosis, within the last three **years**;
  ([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 3870179)

- Il a présidé la Commission pendant les quatre **dernières** années.
  He has been Chairman of the Committee for the last four **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 24926922)

- Je me suis teint les cheveux ces trois **dernières** années.
  I've been dyeing my hair for the last three **years**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6876050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6876050) [\#6876168](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6876168))

## past

Used about 9 526 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · parliamentary ≈ 703 · legal and administrative ≈ 699 · UN documents ≈ 8 089). Meaning: [past in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/past/).

- J'ai été très seul ces deux **dernières** semaines.
  I've been really lonely these **past** two weeks.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#4875752](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4875752) [\#5411135](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5411135))

- Ces **dernières** semaines, nous avons évoqué la catastrophe de l'Erika.
  We have been discussing the Erika disaster here for the **past** couple of weeks.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 21388)

- Visas Schengen délivrés au cours des trois **dernières** années
  Schengen visas issued during the **past** three years
  ([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 1890211)

- On estime qu &apos; au moins 400 000 prisonniers sont décédés dans les camps ces **dernières** décennies. &gt; &gt; .
  Over the **past** few decades, it is estimated that at least 400,000 prisoners have perished in the camps. &quot;
  ([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 29295048)

- J'ai été très seule ces deux **dernières** semaines.
  I've been really lonely these **past** two weeks.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#4875752](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4875752) [\#5411137](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5411137))

## recent

Used about 7 181 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 3 983 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 165 · UN documents ≈ 2 022). Meaning: [recent in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/recent/).

- La chimie a fait des progrès considérables ces **dernières** années.
  Chemistry has made notable progress in **recent** years.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Pyrimadine and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#18647](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18647) [\#8343765](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8343765))

- Monsieur le Président, ces **dernières** années, la Chine a connu une énorme croissance économique.
  Mr President, in **recent** years, China has seen huge economic growth.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1314099)

- L’APPI a été réformée ces **dernières** années.
  The APPI has been reformed in **recent** years.
  ([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 4802503)

- Cette progression est modeste compte tenu de la tendance observée ces **dernières** années, marquée par un écart constamment positif entre les contributions effectives et les contributions prévues.
  The projected increase is modest compared to **recent** trends, where actual contributions consistently exceeded UNIFEM projections.
  ([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 20682545)

- Le nombre de touristes a augmenté considérablement ces **dernières** années.
  The number of tourists has increased greatly in **recent** years.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#20920](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20920) [\#11720321](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11720321))

## over

Used about 2 491 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 469 · UN documents ≈ 2 022). Meaning: [over in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/over/).

- Elle fut particulièrement intense au cours des **dernières** semaines.
  It has been particularly active **over** the last few weeks.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1789129)

- Ces **dernières** sont également allées jusque dans le Sud-Kivu où elles représentent 348 000 personnes au total.
  Internally displaced persons have also spilled **over** into South Kivu, bringing the total to 348,000.
  ([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 19523997)

- . - Monsieur le Président, Mesdames et Messieurs, une véritable catastrophe humanitaire, concernant plus d’un million de civils, a eu lieu à Gaza ces **dernières** heures.
  . Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, a real humanitarian disaster has been taking place in Gaza **over** the last few hours, involving more than one million civilians.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 838397)

## three

Used about 2 025 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · UN documents ≈ 2 022). Meaning: [three in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/three/).

- Tu es tes trois **dernières** publications sur Twitter.
  You are the latest **three** tweets that you posted.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#12258132](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12258132) [\#12258135](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12258135))

- Les trois **dernières** seront présentées au Ministre de la justice et à la direction de la Police nationale d &apos; Haïti pour être validées.
  The remaining **three** directives will be presented to the Minister of Justice and the leadership of the Haitian National Police for final validation.
  ([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 26714182)

## last

Used about 740 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 234 · legal and administrative ≈ 466). Meaning: [last in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/last/).

- Nous sommes les **dernières**.
  We're the **last**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2240708](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2240708) [\#4801865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4801865))

- Nous avons dit plus haut que le réseau actuel, grâce à l'activité spéciale des trente **dernières** années, n'a pas moins de soixante lieues.
  We have said above, that the actual network, thanks to the special activity of the **last** thirty years, was no less than sixty leagues in extent.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27635)

- ses premières et ses **dernières** actions, cela est écrit dans le livre des rois d’Israël et de Juda.
  and his acts, first and **last**, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 35:27)

- Les deux **dernières** véritables banques d'investissement - Goldman Sachs et Morgan Stanley - se sont maintenant tournées vers le secteur bancaire commercial.
  The **last** two pure investment banks - Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley - have now switched to the commercial banking sector.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1137402)

- 24 (± 1) premières et 25 **dernières** secondes
  First 24 (±1) s and **last** 25 s
  ([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 422034)

## two

Used about 235 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 234). Meaning: [two in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/two/).

- Tryphon n'enregistre point ces deux **dernières** trouvailles, attendu que Tryphon vivait au douzième siècle et qu'il ne semble point que le diable ait eu l'esprit d'inventer la poudre avant Roger Bacon et les cartes avant Charles VI.
  Tryphon does not record these **two** finds, since Tryphon lived in the twelfth century, and since the devil does not appear to have had the wit to invent powder before Roger Bacon’s time, and cards before the time of Charles VI.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7840)

- Les deux **dernières** réussites dont on chante les louanges sont l’Inde et la Chine, dont aucune n’a suivi leurs prescriptions.
  The **two** latest much-lauded success stories are India and China, neither of which has followed their prescriptions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 645349)

## More sentences

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

- Il règle ses **dernières** affaires.
  He's tying up his loose ends.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14044848](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14044848) [\#14044860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14044860))

- J’ai besoin d’aide pour mettre à niveau le système d’exploitation de mon appareil afin de me protéger des **dernières** cybermenaces.
  I need help to upgrade my device’s operating system to protect myself from the latest cyber-threats.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marioo and marioo · checked, community translation · [\#8261051](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8261051) [\#8261046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8261046))

- Il est l'heure d'appliquer les **dernières** touches.
  It's time to apply the final touches.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#11554675](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11554675) [\#11561410](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11561410))

## Grammar

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