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# faible — French to English

How French *faible* 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: faible (80 200), faibles (23 402). By style: everyday 211 · literary 23 · biblical 49 · parliamentary 6 402 · legal and administrative 13 329 · UN documents 83 588.

## low

Used about 55 595 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · parliamentary ≈ 1 267 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 025 · UN documents ≈ 45 277). Meaning: [low in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/low/).

- Le son est trop **faible**.
  The sound is too **low**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#11184938](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11184938) [\#8882354](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8882354))

- Nous devons devenir une économie **faible** en carbone.
  We must become a **low**-carbon economy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1316456)

- Substances actives à **faible** risque
  **Low**-risk active substances
  ([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 4363957)

- Utilisation de systèmes de logement à **faibles** émissions
  Use of **low**-emission housing systems
  ([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 24557072)

- La probabilité est **faible**.
  The probability is **low**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#12133999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12133999) [\#12338637](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12338637))

## weak

Used about 10 242 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 105 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 23 · parliamentary ≈ 1 400 · UN documents ≈ 8 707). Meaning: [weak in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/weak/).

- Tom n'est pas **faible**.
  Tom's not **weak**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rockaround and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4397527](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4397527) [\#7883328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7883328))

- Il demanda d'une voix **faible**:
  He demanded in a **weak** voice:—
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22223)

- Qui est **faible**, que je ne sois **faible**? Qui vient à tomber, que je ne brûle?
  Who is **weak**, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 11:29)

- Nous ne pouvons nous rendre à Poznań avec des instruments **faibles**.
  We cannot go to Poznań with **weak** instruments.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1025717)

- Ces lois, comme on le sait, ne laissent aucune chance de vie ou de survie aux espèces **faibles**.
  These laws, as we well know, leave no room for the **weak**.
  ([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 23420686)

## small

Used about 7 171 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 400 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 527 · UN documents ≈ 5 224). Meaning: [small in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/small/).

- C'est un **faible** prix à payer.
  It's a **small** price to pay.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2221067](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2221067) [\#2221720](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2221720))

- Il frappa au carreau un petit coup très **faible**.
  He tapped on the pane with a very **small** and feeble knock.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1404)

- Je dis: Seigneur Éternel, arrête donc! Comment Jacob subsistera-t-il? Car il est si **faible**!
  Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is **small**.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · AMO 7:5)

- Les procédures pourraient ainsi être plus rapides et, surtout dans le cas de **faibles** subventions, plus légères.
  This could make procedures less protracted and – particularly in the case of **small** grants – less burdensome.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 786004)

- (ex.: courbes de **faible** rayon愦灭※)
  (e.g.: **small** curves 愦灭※)
  ([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 853598)

## very

Used about 206 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 200). Meaning: [very in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/very/).

- La performance de votre ordinateur est probablement très **faible**.
  Computer performance may be **very** poor.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Poliglotski and Ylberi · checked, community translation · [\#1962600](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1962600) [\#6695572](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6695572))

- Son avant-garde était très **faible**, et ne pouvait rien.
  His vanguard was **very** feeble, and could accomplish nothing.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7304)

- C'est un très **faible** pourcentage.
  This amounts to **very** few indeed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 955401)

- Aux moments critiques, même les plus forts ont besoin des plus **faibles**.
  In critical moments even the **very** powerful have need of the weakest.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#920877](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/920877) [\#1335707](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1335707))

- La mobilité des travailleurs entre les pays européens est extrêmement **faible**, puisqu' elle n' est que de 0,4 %.
  There is **very** little mobility of workers within Europe. A mere 0.4%.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 198720)

## More sentences

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

- Elle a un **faible** pour les gâteaux au chocolat.
  She is partial to chocolate cake.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dolomitt and CK · checked, community translation · [\#311596](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/311596) [\#8276497](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8276497))

- Tu sembles avoir un **faible** pour la bonne chère, non ?
  You seem to have a thing for good food, don't you?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and phil9064 · checked, community translation · [\#11987507](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11987507) [\#2415265](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2415265))

- Tu sembles avoir un **faible** pour Tom.
  You seem to have a crush on Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3356257](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3356257) [\#6878355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6878355))

## 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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