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# fort — French to English

How French *fort* 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: fort (30 768), forte (50 217), fortes (10 521), forts (6 894). By style: everyday 1 264 · literary 137 · biblical 236 · parliamentary 16 101 · legal and administrative 6 444 · UN documents 74 218.

## strong

Used about 25 453 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 520 · literary ≈ 23 · biblical ≈ 86 · parliamentary ≈ 7 883 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 865 · UN documents ≈ 15 076). Forms: strong, stronger. Meaning: [strong in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/strong/).

- Le lion est **fort**.
  A lion is **strong**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fs and CM · checked, community translation · [\#1392505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1392505) [\#611160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/611160))

- Et puis la Bastille était plus **forte** que le Louvre.
  And then, the Bastille was **stronger** than the Louvre.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7301)

- Il verse le mépris sur les grands; Il relâche la ceinture des **forts**.
  He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the **strong**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 12:21)

- Mais plus **forts** contre qui ?
  **Stronger** in opposition to Iraq?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 32578)

- Indice de neutralisation (acide **fort**)
  Neutralisation (**Strong** acid) number
  ([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 5415266)

## high

Used about 12 912 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 335 · legal and administrative ≈ 950 · UN documents ≈ 11 597). Meaning: [high in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/high/).

- La **forte** humidité me fait transpirer.
  The **high** humidity is making me sweat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#10960187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10960187) [\#10960250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10960250))

- Un jour où retentiront la trompette et les cris de guerre Contre les villes **fortes** et les tours élevées.
  a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities and against the **high** battlements.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ZEP 1:16)

- Cette arme, **forte**, spectaculaire, fait peur.
  We are afraid of this **high**-profile and powerful weapon.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1681459)

- Essai du disque de frein sous **fortes** contraintes
  Brake disc **high** load test
  ([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 5579348)

- Essai du tambour sous **fortes** contraintes
  Brake drum **high** load test
  ([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 24694029)

## heavy

Used about 4 306 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 184 · parliamentary ≈ 168 · legal and administrative ≈ 475 · UN documents ≈ 3 479). Meaning: [heavy in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/heavy/).

- Une **forte** gelée est attendue.
  A **heavy** frost is expected.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#4929353](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4929353) [\#7793392](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7793392))

- L'Irlande a demandé de l'aide au Fonds à la suite des **fortes** précipitations qui ont causé de graves inondations en novembre 2009.
  Ireland applied for assistance from the fund following **heavy** rain leading to severe flooding in November 2009.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1436853)

- **Fortes** précipitations (pluie, grêle, neige/glace)
  **Heavy** precipitation (rain, hail, snow/ice)
  ([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 5247868)

- L &apos; emploi de **fortes** quantités d &apos; engrais pour la culture du tabac appauvrit également les sols.
  The **heavy** fertilizing of land in order to grow tobacco leads to soil degradation.
  ([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 15353865)

- Nous avons eu de **fortes** pluies la nuit dernière.
  We had **heavy** rain last night.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Flavio and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10910261](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10910261) [\#519103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/519103))

## very

Used about 3 463 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 151 · literary ≈ 49 · biblical ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 755 · legal and administrative ≈ 170 · UN documents ≈ 2 319). Meaning: [very in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/very/).

- Il est **fort** érudit.
  He is **very** learned.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#302974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/302974) [\#3652306](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3652306))

- Vous êtes **fort** coquet, monseigneur.
  You are **very** dandified, monseigneur.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30484)

- Cette parole déplut **fort** aux yeux d’Abraham, à cause de son fils.
  The thing was **very** grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 21:11)

- Je comprends **fort** bien vos suggestions.
  I am **very** much in sympathy with your suggestions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1942393)

- Profils convexes dans l'ensemble; **fort** développement musculaire
  Profiles on the whole convex, **very** good muscle development
  ([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 1304185)

## More sentences

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

- Ne parle pas si **fort** !
  Don't speak that loud.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by queenie and rift · checked, community translation · [\#13286748](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13286748) [\#139512](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/139512))

- Elle l'enjoignit de travailler plus **fort**.
  She urged him to study harder.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#887483](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/887483) [\#1348336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1348336))

- Pourrais-tu parler un peu plus **fort** ?
  Would you mind speaking a little louder?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CM · checked, community translation · [\#974181](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/974181) [\#1897270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1897270))

## 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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