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# dimensions — French to English

How French *dimensions* 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: dimensions (26 271). By style: everyday 15 · literary 2 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 753 · legal and administrative 5 197 · UN documents 20 302.

## dimensions

Used about 18 289 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 533 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 789 · UN documents ≈ 13 958). Forms: dimension, dimensions.

- Quelles sont les **dimensions** de cette pièce ?
  What are the **dimensions** of the room?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#44225](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/44225) [\#373440](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/373440))

- 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)

- Le problème du conflit à Gaza a des **dimensions** politiques.
  The problem of the Gaza conflict has political **dimensions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1197204)

- **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 1 531 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 31 · legal and administrative ≈ 650 · UN documents ≈ 846). 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)

- **Dimensions** minimales de l'étiquette: 60 × 120 mm
  Label minimum **size**: 60 × 120 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 5428350)

- e) Chaque colis doit avoir des **dimensions** qui permettent d &apos; apposer toutes les marques nécessaires;
  (e) Each package shall be of such a **size** that there is adequate space to apply all necessary markings; and
  ([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 17342821)

## figure

Used about 532 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 108 · UN documents ≈ 423). Meaning: [figure in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/figure/).

- Le charpentier étend le cordeau, Fait un tracé au crayon, Façonne le bois avec un couteau, Et marque ses **dimensions** avec le compas; Et il produit une figure d’homme, Une belle forme humaine, Pour qu’elle habite dans une maison.
  The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the **figure** of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 44:13)

- Point de référence pour la position indiquée; indique aussi les **dimensions** d'une aide à la navigation en mètres (voir la figure 5-1), si nécessaire
  Reference point for reported position; also indicates the dimension of an AtoN (m) (see **Figure** 5-1), if relevant
  ([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 4954567)

- 2/ L &apos; ampoule et les supports en verre ne doivent pas dépasser les **dimensions** de l &apos; enveloppe comme cela est indiqué sur la figure 6.
  2/ Glass bulb and supports shall not exceed the envelope, as indicated in **figure** 6.
  ([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 9877528)

## mm

Used about 531 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 108 · UN documents ≈ 423). 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)

## 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))

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