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# dimension — French to English

How French *dimension* 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: dimension (32 260), dimensione (4), dimensiones (10), dimensions (26 271). By style: everyday 23 · literary 3 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 6 328 · legal and administrative 9 959 · UN documents 42 227.

## dimensions

Used about 37 202 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 944 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 674 · UN documents ≈ 25 569). Forms: dimension, dimensions.

- Tom vient d'une autre **dimension**.
  Tom comes from another **dimension**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2908803](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2908803) [\#2909066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2909066))

- Je connaissais bien, par les récits des voyageurs, certaines cavernes célèbres, mais aucune ne présentait de telles **dimensions**.
  I knew of celebrated caverns from the descriptions of travellers, but had never heard of any of such **dimensions** as this.
  ([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 2581)

- Il a une **dimension** économique.
  It has an economic **dimension**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 728971)

- **Dimensions** par groupe d'essai
  **Dimensions** per test group
  ([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 5579845)

- **DIMENSIONS** MAXIMALES DES BATEAUX
  MAXIMUM **DIMENSIONS** OF VESSELS
  ([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 4339381)

## size

Used about 5 537 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 198 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 848 · UN documents ≈ 3 487). Meaning: [size in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/size/).

- Les **dimensions** de ce tapis sont de 120 par 160 centimètres.
  The **size** of the carpet is 120 by 160 centimeters.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by negichan and CK · checked, community translation · [\#61019](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61019) [\#1101056](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1101056))

- Ils étaient faciles à reconnaître; c'étaient les humbles arbustes de la terre, avec des **dimensions** phénoménales, des lycopodes hauts de cent pieds, des sigillaires géantes, des fougères arborescentes, grandes comme les sapins des hautes latitudes, des lepidodendrons à tiges cylindriques bifurquées, terminées par de longues feuilles et hérissées de poils rudes comme de monstrueuses plantes grasses.
  They were lowly shrubs of earth, here attaining gigantic **size**; lycopodiums, a hundred feet high; the huge sigillaria, found in our coal mines; tree ferns, as tall as our fir-trees in northern latitudes; lepidodendra, with cylindrical forked stems, terminated by long leaves, and bristling with rough hairs like those of the cactus.
  ([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 2622)

- Nous pouvons aussi soutenir la proposition concernant les **dimensions** et la formulation des textes d'avertissement.
  We can also support the proposals concerning the **size** and wording of the warning text.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 128477)

- Position, **dimension** et nombre:
  Position, **size** and number:
  ([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 5585763)

- La **dimension** des cellules doit être la même que celle des segments de l &apos; enquête de terrain.
  The **size** of the cells should be the same as the segments of the ground survey.
  ([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 6119398)

## mm

Used about 901 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 513 · UN documents ≈ 387). Meaning: [mm in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mm/).

- dont les **dimensions** n’excèdent pas 80 mm × 55 mm × 50 mm,
  measuring not more than 80 **mm** × 55 mm × 50 mm,
  ([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 2739154)

- Celui apposé à l &apos; avant pourra être de **dimensions** réduites, sans toutefois être inférieures à 210mm x 250mm.
  The sign to be shown on the front may be smaller, but not less than 210 **mm** x 250 mm.
  ([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 17324647)

- autres plaques et films dont la **dimension** d’au moins un côté excède 255 mm
  Other plates and film, with any side exceeding 255 **mm**
  ([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 339788)

- limitées à une capacité maximale des pièces usinables de 150 mm de **dimension** ou de diamètre extérieur; et
  Limited to a maximum workpiece capacity of 150 **mm** outside diameter or length; and
  ([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 959365)

- Les certificats ont une **dimension** de 210 × 297 millimètres. Le papier à utiliser pèse au moins 40 grammes par mètre carré.
  The certificate forms shall measure 210 × 297 **mm**. The paper used shall weigh not less than 40 g/m2.
  ([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 1337828)

## More sentences

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

- Il nous est impossible de se représenter des objets en quatre **dimensions**.
  It's impossible for us to visualise four-dimensional objects.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#669371](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/669371) [\#1210877](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1210877))

- Il nous est impossible de visualiser des objets en quatre **dimensions**.
  It's impossible for us to visualise four-dimensional objects.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#669371](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/669371) [\#1271632](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1271632))

- Prends les **dimensions** de la pièce.
  Take the room's measurements.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#3348141](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3348141) [\#1000063](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1000063))

## Grammar

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