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# extérieure — French to English

How French *extérieure* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 8 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: extérieure (36 095), extérieures (30 817). By style: everyday 8 · literary 8 · biblical 7 · parliamentary 7 618 · legal and administrative 10 545 · UN documents 48 726.

## external

Used about 37 776 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 5 952 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 932 · UN documents ≈ 25 886). Meaning: [external in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/external/).

- La parole est la pensée **extérieure**, et la pensée est la parole intérieure.
  Speech is **external** thought, and thought internal speech.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#5002684](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5002684) [\#923431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/923431))

- —Mais il est pourtant évident que la surface du globe a été soumise à la combustion, et il est permis de supposer que la croûte **extérieure** s'est refroidie d'abord, tandis que la chaleur se réfugiait au centre.
  "Yet it is evident that the surface of the globe has been subject to the action of fire," I replied, "and it is quite reasonable to suppose that the **external** crust cooled down first, whilst the heat took refuge down to the centre."
  ([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 523)

- Service européen pour l'action **extérieure** (
  European **External** Action Service (
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1404299)

- Saillies **extérieures** des cabines
  **External** projections of cabs
  ([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 2738108)

- — exempts d &apos; humidité **extérieure** anormale
  - free of abnormal **external** moisture
  ([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 6721870)

## foreign

Used about 7 960 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 032 · legal and administrative ≈ 330 · UN documents ≈ 6 598). Meaning: [foreign in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/foreign/).

- Le gouvernement était dans l'obligation de modifier sa politique **extérieure**.
  The government was obliged to make changes in its **foreign** policy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Bruno and CM · checked, community translation · [\#497965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/497965) [\#497422](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/497422))

- J'en viens à la partie relative à la politique **extérieure**.
  So I turn now to **foreign** policy considerations.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1928637)

- Unité Politique commerciale **extérieure**
  **Foreign** Trade Policy Unit
  ([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 378624)

- a) Ministre des relations **extérieures** et des cultes;
  (a) Ministry of **Foreign** Affairs and Worship;
  ([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 17028077)

- La Commission a un rôle à jouer dans le façonnement du Service d’action **extérieure**.
  The Commission has a part in shaping the **foreign** service.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 677595)

## outside

Used about 5 658 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 317 · legal and administrative ≈ 769 · UN documents ≈ 4 568). Meaning: [outside in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/outside/).

- La pression **extérieure** a augmenté.
  The pressure from **outside** grew.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and ariarin · checked, community translation · [\#9718548](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9718548) [\#7982311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7982311))

- Il appréciait, pesait et résumait, en s'habillant, ses émotions de la veille, cherchant à en dégager bien nettement et bien complètement les causes réelles, secrètes, les causes personnelles en même temps que les causes **extérieures**.
  While he was dressing he appraised, weighed, and summed up the agitations of the past day, trying to bring out quite clearly and fully their real and occult causes, those personal to himself as well as those from **outside**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 796)

- Le prince entrera par le chemin du vestibule de la porte **extérieure**, et se tiendra près des poteaux de la porte; les sacrificateurs offriront son holocauste et ses sacrifices d’actions de grâces; il se prosternera sur le seuil de la porte, puis il sortira, et la porte ne sera pas fermée avant le soir.
  The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate **outside**, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 46:2)

- Une assistance **extérieure** paraît dès lors indispensable.
  **Outside** help now appears essential.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 221005)

- Une autre personne **extérieure** au ménage
  3 Someone else **outside** the household
  ([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 2878442)

## outer

Used about 5 534 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 977 · UN documents ≈ 3 553). Meaning: [outer in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/outer/).

