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# haut — French to English

How French *haut* 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: haut (285 323), haute (55 017), hautes (13 947), hauts (26 904). By style: everyday 555 · literary 156 · biblical 327 · parliamentary 11 287 · legal and administrative 22 411 · UN documents 346 455.

## high

Used about 195 693 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 214 · literary ≈ 35 · biblical ≈ 180 · parliamentary ≈ 6 055 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 373 · UN documents ≈ 176 836). Forms: high, highest. Meaning: [high in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/high/).

- Elle peut sauter **haut**.
  She can jump **high**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mamat and CK · checked, community translation · [\#313617](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/313617) [\#465432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/465432))

- --Je priais le martyr qui est là-**haut**.
  “I was praying to the martyr there on **high**.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4468)

- Qui est semblable à l’Éternel, notre Dieu? Il a sa demeure en **haut**;
  Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on **high**,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 113:5)

- La sécurité doit se voir accorder le plus **haut** degré de priorité.
  Safety must be the **highest** priority.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 353405)

- Blé dur, qualité **haute**
  Durum wheat, **high** quality
  ([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 2140836)

## senior

Used about 74 406 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 764 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 268 · UN documents ≈ 70 374). Meaning: [senior in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/senior/).

- De **hauts** fonctionnaires ont déclaré que l'on a cédé à des pressions politiques.
  **Senior** officials said that they were forced to give in to political pressure.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1681878)

- au niveau des **hauts** fonctionnaires;
  at **senior** official level;
  ([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 3125758)

- A. Segment **hauts** responsables
  A. **Senior** officials segment
  ([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 26503485)

- Assisté de **hauts** fonctionnaires, le groupe COHOM a déjà réussi à identifier les pays disposés à consentir à une série d'actions.
  With the help of **senior** officials, COHOM has already managed to identify which countries are willing to agree on an action package.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 415595)

- au niveau des **hauts** fonctionnaires et au niveau ministériel:
  at the level of **senior** officials and Ministers:
  ([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 50407)

## level

Used about 5 531 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 118 · UN documents ≈ 5 413). Meaning: [level in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/level/).

- Cette priorité affichée que l'on redécouvre aujourd'hui au plus **haut** niveau n'a jamais été une priorité réelle.
  That stated priority which we are rediscovering today was never a real priority at top **level**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1986882)

- 55. La mise en place des institutions essentielles passe par la manifestation d &apos; une volonté politique des autorités publiques au plus **haut** niveau.
  55. Establishing the essential institutions requires the political will at the top **level** in government.
  ([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 23317884)

- La responsabilité dans les différents niveaux de décision et jusqu'au plus **hautes** fonctions de direction constitue une part importante de ce programme.
  An important component is responsibility at executive **level** right up to the boardroom.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 365649)

- Pour des détails supplémentaires concernant les **hautes** écoles spécialisées, nous renvoyons aux commentaires relatifs à l &apos; article 13.
  Further details concerning these higher-**level** specialist schools will be found in the comments relating to article 13.
  ([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 2840046)

- Le système des quotas a donc renforcé la présence des femmes aux **hautes** instances politiques et a multiplié le nombre de candidates par douze par rapport aux élections précédentes.
  The quota system had boosted women &apos; s presence in the leaderships of the political parties and increased the number of women candidates to twelve times its previous **level**.
  ([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 10423764)

## officials

Used about 5 531 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 118 · UN documents ≈ 5 413).

- En 1993, le procureur général du Natal avait accusé **hauts** responsables d'homicide volontaire.
  The Attorney-General of Natal charged three top management **officials** with homicide in 1993.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1637098)

- Dix-huit **hauts** responsables de la justice criminelle, provenant de huit pays, ont étudié la situation dans les pays participants, et les contre-mesures en vigueur;
  Eighteen criminal justice **officials** from eight countries examined the situation in participating countries and existing countermeasures;
  ([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 26420155)

- La Commission sera représentée par les **hauts** fonctionnaires responsables, mais pas par le commissaire, qui ne pourra donc pas intervenir.
  The Commission will be represented here by the top **officials** responsible but not by the Commissioner, who will not be able to participate.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 282256)

- Il importe au plus **haut** point, pour l &apos; exercice des droits politiques, que cette charge publique essentielle puisse être exercée dans de bonnes conditions.
  The proper discharge of the important public responsibilities of elected **officials** is a paramount factor in the exercise of political rights.
  ([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 2264523)

- a) Participation des **hauts** responsables gouvernementaux et des représentants du secteur privé concernés à la mise en place et au financement du programme dans chaque pays;
  (a) Involvement of interested top-level government **officials** and business leaders in the setting up and funding of the programme in each country;
  ([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 1113940)

## More sentences

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

- Plus **haut** tu montes, plus la température chute.
  The higher you go, the lower the temperature.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and adjusting · checked, community translation · [\#498442](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/498442) [\#457252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/457252))

- Que se passe-t-il, là-**haut** ?
  What is going on up there?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and meerkat · checked, community translation · [\#2650935](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2650935) [\#4956392](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4956392))

- Est-ce que vous voyez la barre de menu en **haut** de la page ?
  Can you see the menu bar at the top of the screen?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#5222237](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5222237) [\#8636280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8636280))

## 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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