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# limité — French to English

How French *limité* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: limité (36 440), limitée (66 021), limitées (25 417), limités (12 999). By style: everyday 44 · literary 1 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 5 167 · legal and administrative 19 444 · UN documents 116 220.

## limited

Used about 102 426 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 32 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 472 · legal and administrative ≈ 14 178 · UN documents ≈ 84 744). Meaning: [limited in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/limited/).

- Notre temps est **limité**.
  Our time is **limited**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CM · checked, community translation · [\#2200123](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2200123) [\#2229653](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2229653))

- L'obéissance de la matière est **limitée** par le frottement; est-ce qu'il n'y a pas une limite à l'obéissance de l'âme?
  The obedience of matter is **limited** by friction; is there no limit to the obedience of the soul?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30089)

- Mais ses pouvoirs sont **limités**.
  But its powers are **limited**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 304547)

- axes **limités** à x, z et c;
  Axes **limited** to x, z and c;
  ([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 2618442)

- Les traitements chimiques sont **limités**;
  Chemical treatments are **limited**.
  ([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 24608963)

## restricted

Used about 7 529 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 457 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 228 · UN documents ≈ 4 843).

- La liberté de parole est **limitée** dans certains pays.
  Freedom of speech is **restricted** in some countries.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Melaaya and CK · checked, community translation · [\#239796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239796) [\#8716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8716))

- Dans un marché **limité**, la part européenne ne peut que diminuer.
  In a **restricted** market, Europe's share must not be allowed to contract.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1619037)

- **Limité** aux dispositions figurant à l'annexe 21
  **Restricted** to the provisions included in Annex 21
  ([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 3583447)

- Scrutin **limité** en cas de ballottage pour une charge élective
  **Restricted** balloting for one elective place
  ([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 14958411)

- Des mesures concrètes et même **limitées**, ou une combinaison des trois?
  Concrete and even **restricted** measures? Or a combination of all three?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1759763)

## very

Used about 2 503 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 81 · UN documents ≈ 2 421). Meaning: [very in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/very/).

- Les minces parois de ces pissotières offrent une intimité très **limitée**.
  The flimsy stalls in this restroom offer **very** little privacy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and kebukebu · checked, community translation · [\#564390](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/564390) [\#564391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/564391))

- À mon sens, le boycott de l'Union n'aura que des effets **limités**.
  To my mind, the EU embargo will not do **very** much.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1991899)

- Jusqu &apos; ici, le nombre de violations signalées ayant donné lieu à enquête est extrêmement **limité**.
  So far, investigations have been carried out in **very** few cases of reported human rights violations.
  ([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 14195744)

- Le budget prévu pour cette action est très, très **limité**.
  The money budgeted for this action is **very**, very little.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 875293)

- 59. Dans les pays de l &apos; EOCAC, la demande d &apos; information et l &apos; accès à l &apos; information sont encore très **limités**.
  59. In EECCA, the demand for and access to information are still **very** low.
  ([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 10655873)

## resources

Used about 1 998 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 81 · legal and administrative ≈ 101 · UN documents ≈ 1 816).

- Les ressources sont plus **limitées**, et chaque commission devra donc assumer ses propres responsabilités.
  There are fewer **resources** and each committee is therefore going to have to face its own responsibilities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 817245)

- description des plans et des actions à mettre en œuvre au niveau du réseau, y compris en matière d’espace aérien, de ressources **limitées** et d’ATFM,
  description of the plans and actions expected to be implemented at network level, including airspace, scarce **resources** and ATFM,
  ([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 2407497)

- La réalité était que la Dominique était **limitée** par un manque de ressources techniques et financières.
  The reality was that Dominica was constrained by a lack of technical and financial **resources**.
  ([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 23885028)

- C'est bien sûr un point de vue qui revêt une grande importance au regard de l'utilisation de ressources **limitées**.
  That is of course something of great importance when it comes to the use of scarce budget **resources**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 442016)

- En outre, cette évolution démographique accélère souvent la dégradation de ressources naturelles **limitées**, y compris les terres agricoles et l &apos; eau potable.
  In addition, these demographic developments often accelerate the degradation of scarce natural **resources**, including agricultural land and drinking water.
  ([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 19618513)

## number

Used about 1 971 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 54 · legal and administrative ≈ 101 · UN documents ≈ 1 816). Meaning: [number in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/number/).

