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# heure — French to English

How French *heure* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: heure (67 637), heures (270 425). By style: everyday 3 581 · literary 358 · biblical 103 · parliamentary 19 859 · legal and administrative 17 568 · UN documents 296 593.

## m

Used about 124 970 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 112 · literary ≈ 23 · parliamentary ≈ 4 344 · UN documents ≈ 120 491). Meaning: [m in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/).

- Il part toujours travailler à 8 **heures**.
  He always goes to work at 8:00 a.**m**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2138161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2138161) [\#7063866](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7063866))

- «Quitté Paris, jeudi, 8 **heures** 40 matin.
  “Left Paris, Thursday, at 8.40 a.**m**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 396)

- (La séance est ouverte à 10 **heures**)
  (The sitting was opened at 10 a.**m**.)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 997859)

- **Heure** d &apos; ouverture : 15 **heures**
  Office opens at 3 p.**m**.
  ([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 14084949)

- Habituellement, il part au travail à 8 **heures** du matin.
  He usually goes to work at 8 a.**m**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#289189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/289189) [\#182144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/182144))

## hours

Used about 60 272 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 268 · literary ≈ 187 · biblical ≈ 87 · parliamentary ≈ 2 689 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 699 · UN documents ≈ 46 343). Forms: hour, hours.

- Dans une **heure**, il partira.
  He'll leave in an **hour**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by pnnaeem and pnnaeem · checked, community translation · [\#2346804](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2346804) [\#2346805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2346805))

- Trois **heures** se passent.
  Three **hours** pass away.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3006)

- Et nous, pourquoi sommes-nous à toute **heure** en péril?
  Why do we also stand in jeopardy every **hour**?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 15:30)

- Il est impossible de coordonner des opérations à l'improviste en l'espace de vingt-quatre **heures**.
  It is not possible to improvise coordinated action in the space of 24 **hours**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1518738)

- Pas plus de 0,5 % (90 oC, 6 **heures**)
  Not more than 0,5 % (90 oC, six **hours**)
  ([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 1451880)

## time

Used about 32 250 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 044 · literary ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 3 517 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 039 · UN documents ≈ 21 627). Meaning: [time in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/time/).

- Je serai à l'**heure**.
  I'll be on **time**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2549536](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2549536) [\#5951332](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5951332))

- --Quelle **heure** est-il?
  “What **time** is it?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17020)

- A l’**heure** du souper, il envoya son serviteur dire aux conviés: Venez, car tout est déjà prêt.
  He sent out his servant at supper **time** to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 14:17)

- - L’**Heure** des votes est close.
  – That concludes voting **time**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 850251)

- Date et **heure** du départ
  Date and **time** of departure
  ([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 2363104)

## room

Used about 12 358 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 12 358). Meaning: [room in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/room/).

- 9 à 13 **heures** Réunion privée Salle de conférence 7 (NLB)
  09:00 to 13:00 Closed meeting Conference **Room** 7 (NLB)
  ([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 30114145)

- De 13 à 16 **heures** dans la salle de conférence 1 (CB). \[webcast\]
  From 13:00 to 16:00, in Conference **Room** 1 (CB). \[webcast\]
  ([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 30025668)

- Mercredi 29 octobre 2014 15 à 18 **heures** dans la salle de conférence 8.
  Wednesday, 29 October 2014, from 15:00 to 18:00, in Conference **Room** 8.
  ([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 30058815)

- 15 à 18 **heures** Consultations officieuses (privées) Salle de conférence 5 (NLB)
  15:00 to 18:00 Informal consultations (closed) Conference **Room** 5 (NLB)
  ([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 28443182)

## vote

Used about 3 310 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 3 310). Meaning: [vote in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/vote/).

- Le vote aura lieu à 12 **heures**.
  The **vote** will take place at 12 noon.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 587387)

- Le vote aura lieu à 12 **heures**.
  The **vote** will take place today at 12 noon.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 84255)

- Le vote aura lieu demain à 12 **heures**.
  The **vote** will take place tomorrow at noon.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1696015)

- Le vote aura lieu jeudi à 12 **heures**.
  The **vote** will take place tomorrow at 12 noon.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 180230)

- Le vote aura lieu demain à 12 **heures**.
  The **vote** will take place tomorrow at 12 noon.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 589550)

## p

Used about 75 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 75). Meaning: [p in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/).

- Il arrive toujours chez lui à dix-huit **heures**.
  He always gets home at 6:00 **p**.m.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CN · checked, community translation · [\#1500658](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1500658) [\#1501920](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1501920))

- Le rapide arrive à six **heures** et demie du soir.
  The express arrives at 6:30 **p**.m.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#19609](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19609) [\#6144394](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6144394))

## More sentences

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

- Il semble que Tom est occupé à l'**heure** actuelle.
  It looks like Tom is busy right now.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7372071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7372071) [\#7410879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7410879))

- À l'**heure** qu'il est, il doit mourir de faim.
  By now, he must be starving.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Whidou and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · [\#5823277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5823277) [\#6076205](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6076205))

- Il sera sans doute sorti déjeuner, à l'**heure** qu'il est, il est donc inutile d'appeler tout de suite.
  He'll be out at lunch now, so there's no point phoning straight away.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#296459](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/296459) [\#1446328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1446328))

## 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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