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# dessus — French to English

How French *dessus* 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: dessus (119 782). By style: everyday 655 · literary 103 · biblical 296 · parliamentary 2 632 · legal and administrative 25 154 · UN documents 90 942.

## above

Used about 82 854 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 96 · literary ≈ 41 · biblical ≈ 86 · parliamentary ≈ 1 042 · legal and administrative ≈ 20 962 · UN documents ≈ 60 628). Meaning: [above in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/above/).

- Les étoiles scintillent au-**dessus**.
  The stars are glittering **above**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Delapouite and Luornu · checked, community translation · [\#271519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/271519) [\#1398755](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1398755))

- Gavroche leva le nez par-**dessus** son châle.
  Gavroche elevated his nose **above** his shawl.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20537)

- L’Éternel est grand dans Sion, Il est élevé au-**dessus** de tous les peuples.
  The LORD is great in Zion. He is high **above** all the peoples.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 99:2)

- Les modérés ont dès lors choisi de voter contre le rapport ci-**dessus**.
  We Moderates are therefore voting against the **above**-mentioned report.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 449826)

- Cf. section I-2.3 ci-**dessus**.
  Cf. Section I-2.3 **above**.
  ([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 5641672)

## over

Used about 22 318 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 109 · literary ≈ 21 · biblical ≈ 25 · parliamentary ≈ 274 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 048 · UN documents ≈ 20 841). Meaning: [over in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/over/).

- Par-**dessus** mon cadavre !
  **Over** my dead body!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#1588709](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1588709) [\#1589208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1589208))

- Une nuée rose est là-**dessus**.
  A rosy cloud hangs **over** it.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21875)

- La nuée de l’Éternel était au-**dessus** d’eux pendant le jour, lorsqu’ils partaient du camp.
  The cloud of the LORD was **over** them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 10:34)

- Le chômage se situe toujours au-**dessus** des 9 % au sein de l'Union européenne, taux inacceptable.
  Unemployment still remains at **over** 9 % within the European Union which is unacceptably high.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2002209)

- Contrôle visuel, le véhicule étant placé au-**dessus** d’une fosse ou sur un pont élévateur.
  Visual inspection with the vehicle **over** a pit or on a hoist.
  ([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 3209546)

## head

Used about 4 335 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 6 · legal and administrative ≈ 524 · UN documents ≈ 3 789). Meaning: [head in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/head/).

- Enfin, tu as mis le doigt **dessus** !
  At last, you've hit the nail on the **head**!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2264703](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2264703) [\#3667862](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3667862))

- «Qu'y a-t-il? demanda Sir Francis Cromarty, qui releva la tête au-**dessus** de son cacolet.
  “What’s the matter?” asked Sir Francis, putting out his **head**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 785)

- Encore trois jours, et Pharaon enlèvera ta tête de **dessus** toi, te fera pendre à un bois, et les oiseaux mangeront ta chair.
  Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your **head** from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 40:19)

- Fût en plastique, à **dessus** amovible
  Drum, plastic, removable **head**
  ([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 112090)

- 1N1 en métal autre que l &apos; acier ou l &apos; aluminium à **dessus** non amovible
  1N1 metal other than aluminium or steel, non-removable **head**
  ([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 5456559)

## More sentences

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

- Elle enveloppa le cadeau dans du papier de soie et mit un gros nœud rouge sur le **dessus**.
  She wrapped the gift in white tissue paper and put a big red bow on top.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#628069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/628069) [\#814830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/814830))

- L'herbe ne pousse pas plus vite si on tire **dessus**.
  Grass doesn't grow faster if you pull it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1130324](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1130324) [\#1130590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1130590))

- Pourriez-vous fermer les yeux là-**dessus** pour cette fois ?
  Could you please overlook it this time?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#1258894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1258894) [\#1259546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1259546))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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