- Pour ne citer qu'un exemple, il existe actuellement des règles d'après lesquelles le nombre de bateaux sur les lacs est **limité** à 100 ou à peine à 2 par lac.
  At present, for example, there are rules limiting the **number** of boats on lakes to 100 or even 2 per lake.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 368432)

- Le tableau de bord est composé d’un nombre **limité** d’indicateurs macroéconomiques et macrofinanciers pertinents, pratiques, simples, mesurables et disponibles concernant les États membres.
  The scoreboard shall comprise a small **number** of relevant, practical, simple, measurable and available macroeconomic and macrofinancial indicators for Member States.
  ([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 2453265)

- 9. Le nombre de principes proposés est, à dessein, **limité**.
  9. The **number** of proposed principles is intentionally brief.
  ([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 920377)

- Les cas de trafic d'organes s'en trouvent **limités** et la confiance des donneurs potentiels améliorée, dans l'objectif ultime d'augmenter le nombre de donneurs.
  Cases of organ smuggling are minimised and the confidence of potential donors is strengthened, with the ultimate aim of increasing the **number** of donors.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1392537)

- Les résultats ont été inférieurs à ce qui était prévu en raison du nombre **limité** d &apos; élèves recrutés par l &apos; Académie de police.
  The lower output was attributable to the lower **number** of cadets recruited by the Police Academy
  ([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 25533042)

## time

Used about 1 816 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 816). Meaning: [time in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/time/).

- Monsieur le Président, hier vous avez imposé aux orateurs un temps de parole **limité**.
  Yesterday, Sir, you imposed **time** limits on speakers.
  ([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 4671889)

- Il est proposé un temps de parole **limité** à cinq minutes pour chaque déclaration.
  It is proposed that a **time** limit of five minutes be established for each statement.
  ([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 30031015)

- En parallèle, la France s &apos; est engagée activement à renforcer la coopération internationale en matière de cybersécurité, sans laquelle les efforts nationaux sont **limités**.
  At the same **time**, France has been actively engaged in strengthening international cybersecurity cooperation, the absence of which would limit national efforts.
  ([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 28761667)

## only

Used about 283 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 81 · legal and administrative ≈ 203). Meaning: [only in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/only/).

- Une autre question est celle de savoir s'il s'agit d'un accord mixte ou d'un accord **limité** aux compétences communautaires.
  Another question is whether this is a mixed agreement or an agreement which is **only** about Community competences.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1343884)

- **Limité** aux véhicules sans pédale d’embrayage (ou poignée d’embrayage pour les catégories A ou A1)»
  Valid **only** for vehicles without a clutch pedal (or lever operated manually for categories A or A1)’;
  ([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 1447399)

- Les services publics ont des moyens d'accès **limités**, qu'il s'agisse d'investissements publics pour des infrastructures ou de quoi que ce soit d'autre.
  **Only** so much can be done by public services, whether it is public investment for infrastructure or whatever else.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1048329)

- Ces mesures sont **limitées** exclusivement à celles visées à l'article 5, paragraphe 1, deuxième alinéa, points a), b), e) et f), du règlement (UE) no 516/2014.
  Such measures should comprise **only** those measures referred to in points (a), (b), (e) and (f) of the second subparagraph of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014.
  ([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 4751721)

- Il s'agit d'un montant **limité**. Toutefois, déployé au bon endroit et au bon moment, il peut produire l'effet positif que nous recherchons.
  It is **only** a small amount of money, but applied at the right point and at the right moment it can bring about the positive effect we want.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1424801)

## More sentences

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

- Il avait **limité** les sucreries.
  He had cut down on sweets.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#294933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/294933) [\#4992745](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4992745))

- Elle est peu sûre d'elle et a un amour-propre **limité**.
  She's insecure and has low self esteem.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2980187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2980187) [\#3645778](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3645778))

- C'était plutôt **limité**, comme point de vue.
  It wasn't much of a view.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1096403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1096403) [\#1099901](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1099901))

## 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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