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# importante — French to English

How French *importante* 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: importante (106 826), importantes (89 599). By style: everyday 318 · literary 4 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 25 736 · legal and administrative 13 346 · UN documents 157 020.

## important

Used about 100 055 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 239 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 16 085 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 946 · UN documents ≈ 81 781). Meaning: [important in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/important/).

- C'est une victoire **importante**.
  This is an **important** victory.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5096618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5096618) [\#8731650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8731650))

- --Une chose très **importante**.
  “A very **important** thing.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18596)

- M. Bonde pose une question **importante**.
  Mr Bonde asks an **important** question.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 158647)

- Les routes les moins **importantes** dans un réseau routier donné.
  The least **important** roads in a given network.
  ([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 2198572)

- Il existe d’autres formes **importantes** de subventions.
  Other forms of subsidy would also be **important**.
  ([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 5093573)

## significant

Used about 28 694 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 2 145 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 283 · UN documents ≈ 21 263). Meaning: [significant in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/significant/).

- D'ailleurs, la différence entre l'anglais et l'anglo-américain est probablement plus **importante** qu'entre le flamand standard et le néerlandais standard des Pays-Bas.
  In fact, the difference between British English and American English is probably more **significant** than that between standard Flemish and the standard Dutch of the Netherlands.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#1748944](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1748944) [\#955884](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/955884))

- L'une de vos remarques était particulièrement **importante**.
  One of your remarks was particularly **significant**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 938786)

- Leurs parts de marché restent **importantes** (environ 2 %).
  Their market share (around 2 %) is still **significant**.
  ([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 1568140)

- On citera ciaprès les plus **importantes**.
  The most **significant** ones can be listed below.
  ([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 10340351)

- Des saisies **importantes** de cocaïne, qui ont été menées à grande échelle en Croatie, sont, pour la plupart, liées au transport maritime.
  **Significant** and large-scale cocaine seizures in Croatia are mostly connected with sea transport.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1567730)

## major

Used about 9 565 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 268 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 112 · UN documents ≈ 8 178). Meaning: [major in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/major/).

- Nous avons visité toutes les villes **importantes**.
  We toured all the **major** cities.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ulyssemc1 · checked, community translation · [\#686970](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/686970) [\#7726779](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7726779))

- Une autre critique **importante** à l'adresse du document concerne le droit dérivé.
  Another **major** criticism of the text concerns secondary law.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1641)

- Modernisation de l'image d'un produit de longue tradition et à dimension culturelle **importante**.
  Modernisation of the image of a product with a long history and a **major** cultural dimension.
  ([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 696922)

- &lt; Mesures actuelles les plus **importantes** &gt;
  &lt; Current **Major** Measures &gt;
  ([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 20517581)

- Les officiers supérieurs, tels que le commandant, le lieutenant-colonel et le colonel, exercent des responsabilités **importantes** au sein des unités opérationnelles.
  Senior officers, such as the commandant (**major**), lieutenant colonel, and colonel, hold key responsibilities within operational units.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362847) [\#13362839](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362839))

## large

Used about 7 760 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 877 · legal and administrative ≈ 973 · UN documents ≈ 4 907). Meaning: [large in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/large/).

- Ces grandes banques sont trop **importantes** pour faire faillite.
  These **large** banks are too big to fail.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2720590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2720590) [\#12945815](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12945815))

- Ce sont des sommes **importantes**, dont l'exécution doit de toute évidence être bien préparée.
  These are **large** sums of money, and their implementation must of course be well prepared.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 400339)

- Espèces d’arbres avec une **importante** collection de référence vivante
  Tree species with a **large** permanent living reference collection
  ([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 1560908)

- La question palestinienne préoccupait beaucoup les Brésiliens, car le Brésil avait d &apos; **importantes** communautés juive et palestinienne.
  The Palestine question was deeply embedded in Brazilian hearts, since Brazil had **large** Jewish and Palestinian communities.
  ([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 16100870)

- Cette résolution affirme que des sommes **importantes** provenant des fonds de l'Union sont encore dépensées de façon incorrecte.
  **Large** amounts of EU funding is still spent incorrectly, says the resolution.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1538030)

## very

Used about 407 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 268 · legal and administrative ≈ 139). Meaning: [very in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/very/).

- Je pense d'une manière générale que l'une de nos plus **importantes** missions consiste à continuer à inscrire ce point à l'ordre du jour.
  I think, in general, that it is one of our **very** major tasks to continue to keep these issues on the agenda.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 350359)

- Non-imposition d'amende ou réduction très **importante** de son montant («titre B»: réduction comprise entre 75 % et 100 %)
  Non-imposition of a fine or a **very** substantial reduction of its amount (Section B: reduction from of 75 to 100 %)
  ([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 813295)

## most

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

- La sécurité est la chose la plus **importante**.
  Safety is what matters **most**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dominiko and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#28486](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/28486) [\#13903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13903))

## More sentences

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

- La vitesse de la lumière est bien plus **importante** que la vitesse du son.
  The speed of light is much greater than that of sound.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#240383](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/240383) [\#813241](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/813241))

- La population de Londres est beaucoup plus **importante** que celle de toute autre ville britannique.
  The population of London is much greater than that of any other British city.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#29283](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/29283) [\#1545115](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1545115))

- Ta vie privée est-elle **importante** pour toi ?
  Do you care about your privacy?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lulantis and fekundulo · checked, community translation · [\#3455070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3455070) [\#3469047](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3469047))

## 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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