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Meaning: [main in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/main/). - Nous avons également assisté à une communauté de point de vue entre les trois **grandes** institutions, ce qui n'a pas toujours été le cas. We have also seen agreement between the three **main** institutions, which has not always been the case. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 900323) - Elles ont aussi présenté les **grandes** lignes de la nouvelle stratégie de restructuration de l’industrie de la construction navale polonaise. They also presented the **main** features of the new restructuring strategy for the Polish shipbuilding sector. ([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 1986754) - **Grandes** commissions de l ' Assemblée générale **Main** Committees of the General Assembly ([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 21427916) - La Commission se réjouit du soutien renouvelé du Parlement concernant les principaux axes stratégiques de la politique économique tracés dans les **grandes** orientations. The Commission certainly welcomes Parliament’s renewed endorsement of the **main** axes of the strategy on economic policy contained in the Broad Guidelines. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 563887) - La même disposition sera observée dans le cas des **grandes** commissions. The same order will be observed in the **Main** Committees. ([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 12400014) ## major Used about 15 002 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 932 · legal and administrative ≈ 323 · UN documents ≈ 13 742). Meaning: [major in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/major/). - Toutes les **grandes** économies doivent prendre leurs responsabilités si nous voulons éviter les conséquences dangereuses du changement climatique. All **major** economies must step up to the plate if we are to avoid the dangerous consequences of climate change. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3651021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3651021) [\#11077045](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11077045)) - Le secteur public a financé les mesures de sauvetage des **grandes** banques. The public has financed the rescue packages for the **major** banks. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1494856) - Toutes les **grandes** banques tchèques sont concernées. They cover all the **major** Czech banks. ([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 1357579) - Seront-ils associés aux décisions des **grandes** institutions sociales? Will young people have a place at the decision-making levels of **major** institutions of society? ([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 5767530) - Il est important que les États-Unis et les **grandes** puissances asiatiques adoptent eux aussi nos objectifs. It is important that the United States and the **major** Asian powers adopt our targets as well. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1444823) ## large Used about 13 256 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 1 305 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 613 · UN documents ≈ 10 307). Meaning: [large in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/large/). - À combien se vendent les **grandes** maisons ? How much are the **large** houses sold for? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11250631](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11250631) [\#11250661](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11250661)) - Elle était vêtue d'un large peignoir blanc à mille plis et à **grandes** manches qui, partant du cou, lui tombait jusqu'aux pieds. She was dressed in a voluminous white dressing-gown, with a thousand folds and **large** sleeves which, starting from the neck, fell to her feet. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30469) - Voyez avec quelles **grandes** lettres je vous ai écrit de ma propre main. See with what **large** letters I write to you with my own hand. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 6:11) - Les **grandes** puissances et même plusieurs États plus petits oppriment souvent au moyen de la langue. **Large** countries, and many smaller ones too, often tyrannise others through language. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 41074) - **Grandes** entreprises non financières **Large** non-financial enterprises ([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 4005184) ## great Used about 4 870 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 70 · parliamentary ≈ 1 305 · UN documents ≈ 3 436). Meaning: [great in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/great/). - Les petits ruisseaux font les **grandes** rivières. Many small streams make a **great** river. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LowMemory and Objectivesea · checked, community translation · [\#8047449](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8047449) [\#14660](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14660)) - Ces **grandes** fièvres ont de grands rêves. These **great** fevers create great dreams. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29383) - L’Éternel a fait pour nous de **grandes** choses; Nous sommes dans la joie. The LORD has done **great** things for us, and we are glad. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 126:3) - Cette espérance, elle est née des **grandes** tragédies du XXe siècle. This hope was born of the **great** tragedies of the 20th century. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 991155) - La communauté internationale a accompli de **grandes** avancées dans le domaine de l ' action collective. 34. The international community had made **great** strides in collective action. ([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 25629147) ## big Used about 4 231 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 746 · UN documents ≈ 3 436). Meaning: [big in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/big/). - J'ai de **grandes** mains. I have **big** hands. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mela and Lindoula · checked, community translation · [\#3626582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3626582) [\#2825898](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2825898)) - Les **grandes** **grandes**, au-dessus de dix ans,--l'appelaient Agathoclès. The **big** big girls—those over ten years of age—called her Agathocles. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10554) - Cela constituerait une victoire pour les citoyens ordinaires vis-à-vis des **grandes** entreprises. This would be a victory for ordinary citizens against **big** business. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 226345) - Du fait du phénomène de concentration qui caractérise le marché des journaux payants, ces journaux ont de plus en plus souvent pour origine de **grandes** maisons d ' édition. As a result of the concentration taking place in the newspaper market, the production of these newspapers is increasing in the hands of **big** publishing houses. ([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 20756770) - Ce chien a de **grandes** oreilles. That dog has **big** ears. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and CK · checked, community translation · [\#10901774](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10901774) [\#11953309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11953309)) ## cities Used about 234 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · parliamentary ≈ 186). - Je n'aime pas les **grandes** villes. I dislike big **cities**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jeo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#275861](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/275861) [\#1049458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1049458)) - Les vagues de chaleur qui résultent du changement climatique transforment de nombreuses villes, petites et **grandes**, en enfer pendant les chaudes journées et nuits d’été. Due to climate change, heatwaves turn many towns and **cities** into hell during the hot summer days and nights. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 851742) - Je n'aime pas les **grandes** villes. I don't like big **cities**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jeo and Cainntear · checked, community translation · [\#1528314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1528314) [\#1049458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1049458)) - L'air est pollué dans les **grandes** villes. Air is polluted in **cities**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mamat and mamat · checked, community translation · [\#279424](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/279424) [\#478160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/478160)) - Les capitales sont **grandes** et bruyantes. Capital **cities** are big and noisy. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11485035](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11485035) [\#11485040](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11485040)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Les **grandes** personnes aiment les chiffres. Grown-ups love figures. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#9064642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9064642) [\#9064522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9064522)) - Vous êtes plus **grandes** que moi. You're taller than me. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#477195](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477195) [\#1462235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1462235)) - Tom a de plus **grandes** mains que moi. Tom has bigger hands than me. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5841933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5841933) [\#5923311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5923311)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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