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# fermement — French to English

How French *fermement* 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: fermement (25 065). By style: everyday 43 · literary 2 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 3 341 · legal and administrative 181 · UN documents 21 495.

## strongly

Used about 10 782 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 905 · legal and administrative ≈ 23 · UN documents ≈ 9 852). Meaning: [strongly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/strongly/).

- Je crois **fermement** au ré-engendrement après la mort.
  I **strongly** believe in respawn after death.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and BraveSentry · checked, community translation · [\#817479](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/817479) [\#936600](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/936600))

- C'est une mesure que je soutiens **fermement**.
  This is a measure I **strongly** support.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1140626)

- La Commission a reçu des observations d’un seul tiers, **fermement** opposé aux subventions accordées par la Pologne.
  The Commission received comments from one interested third party which **strongly** opposed the subsidies given by Poland.
  ([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 2020997)

- Le Pakistan est **fermement** attaché au rôle que joue l &apos; Organisation dans le maintien de la paix.
  Pakistan is **strongly** committed to the United Nations role in peace-keeping.
  ([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 1647808)

- Je m'y oppose **fermement** et ne changerai pas d'opinion.
  I am **strongly** against this and won't change my mind.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · [\#12198603](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12198603) [\#11093738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11093738))

## firmly

Used about 7 323 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 392 · legal and administrative ≈ 94 · UN documents ≈ 5 822). Meaning: [firmly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/firmly/).

- Tiens-toi **fermement** à la rampe.
  Hold on **firmly** to the handrail.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1058912](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1058912) [\#458531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/458531))

- Gringoire ici crut **fermement** qu'il n'avait fait qu'un rêve depuis le matin, et que ceci en était la suite.
  Gringoire **firmly** believed that he had been in a dream ever since morning, and that this was the continuation of it.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1473)

- Car je suis **fermement** convaincu qu'il ne peut y avoir de démocratie sans transparence.
  For I am **firmly** convinced that a democracy cannot exist without transparency.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 228879)

- La ceinture est **fermement** ajustée au mannequin.
  The belt shall be **firmly** adjusted to the manikin.
  ([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 5548430)

- Le Cambodge est **fermement** convaincu qu &apos; un nombre plus élevé d &apos; armes ne rendra pas le monde plus sûr.
  Cambodia is **firmly** convinced that more weapons will not make the world more secure.
  ([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 13228456)

## committed

Used about 973 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 70 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 · UN documents ≈ 896). Meaning: [committed in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/committed/).

- La Liste de juin est **fermement** opposée à toute législation civile et pénale commune au niveau européen.
  The June List is a **committed** opponent of common civil and criminal legislation at the EU level.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 883923)

- L'OIAC est **fermement** résolue à faire face aux menaces pour la paix et la sécurité.
  The OPCW is **committed** to addressing threats to peace and security.
  ([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 1171405)

- Le Gouvernement portugais est **fermement** attaché à l &apos; application de la résolution 2127 (2013).
  The Government of Portugal is fully **committed** to the implementation of resolution 2127 (2013).
  ([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 30229957)

- La Commission et les États membres restent **fermement** résolus à mener à bien la mise en œuvre des technologies les plus récentes pour l’inspection/filtrage des bagages de soute.
  The Commission and the Member States remain highly **committed** to complete the implementation of newest technology for the screening of hold baggage.
  ([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 5370066)

- Le fait que l &apos; Institut de statistique de l &apos; UNESCO se soit engagé **fermement** à étudier la possibilité de produire ces estimations pour 2012 est accueilli favorablement.
  The fact that the UNESCO Institute for Statistics has **committed** itself to investigating the feasibility of producing these estimates for 2012 is welcomed.
  ([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 24738611)

## believe

Used about 71 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 70). Meaning: [believe in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/believe/).

- Je crois **fermement** qu'un nouveau départ est possible.
  I **believe** steadily that a new beginning is possible.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and Will · checked, community translation · [\#4450385](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4450385) [\#4450423](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4450423))

- Si nous croyons **fermement** en un statut commun, si nous le voulons réellement, nous ne devons pas accepter de système de transition.
  If we truly **believe** and truly want a common statute there should be no transitional system.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1923625)

## More sentences

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

- Je me suis **fermement** tenu à la corde pour ne pas tomber.
  I held on to the rope tightly so I wouldn't fall.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1318871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1318871) [\#1322329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1322329))

- Je suis **fermement** opposé au plan.
  I'm dead set against the plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#254220](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/254220) [\#9738940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9738940))

- Il l'a **fermement** tenue.
  He held her tightly.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#302862](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/302862) [\#4696191](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4696191))

## Grammar

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