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Meaning: [serious in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/serious/). - C'est un problème **grave**. That's a **serious** problem. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#8311401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8311401) [\#8312827](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8312827)) - «Oh! oh! murmura-t-il enfin, ceci est **grave**, en effet. “Oh! oh!” he murmured at length, “this is **serious** indeed.” ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7737) - Cela donne lieu à un trafic **grave**.» There is **serious** racketeering going on for this.' ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1773270) - Les atteintes **graves** sont: **Serious** harm consists of: ([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 427569) - accusées de violations **graves** du droit international Responsible for **Serious** Violations of International ([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 23465763) ## severe Used about 18 655 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 480 · legal and administrative ≈ 810 · UN documents ≈ 17 355). Meaning: [severe in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/severe/). - Ziri souffrait d'un cas **grave** d'autisme. Ziri had **severe** autism. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10511468](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10511468) [\#12481994](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12481994)) - l’Éternel te frappera miraculeusement, toi et ta postérité, par des plaies grandes et de longue durée, par des maladies **graves** et opiniâtres. then the LORD will make your plagues and the plagues of your offspring fearful, even great plagues, and of long duration, and **severe** sicknesses, and of long duration. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 28:59) - Le ralentissement économique est particulièrement **grave**. The economic slowdown is particularly **severe**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1235224) - une catastrophe naturelle **grave** qui affecte de façon importante l'exploitation; a **severe** natural disaster gravely affecting the holding; ([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 3070950) - Les personnes atteintes d ' un handicap **grave** choisissent elles-mêmes leur auxiliaire de vie. Natural persons with **severe** disabilities choose personal assistants for themselves. ([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 29561624) ## grave Used about 12 748 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 39 · parliamentary ≈ 480 · legal and administrative ≈ 203 · UN documents ≈ 12 015). Meaning: [grave in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/grave/). - Nous courons un **grave** danger. We're in **grave** danger. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6874256](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6874256) [\#11433398](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11433398)) - La voix **grave** reprit: The **grave** voice resumed ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12143) - C'est une **grave** erreur! That is a **grave** mistake. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1964252) - Responsable de **graves** violations des droits de l'homme, notamment dans le cadre de procédures dans lesquelles la peine de mort a été prononcée. Responsible for **grave** violations of human rights, including prosecuting trials in which the death penalty is passed. ([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 3811755) - La pénurie de fournitures et de services médicaux pose un autre problème **grave**. Another **grave** problem was the lack of medical supplies and facilities. ([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 1576689) ## damage Used about 2 148 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 810 · UN documents ≈ 1 335). Meaning: [damage in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/damage/). - Les dégâts n'ont pas l'air trop **graves**. The **damage** doesn't look too bad. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#11533213](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11533213) [\#11561717](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11561717)) - H370 Risque avéré d’effets **graves** pour les organes H370 Causes **damage** to organs ([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 2541637) - Le Yémen considère le problème comme particulièrement **grave**, car le terrorisme a fait de nombreuses victimes et d ' importants dommages matériels dans le pays. Yemen viewed the issue with particular concern, for it had suffered significant loss of life and material **damage** as a result of terrorism. ([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 13288112) - H371 Risque présumé d'effets **graves** pour les organes H371 May cause **damage** to organs ([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 4506494) - H372 Risque avéré d'effets **graves** pour les organes à la suite d'expositions répétées ou d'une exposition prolongée H372 Causes **damage** to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure ([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 4183086) ## problem Used about 126 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 120). Meaning: [problem in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/problem/). - C'est un problème **grave**. That is a significant **problem**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8082184](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8082184) [\#8312827](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8312827)) - Considérée au départ comme un problème **grave** mais local, la pollution par le mercure est désormais ressentie comme un phénomène mondial, diffus et chronique. Initially seen as an acute local **problem**, mercury pollution is now also understood to be global, diffuse and chronic. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 943308) - Ce n'est pas un si **grave** problème. Tu t'en fais beaucoup trop. It's not such a big **problem**. You're worrying way too much. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1202238](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1202238) [\#1202732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1202732)) ## more Used about 120 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 120). Meaning: [more in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/more/). - La crise économique et la hausse du prix du pétrole ont des conséquences plus **graves** que tout ce que nous avons connu jusqu'ici sur le système de transport aérien. The economic crisis and the rise in the price of oil are having **more** drastic effects on the air transport system than we have ever experienced before. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1105794) ## 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 **grave** planté, hein ? I slipped up badly, didn't I? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sharptoothed · checked, community translation · [\#3022562](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3022562) [\#12425163](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12425163)) - C'est pas **grave**, les choses vont s'arranger. That's okay, things are going to be okay. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#11720456](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11720456) [\#11720464](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11720464)) - Ce n'est pas **grave** ! Don't mention it! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and freddy1 · checked, community translation · [\#2161779](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2161779) [\#8644066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8644066)) ## 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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