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# masse — French to English

How French *masse* 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: masse (46 144), masses (4 531). By style: everyday 56 · literary 23 · biblical 12 · parliamentary 1 396 · legal and administrative 14 470 · UN documents 34 718.

## mass

Used about 34 694 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 40 · literary ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 698 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 345 · UN documents ≈ 24 592). Forms: mass, masses. Meaning: [mass in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mass/).

- Un nuage est une **masse** de vapeur.
  A cloud is a **mass** of vapor.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#429824](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/429824) [\#11225](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11225))

- Il faut faire crouler cette **masse** monstrueuse.
  This monstrous **mass** must be made to crumble.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24455)

- **Masses** et dimensions de véhicules à moteur
  **Masses** and dimensions of motor vehicles
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1702996)

- la **masse** brute en kilogrammes,
  the gross **mass** in kilograms;
  ([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 3949887)

- Ag = **Masse** du chargement;
  Ag = **mass** of payload;
  ([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 12790959)

## kg

Used about 2 140 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 055 · UN documents ≈ 1 085). Meaning: [kg in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/kg/).

- ρ i = **Masse** volumique du carburant d'essai à l'échantillon i \[kg/m3\]
  ρ i = Density of the test fuel at sample i \[**kg**/m3\]
  ([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 4912678)

- ρa est la **masse** volumique de l &apos; air, en kg/m3;
  ρa is the density of the air, **kg**/m3
  ([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 20969274)

- Pâtes et **masses** (massepain incl.), en emballages, ≥ 1 kg
  Sugar confectionery pastes in immediate packings of a net content ≥ 1 **kg** (including marzipan, fondant, nougat and almond pastes)
  ([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 2083484)

- Indices de capacité de charge (LI) et **masses** correspondantes (en kg)
  Load index (LI) and load capacity - **kg**
  ([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 22912615)

- Pâtes et **masses**, y compris le massepain, en emballages immédiats d'un contenu net égal ou supérieur à 1 kg
  Pastes, including marzipan, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 **kg** or more
  ([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 35797)

## dimensions

Used about 1 025 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 301 · UN documents ≈ 723).

- Figure 2 — Dimensions des éléments de la machine 3-D H et emplacement des **masses**
  Figure 2: **Dimensions** of the 3-D H machine elements and load distribution
  ([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 5420292)

- Figure 2: Dimensions des éléments de la machine 3-DH point H et emplacement des **masses**
  Figure 2 - **Dimensions** of the 3-D H-point machine elements and load distribution
  ([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 20988928)

- les règles concernant les **masses** et dimensions des véhicules; règles concernant les limiteurs de vitesse;
  Rules on vehicle weights and **dimensions**; rules on speed limiters;
  ([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 916913)

- Figure 2: Dimensions des éléments de la machine 3-D H et emplacement des **masses**.
  Figure 2: **Dimensions** of the 3-D H machine elements and load distribution a excludes H - point buttons &quot;
  ([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 22844484)

## vehicle

Used about 512 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 151 · UN documents ≈ 362). Meaning: [vehicle in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/vehicle/).

- Les configurations visées au paragraphe 3.2.2 du présent règlement pour lesquelles des **masses** d’essai de type 1 ne peuvent pas être installées feront l’objet d’essais sans ces **masses**.
  Proposed **vehicle** installations as described in paragraph 3.2.2 of this Regulation behind which the type 1 test blocks cannot be installed are to be tested in their absence.
  ([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 5591493)

- Pour les essais de dispositifs de retenue pour enfants de la catégorie &quot; spécifique à un véhicule &quot; la **masse** du chariot avec . &quot;
  For tests on child restraint systems in the **vehicle** specific category the trolley with the . &quot;
  ([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 11260192)

## More sentences

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

- Une personne dont l'indice de **masse** corporelle se situe entre vingt-cinq et vingt-neuf est considérée en surpoids.
  A person with a BMI of 25 to 29 is considered overweight.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#1141311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1141311) [\#1141351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1141351))

- Veux-tu que je te **masse** les épaules ?
  Do you want me to rub your shoulders?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#4104465](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4104465) [\#5726842](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5726842))

- Le barrage céda et lâcha une grande **masse** d'eau en aval de la vallée.
  The dam gave way and released a great flush of water down into the valley.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#12150259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12150259) [\#882321](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/882321))

## 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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