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# extraordinaire — French to English

How French *extraordinaire* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: extraordinaire (63 944), extraordinaires (9 885). By style: everyday 54 · literary 13 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 2 139 · legal and administrative 1 450 · UN documents 70 170.

## special

Used about 28 033 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 134 · legal and administrative ≈ 121 · UN documents ≈ 27 776). Meaning: [special in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/special/).

- Un sommet **extraordinaire** des ministres des finances a été convoqué pour ce soir.
  A **special** summit of finance ministers has been called for this evening.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10629889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10629889) [\#991612](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/991612))

- Le Conseil européen de Vienne a demandé que l'accord soit conclu au plus tard pour le Conseil **extraordinaire** de Berlin.
  The Vienna European Council called for the agreement to be concluded by the time of the Berlin **special** Council at the latest.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1960124)

- audit **extraordinaire** en cas d’irrégularités,
  **special** audit in the case of irregularities;
  ([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 3210058)

- Dixième session **extraordinaire** d &apos; urgence
  Tenth emergency **special** session
  ([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 3633213)

- Rien d'**extraordinaire** n'est survenu.
  Nothing **special** happened.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and kazuya00 · checked, community translation · [\#431049](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/431049) [\#4563170](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4563170))

## extraordinary

Used about 27 768 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · literary ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 1 315 · legal and administrative ≈ 831 · UN documents ≈ 25 583). Meaning: [extraordinary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/extraordinary/).

- Rends ta vie **extraordinaire**.
  Make your life **extraordinary**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#9159553](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9159553) [\#9159626](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9159626))

- C'est un secret **extraordinaire**.
  It is an **extraordinary** secret.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31577)

- Cette situation **extraordinaire** est pour le moins difficile à concevoir.
  That is an **extraordinary** admission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1114255)

- Mise à jour **extraordinaire** des décisions communes
  **Extraordinary** update of joint decisions
  ([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 3354841)

- Adoption de mesures **extraordinaires**.
  Adoption of **extraordinary** measures;
  ([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 11754386)

## sessions

Used about 12 517 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 91 · UN documents ≈ 12 426). Forms: session, sessions.

- Si les parties en conviennent, des sessions **extraordinaires** du comité mixte peuvent se tenir à la demande de l'une des parties.
  Special **sessions** of the Joint Committee may be held if the Parties so agree, at the request of either Party.
  ([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 4221922)

- en vue de la session **extraordinaire** de
  en vue de la **session** extraordinaire de
  ([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 9540510)

- Si les parties en conviennent, des réunions **extraordinaires** du comité mixte peuvent se tenir à la demande de l'une des parties.
  Special **sessions** of the Joint Committee may be held at the request of either Party, if the Parties so agree.
  ([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 4221594)

- A. Sessions **extraordinaires** de l’Assemblée générale
  A. General Assembly special **sessions**
  ([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 4524759)

- Si les parties en conviennent, des réunions **extraordinaires** du comité d'association peuvent se tenir à la demande de l'une des parties.
  Special **sessions** of the Association Committee may be held at the request of either Party, if the Parties so agree.
  ([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 164700)

## exceptional

Used about 278 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 67 · legal and administrative ≈ 211). Meaning: [exceptional in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/exceptional/).

- Son rapport met en évidence deux points **extraordinaires** de la recommandation.
  His report explains how the recommendation is **exceptional** in two respects.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1988959)

- Compensation de dommages causés par des calamités naturelles ou par d'autres événements **extraordinaires**
  Compensation of damage caused by natural disasters or **exceptional** occurrences
  ([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 5618937)

- Si la mondialisation est porteuse de menaces et de risques, elle est aussi un instrument d’ouverture **extraordinaire** vers les autres.
  While globalisation can involve threats and risks, it is also a way of obtaining an **exceptional** degree of openness towards others.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 661783)

- Aides destinées à remédier aux dommages causés par les calamités naturelles ou par d’autres événements **extraordinaires**
  Aid to make good damage caused by natural disasters or **exceptional** occurrences
  ([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 5071217)

- Elle permet, à titre **extraordinaire**, d’introduire des clauses transitoires dans le présent programme en ce qui concerne la période d’éligibilité des dépenses.
  This provides, on an **exceptional** basis, for transitional clauses concerning the period of eligibility of expenditure to be introduced in this programme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 577654)

## meetings

Used about 30 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 30).

- Des réunions **extraordinaires** sont convoquées à la demande d'une des parties.
  Special **meetings** of the Joint Committee shall be held at the request of either Party.
  ([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 270111)

- Des réunions **extraordinaires** du comité mixte sont convoquées à la demande de l'une ou l'autre des parties.
  Special **meetings** of the Joint Committee shall be held at the request of either Party.
  ([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 218027)

## More sentences

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

- C'est une situation **extraordinaire**.
  This is an unusual situation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1789176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1789176) [\#1793402](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1793402))

- Je n'ai rien d'**extraordinaire**.
  I am just an ordinary girl.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and oliviya · checked, community translation · [\#4004981](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4004981) [\#4005150](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4005150))

- Gagner le concours est une prouesse **extraordinaire**.
  Winning the contest is a stupendous achievement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#9040918](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9040918) [\#9815229](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9815229))

## 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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