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Meaning: [massive in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/massive/). - C'est la structure la plus **massive** que j'ai jamais vue. This is the most **massive** structure I've ever seen. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9001354](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9001354) [\#333552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/333552)) - Entre les hommes et lui, le condamné sentait peser sur sa tête un entassement de pierres et de geôliers, et la prison tout entière, la **massive** bastille n'était plus qu'une énorme serrure compliquée qui le cadenassait hors du monde vivant. Between men and himself, the condemned man felt a pile of stones and jailers weighing down upon his head; and the entire prison, the **massive** bastille was nothing more than an enormous, complicated lock, which barred him off from the rest of the world. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5148) - J'en viens à présent aux armes de destruction **massive**. I turn to weapons of **mass** destruction. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 414875) - L’existence d’importations **massives** en un temps relativement court The existence of **massive** imports in a relatively short period ([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 5143937) - Autres armes de destruction **massive** Other weapons of **mass** destruction ([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 30058518) ## violations Used about 1 418 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 418). - Les violations flagrantes et **massives** des droits de l ' homme représentent la menace la plus grave pour la communauté internationale. Gross and large-scale **violations** of human rights represent the most serious threat to the international community. ([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 383095) - Ces cycles de violence sans précédent et bien souvent interdépendants ont donné lieu à des violations **massives** des droits de l ' homme. These unprecedented and often interlocking patterns of violence have led to large-scale **violations** of human rights. ([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 14223097) - Les membres des forces de sécurité se rendraient responsables de violations **massives** des droits de l ' homme dans un climat de quasi-impunité. Large-scale human rights **violations** were said to have been committed by members of security forces in a climate of virtual impunity. ([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 380618) - Les violations **massives** des droits de l’homme ne sont pas seulement le produit de conflits civils et ethniques, elles sont également l’une des causes principales de ces conflits. Large-scale human rights **violations** are not merely the product of civil and ethnic conflict, they are also a major cause of such conflicts. ([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 4465791) ## scale Used about 1 116 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 39 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 · UN documents ≈ 1 063). Meaning: [scale in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/scale/). - À la suite des incarcérations **massives** de dissidents en 2003, l’Union européenne a adopté une série de mesures politiques. Following the large-**scale** imprisonment of dissidents in 2003, the Union took a series of political measures. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 620727) - Ainsi, les barrières structurelles peuvent s'avérer élevées sur un marché caractérisé par des économies d'échelle et/ou de gamme **massives** et par des coûts irrécupérables importants. For instance, high structural barriers may be found to exist when the market is characterised by substantial economies of **scale** and/or economies of scope and high sunk cost. ([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 5617132) - 17. Les violations **massives** du droit à la vie se poursuivent en Somalie. 17. The right to life continues to be violated on an extensive **scale** in Somalia. ([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 13788354) - À ce sujet, il conviendrait de nuancer certaines déclarations car un certain protectionnisme est quelquefois préférable à une libéralisation **massive**. For this reason, we have to clarify certain statements, because sometimes wide-**scale** liberalisation can be a greater evil than the possibility of protection. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 274068) - 85. Le 4 juillet, on apprenait de sources militaires que les Forces de défense israéliennes (FDI) et le SGS avaient procédé à des arrestations **massives** dans les territoires. 85. On 4 July, military sources reported that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and GSS had carried out large-**scale** arrests in the territories. ([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 3320212) ## destruction Used about 421 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 421). Meaning: [destruction in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destruction/). - Armes de destruction **massive** Weapons of mass **destruction** ([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 299200) - Lutte contre la prolifération des armes de destruction **massive** Countering proliferation of weapons of mass **destruction** ([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 2518860) - Lutte contre la prolifération des armes de destruction **massive** Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass **Destruction** ([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 115990) - Lutte contre la prolifération des armes de destruction **massive** Countering the proliferation of weapons of mass **destruction** ([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 166151) - Lutte contre la prolifération des armes de destruction **massive** Countering the proliferation of Weapons of Mass **Destruction** ([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 2771825) ## proliferation Used about 26 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 26). - Non-prolifération des armes de destruction **massive** et de leurs canaux de distribution, y compris des missiles balistiques non-**proliferation** of WMD and their means of delivery, including ballistic missiles, ([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 20469) - Les parties conviennent en outre de coopérer et de contribuer à la lutte contre la prolifération des armes de destruction **massive** et de leurs vecteurs en: The Parties furthermore agree to cooperate and to contribute to countering the **proliferation** of WMD and their means of delivery by: ([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 269787) ## weapons Used about 20 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 20). - L'on pourrait débattre de l'imminence du danger que pose un stock d'armes de destruction **massive**, mais je ne détecte aucune divergence sérieuse par rapport à son existence. There may be room for debate about how imminent a danger is posed by this armoury of lethal **weapons**, but I do not detect any serious dispute about its existence. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 370476) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Cette maison est **massive**. That house is big. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#68536](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/68536) [\#3642080](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3642080)) - Ces maisons sont **massives**. Those houses are big. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#67015](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67015) [\#3642077](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3642077)) - Elles sont très **massives**. They are very big. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#37779](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/37779) [\#3652130](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3652130)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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