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# meilleur — French to English

How French *meilleur* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: meilleur (41 911), meilleure (67 131), meilleures (45 348), meilleurs (31 922). By style: everyday 1 510 · literary 21 · biblical 60 · parliamentary 21 874 · legal and administrative 12 230 · UN documents 150 617.

## best

Used about 73 429 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 912 · literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 8 089 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 777 · UN documents ≈ 59 619). Meaning: [best in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/best/).

- Je veux le **meilleur**.
  I want the **best**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1699365](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1699365) [\#1704139](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1704139))

- Les **meilleurs** ne sont pas exempts d'une pensée égoïste.
  The **best** of us are not exempt from egotistical thoughts.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9494)

- Aspirez aux dons les **meilleurs**. Et je vais encore vous montrer une voie par excellence.
  But earnestly desire the **best** gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 12:31)

- Cette adversité nous a révélé le **meilleur** de la nature humaine.
  In that adversity we saw the **best** of human nature.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 782254)

- Échange des **meilleures** pratiques
  Exchange of **best** practices
  ([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 1456656)

## better

Used about 48 254 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 511 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 8 658 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 758 · UN documents ≈ 35 301). Meaning: [better in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/better/).

- N'est-ce pas **meilleur** ?
  Isn't that **better**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2248677](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2248677) [\#6373743](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6373743))

- Il sortit de la ruine, et se mit à longer le grand bâtiment, cherchant quelque abri **meilleur**.
  He quitted the ruin and crept along the large building, seeking a **better** shelter.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9967)

- Mon fruit est **meilleur** que l’or, que l’or pur, Et mon produit est préférable à l’argent.
  My fruit is **better** than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 8:19)

- Je n’en vois en tout cas pas de **meilleur**.
  In any case, I see no **better** one.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 702514)

- Facteur “**meilleur** que souverain” (BTSF)
  **Better** than Sovereign Factor (BTSF)
  ([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 4590776)

## possible

Used about 11 486 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 797 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 274 · UN documents ≈ 9 414). Meaning: [possible in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/possible/).

- Ce tout petit changement en effet avait prodigieusement réduit le prix de la matière première, ce qui avait permis, premièrement, d'élever le prix de la main-d'oeuvre, bienfait pour le pays; deuxièmement, d'améliorer la fabrication, avantage pour le consommateur; troisièmement, de vendre à **meilleur** marché tout en triplant le bénéfice, profit pour le manufacturier.
  This very small change had, in fact, prodigiously reduced the cost of the raw material, which had rendered it **possible** in the first place, to raise the price of manufacture, a benefit to the country; in the second place, to improve the workmanship, an advantage to the consumer; in the third place, to sell at a lower price, while trebling the profit, which was a benefit to the manufacturer.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3529)

- Dans cette affaire, il importe de résoudre définitivement le problème, dans les **meilleurs** délais.
  What is important here is to find a solution as soon as **possible** to deal with the problem once and for all.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1471997)

- mis à mort dans les **meilleurs** délais; ou
  killed as soon as **possible**, or
  ([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 619001)

- Après un examen post-mortem, les restes doivent être rendus à la famille dans les **meilleurs** délais.
  After post-mortem examination, the remains should be released to the family at the earliest time **possible**.
  ([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 22140460)

- Elle a exhorté par ailleurs les responsables turcs à retirer leurs forces militaires du territoire irakien dans les **meilleurs** délais.
  It has also urged Turkish leaders to withdrawn military forces from Iraqi territories as soon as **possible**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1742614)

## than

Used about 1 769 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 191 · UN documents ≈ 1 569). Meaning: [than in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/than/).

- C'était **meilleur** marché que je le pensais.
  It was cheaper **than** I thought.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#416553](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/416553) [\#1461366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1461366))

- Au bout de dix jours, ils avaient **meilleur** visage et plus d’embonpoint que tous les jeunes gens qui mangeaient les mets du roi.
  At the end of ten days, their faces appeared fairer and they were fatter in flesh **than** all the youths who ate of the king’s delicacies.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 1:15)

- 愦灭;quot;écart de positionnement angulaire愦灭;quot; égal ou inférieur à (**meilleur** que) 0,02°;
  愦灭;quot;Angular position deviation愦灭;quot; equal to or less **than** 0,02°;
  ([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 5040580)

- 602. En moyenne, les filles obtiennent de **meilleurs** résultats que les garçons dans l &apos; enseignement secondaire.
  602. Young women are, on average, achieving higher qualification levels in secondary education **than** young men.
  ([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 24504625)

- En outre, l’enquête a montré que les parties de bicyclettes chinoises sont en général **meilleur** marché que les parties de bicyclettes de toute autre provenance.
  In addition, the investigation has shown that Chinese bicycle parts are in general cheaper **than** bicycle parts of any other origin.
  ([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 1485517)

## practices

Used about 64 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 64).

- Les pratiques de gestion de la ruche visent à obtenir les **meilleures** qualités de miels protégés par l'indication géographique.
  Hive management **practices** seek to produce the highest quality honeys covered by the geographical indication.
  ([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 1269252)

## More sentences

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

- Tom est largement **meilleur** que les autres.
  Tom is head and shoulders above others.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and al\_ex\_an\_der · checked, community translation · [\#37070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/37070) [\#1692779](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1692779))

- Lesquels sont **meilleurs** pour la santé, les pommes ou le raisin ?
  Which are more healthy, apples or grapes?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#7920849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7920849) [\#8487415](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8487415))

- De notre famille à la vôtre, nous vous adressons nos **meilleurs** vœux.
  Our family extends our warmest wishes to you and yours.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13216229](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13216229) [\#13216207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13216207))

## 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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