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# inférieur — French to English

How French *inférieur* 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: inférieur (39 226), inférieure (39 693), inférieures (10 018), inférieurs (10 708). By style: everyday 30 · literary 8 · biblical 17 · parliamentary 2 296 · legal and administrative 39 213 · UN documents 58 081.

## less

Used about 35 363 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 430 · legal and administrative ≈ 18 585 · UN documents ≈ 16 335). Meaning: [less in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/less/).

- Un tiers est **inférieur** à un demi.
  A third is **less** than a half.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and marcelostockle · checked, community translation · [\#1808386](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1808386) [\#12771796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12771796))

- —Bien! partons de ce point alors et comptons quatre jours d'orage, pendant lesquels notre vitesse n'a pas dû être **inférieure** à quatre-vingts lieues par vingt-quatre heures.
  "Very well," answered my uncle; "let us start from that point and count four days' storm, during which our rate cannot have been **less** than eighty leagues in the twenty-four hours."
  ([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 3268)

- La part de chacun des autres pays est égale ou **inférieure** à 5 %.
  All other countries provide 5% or **less** each.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1378020)

- d'un poids **inférieur** à 50 kg
  Weighing **less** than 50 kg
  ([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 5072965)

- Voies **inférieures** à la classe IV
  **Less** than class IV
  ([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 4339216)

## lower

Used about 31 597 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 622 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 965 · UN documents ≈ 22 990). Meaning: [lower in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lower/).

- Le salaire d'un enseignant est **inférieur** à celui d'un avocat.
  A teacher's salary is **lower** than a lawyer's.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and sharris123 · checked, community translation · [\#7794456](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7794456) [\#337401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/337401))

- Les chambres **inférieures** étaient en effet pleines de matériaux.
  The **lower** chambers were, in fact, full of materials.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7101)

- Or, que signifie: Il est monté, sinon qu’il est aussi descendu dans les régions **inférieures** de la terre?
  Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the **lower** parts of the earth?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EPH 4:9)

- Etait-ce à un niveau **inférieur**, au COREPER?
  Was it at a **lower** level, at COREPER?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1627611)

- En 2000, 2001 et 2002, des déficits **inférieurs** avaient déjà été enregistrés.
  In 2000, 2001 and 2002 **lower** deficits were recorded.
  ([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 3143616)

## below

Used about 11 981 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 407 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 127 · UN documents ≈ 5 445). Meaning: [below in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/below/).

- La température est **inférieure** à zéro aujourd'hui.
  The temperature is **below** zero today.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4808283](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4808283) [\#7243118](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7243118))

- Cela signifie que notre déficit budgétaire doit être **inférieur** à 3 %.
  This means that our budget deficit must drop **below** 3%.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1336971)

- Les abréviations suivantes servent à désigner les taxons végétaux **inférieurs** à l'espèce:
  The following abbreviations are used for plant taxa **below** the level of species:
  ([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 2581004)

- 6 Les diamètres **inférieurs** à 45 mm n &apos; intéressent que les clémentines.
  6Size **below** 45mm refer only to clementines.
  ([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 6720816)

- Pour la première fois en plus de six ans, le taux de chômage est **inférieur** à six pourcents.
  For the first time in more than 6 years, the unemployment rate is **below** 6%.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mouche and BHO · checked, community translation · [\#3924545](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3924545) [\#4022197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4022197))

## than

Used about 3 850 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 96 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 634 · UN documents ≈ 2 118). Meaning: [than in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/than/).

- La population de ce pays est **inférieure** à celle des États-Unis.
  The population of this country is smaller **than** that of the United States.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Clavain and CK · checked, community translation · [\#59260](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/59260) [\#435553](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/435553))

- Le contingent alloué à la Lituanie est dix fois **inférieur** aux besoins du pays.
  The quota allotted to Lithuania is ten times smaller **than** what is needed in the country.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 922436)

- présentant un indice de basicité totale supérieur à 310 et **inférieur** à 340
  having a total base number of more **than** 310 but not more than 340,
  ([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 4004146)

- Le nombre de civils assassinés est **inférieur** à celui de l &apos; année précédente.
  There were fewer civilian deaths **than** in 1989.
  ([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 411167)

- Vu comme la courbure est **inférieure** à l'unité, une fois que la courbe quitte le cercle unité, elle n'y reviendra pas.
  Seeing as the curvature is smaller **than** unity, once the curve leaves the unit circle it will not come back.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and FeuDRenais2 · checked, community translation · [\#598840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/598840) [\#598837](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/598837))

## per

Used about 1 222 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 12 · UN documents ≈ 1 210). Meaning: [per in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/per/).