- Le sac est doté de deux poches **extérieures**.
  The bag has two **outer** pockets.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and danepo · checked, community translation · [\#2514527](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2514527) [\#12318611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12318611))

- Il me ramena vers la porte **extérieure** du sanctuaire, du côté de l’orient. Mais elle était fermée.
  Then he brought me back by the way of the **outer** gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 44:1)

- deux couches **extérieures** en polyester,
  two **outer** layers of polyester,
  ([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 4761885)

- La feuille d &apos; habillage **extérieure** sera collée sur la plaque de contact.
  The **outer** cladding shall be bonded to the contact plate.
  ([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 17393932)

- Il changea dans la maison de l’Éternel, à cause du roi d’Assyrie, le portique du sabbat qu’on y avait bâti et l’entrée **extérieure** du roi.
  He removed the covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s **outer** entrance to the LORD’s house, because of the king of Assyria.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 16:18)

## relations

Used about 3 045 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 045). Meaning: [relations in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/relations/).

- Ministre des relations économiques **extérieures**
  Minister of Foreign Economic **Relations**
  ([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 65443)

- :: Centre des relations **extérieures**, Dar es-Salaam (Tanzanie) (1982)
  Centre for Foreign **Relations** Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (1982)
  ([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 14585699)

- Membre du Conseil consultatif du Ministère des relations **extérieures** de l &apos; Equateur
  Member of the Consultative Committee on Foreign **Relations** of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  ([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 988057)

- M. Richard AMBASSA NTEDE, Chef de Service du Mouvement des Non Alignés, Ministère des Relations **extérieures**
  M. Richard AMBASSA NTEDE, Chef de Service du Mouvement des Non Alignés, Ministère des **Relations** extérieures
  ([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 7499620)

- M. Laurent VIGIER, Direction générale des Affaires européennes et économiques, Sous-Direction des Relations **extérieures** de la Communauté, Ministère des Affaires étrangères GAMBIE
  M. Laurent VIGIER, Direction générale des Affaires européennes et économiques, Sous-Direction des **Relations** extérieures de la Communauté, Ministère des Affaires étrangères
  ([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 6682392)

## debt

Used about 1 016 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 1 015). Meaning: [debt in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debt/).

- La dette **extérieure** des États-Unis a dépassé les 500 milliards de dollars.
  America's foreign **debt** shot past $500 billion.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and CM · checked, community translation · [\#67566](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67566) [\#139341](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/139341))

- Expert indépendant sur l &apos; ajustement structurel et la dette **extérieure** (M. F. Cheru)
  Independent expert on structural adjustment and foreign **debt** (Mr. F. Cheru)
  ([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 8144942)

- À la fin de 2004, la dette **extérieure** publique totale avait été ramenée à 14 milliards de dollars, contre 22,5 milliards de dollars à la fin de 1995;
  By the end of 2004, total public foreign **debt** had been brought down to $14 billion, as compared with a figure of $22.5 billion at the end of 1995;
  ([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 15391148)

## affairs

Used about 79 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 79). Meaning: [affairs in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/affairs/).

- Les 7 et 8 décembre 2009, lors du Conseil "Affaires générales et relations **extérieures**", nous avons adopté des conclusions relatives à l'élargissement et au processus de stabilisation et d'association.
  At the General **Affairs** Council meeting on 7-8 December this year, we adopted conclusions on enlargement and the stabilisation and association process.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1322509)

## borders

Used about 79 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 79).

- La question que je pose à la Commission est celle-ci : quelles mesures ont été prises depuis lors concernant les frontières **extérieures** ?
  My question to the Commission is: what has been done since on the outer **borders**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 229917)

## More sentences

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

- Ayez, non cette parure **extérieure** qui consiste dans les cheveux tressés, les ornements d’or, ou les habits qu’on revêt,
  Let your beauty come not from the outward adorning of braiding your hair, and of wearing gold ornaments or of putting on fine clothing,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1PE 3:3)

- Schabbethaï et Jozabad, chargés des affaires **extérieures** de la maison de Dieu, et faisant partie des chefs des Lévites;
  and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of God’s house;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 11:16)

- Parmi les Jitseharites, Kenania et ses frères étaient employés pour les affaires **extérieures**, comme magistrats et juges en Israël.
  Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 26:29)

## 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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