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# multiples — French to English

How French *multiples* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: multiples (33 527). By style: everyday 19 · parliamentary 1 427 · legal and administrative 3 104 · UN documents 28 977.

## multiple

Used about 18 472 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 178 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 587 · UN documents ≈ 15 696). Forms: multi, multiple. Meaning: [multiple in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/multiple/).

- Ce problème a des causes **multiples**.
  This problem has **multiple** causes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5756568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5756568) [\#11406255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11406255))

- Nous sommes bien évidemment d'avis que les problèmes d'harmonisation dus aux **multiples** orientations adoptées doivent recevoir des solutions.
  We too believe that the **multi**-layered harmonization problems must be solved.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1758057)

- Vitrages isolants à parois **multiples**
  **Multiple**-walled insulating units of glass
  ([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 2165704)

- **Multiples** formes de discrimination
  **Multiple** forms of discrimination
  ([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 28796228)

- Tom a été accusé de **multiples** mensonges.
  Tom has been accused of **multiple** lies.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6582497](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6582497) [\#6582247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6582247))

## many

Used about 4 733 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 505 · UN documents ≈ 4 226). Meaning: [many in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/many/).

- C'est un homme aux **multiples** talents.
  He's a man of **many** talents.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2275673](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2275673) [\#2281311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2281311))

- Les prédateurs sont **multiples**.
  There are **many** predators.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 471640)

- Ses **multiples** compétences manqueront cruellement à cette conférence et à d &apos; autres instances.
  His **many** skills will be sorely missed in this and other forums.
  ([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 4849697)

- C'est une femme aux **multiples** talents.
  She's a woman of **many** talents.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2275676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2275676) [\#2281310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2281310))

- Nous savons tous qu' elles sont **multiples**.
  We are all aware that there are **many** of them.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2012029)

## single

Used about 1 207 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 207). Meaning: [single in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/single/).

- Ils ont noté que la famille revêtait des formes **multiples**, parmi lesquelles les familles monoparentales.
  It observed that the family had many forms including **single**-parent families.
  ([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 6396378)

- On utilise des sondes à orifice unique ou à orifices **multiples** pour le prélèvement des émissions gazeuses.
  Either **single**-port or multiport probes are used for sampling gaseous emissions.
  ([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 24679612)

## More sentences

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

- Je suis un sportif aux **multiples** talents, je joue au tennis et au ping-pong, mais aussi au football et au volley-ball.
  I am versatile in sports, I play tennis and ping pong but also football and volleyball.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and matecro · checked, community translation · [\#7852287](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7852287) [\#8924982](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8924982))

- De **multiples** procédés ont été inventés au cours de l'Histoire pour fabriquer du savon.
  Several processes for making soap have been invented over the course of history.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#3348256](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3348256) [\#1000848](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1000848))

- Seize est un des **multiples** de deux.
  Sixteen is one of the multiples of two.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#11671357](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11671357) [\#6211836](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6211836))

## Grammar

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