- Les quantités **inférieures** à une tonne par an ne doivent même pas faire l' objet d' une déclaration, sans tenir compte de leur dangerosité.
  Amounts totalling under 1 000 tonnes **per** annum are not even notifiable, regardless of the dangers involved.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 258041)

- e u avec une précision **inférieure** à 0,2 % pour la composition (en masse) suivante: C3 = 7090 %; C4 = 10-30 %.
  e) u accurate within 0.2 **per** cent for mass composition of: C3 = 70 - 90 %; C4 = 10 - 30 %
  ([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 29818016)

- Dans le cas où ce pourcentage serait **inférieur** à 0,7 %, l &apos; État partie prévoit-il des mesures à court terme pour l &apos; élever au taux prescrit?
  If it was under 0.7 **per** cent, was the Government planning short-term measures to reach the prescribed 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 29635536)

- En revanche, la perte de ces 35 millions de migrants a entraîné une perte **inférieure** à deux points de croissance démographique dans le reste du monde.
  In contrast, the loss of those 35 million migrants reduced population growth in the rest of the world by under 2 **per** cent.
  ([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 5229253)

- L &apos; aide publique au développement est toujours **inférieure** à l &apos; objectif convenu au niveau international de 0,7 % du produit intérieur brut.
  Official development assistance (ODA) still falls short of the internationally agreed target of 0.7 **per** cent of gross domestic product.
  ([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 10153962)

## average

Used about 48 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 48). Meaning: [average in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/average/).

- Par exemple, la République slovaque applique une moyenne **inférieure** à 1 kg de pesticides par hectare alors que d'autres pays en utilisent jusqu'à 8 kg.
  For example, the Slovak Republic applies on **average** less than 1 kg of pesticides per hectare while other countries apply as much as 8 kg.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 977150)

- Pour les fonds structurels, il est certain que la dotation annuelle moyenne pour la nouvelle période, pour les quinze, sera **inférieure** à ce qu'elle est présentement.
  It is certain that the **average** annual budgetary amounts for the new period, for the fifteen Member States, will be cut back.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1741639)

- Le taux de participation était légèrement **inférieur** à celui des dernières élections européennes en Espagne et aussi très proche de la moyenne des 25 pays de l’Union.
  The turnout was slightly less than that for the last European elections in Spain and also very close to the **average** across all 25 countries of the Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 644297)

- L'Europe est prisonnière de l'égoïsme des États membres: certains d'entre eux investissent encore actuellement moins de 1%, tandis que la moyenne européenne est **inférieure** à 2% du PIB.
  Europe is the prisoner of the selfishness of Member States, some of which even today invest less than 1%, while the **average** for Europe is less than 2% of GDP.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 886837)

## More sentences

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

- Le vin bon marché est **inférieur** au plus cher.
  The cheap wine is inferior to the more expensive.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11335504](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11335504) [\#11335527](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11335527))

- La femme est un être **inférieur**, elle obéit trop à ses organes. Pour moi, la femme n'est belle que quand elle ressemble à un homme !
  Women are inferior beings, they obey their organs too much. In my opinion, they are only beautiful when they look like men.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and paula\_guisard · checked, community translation · [\#1176216](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1176216) [\#833261](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/833261))

- Une fille du premier Earl de Gowrie était courtisée par un jeune gentilhomme bien **inférieur** à elle en rang et en fortune.
  A daughter of the first Earl of Gowrie was courted by a young gentleman much her inferior in rank and fortune.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#909070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/909070) [\#910356](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/910356))

## 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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