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# nombreuses — French to English

How French *nombreuses* 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: nombreuses (109 824). By style: everyday 419 · literary 4 · biblical 25 · parliamentary 13 282 · legal and administrative 1 834 · UN documents 94 260.

## many

Used about 63 937 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 262 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 9 685 · legal and administrative ≈ 955 · UN documents ≈ 53 021). Meaning: [many in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/many/).

- J'ai commis de **nombreuses** erreurs.
  I made **many** mistakes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5939641](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5939641) [\#2382178](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2382178))

- Le jeune homme expliqua qu'il avait eu à entreprendre des démarches **nombreuses**, sans en dévoiler le motif, et il s'assit en demandant:
  Pierre explained that he had had a great **many** serious matters to attend to, but without giving the reason, and he took a seat, asking:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2328)

- Il frappa des nations **nombreuses**, Et tua des rois puissants,
  He struck **many** nations, and killed mighty kings—
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 135:10)

- Nous avons commis de **nombreuses** erreurs par le passé.
  In the past we have made **many** mistakes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1124142)

- Des prix de marché observables existent pour de **nombreuses** marchandises.
  There are observable market prices for **many** commodities.
  ([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 513060)

## numerous

Used about 14 663 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 553 · legal and administrative ≈ 344 · UN documents ≈ 13 746). Meaning: [numerous in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/numerous/).

- Les amoureuses ont échangé de **nombreuses** lettres.
  The lovers exchanged **numerous** letters.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1602264](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1602264) [\#1603432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1603432))

- Ceux de la Cougourde d'Aix qui étaient à Paris se réunissaient alors plaine d'Issy, dans une des carrières abandonnées si **nombreuses** de ce côté de Paris.
  Those members of the Cougourde of Aix who were in Paris then met on the plain of Issy, in one of the abandoned quarries which are so **numerous** in that side of Paris.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18664)

- Cette décision a été prise alors que de **nombreuses** questions cruciales d' ordre médical, éthique et social demeurent sans réponse.
  This decision was taken before giving due consideration to **numerous** crucial medical, moral and social issues.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 88276)

- Il a aussi été impliqué dans de **nombreuses** attaques au moyen d'engins explosifs artisanaux.
  Sangeen Zadran has also been involved in **numerous** attacks by improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
  ([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 2434326)

- POPIN a été cité à de **nombreuses** reprises dans des forums internationaux.
  **Numerous** citations of POPIN have been made at international forums.28
  ([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 7606407)

## number

Used about 10 173 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 277 · legal and administrative ≈ 76 · UN documents ≈ 9 819). Meaning: [number in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/number/).

- Si je les compte, elles sont plus **nombreuses** que les grains de sable. Je m’éveille, et je suis encore avec toi.
  If I would count them, they are more in **number** than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 139:18)

- La Commission européenne traite ce problème depuis 1986, grâce à l’Acte unique européen, et a émis de **nombreuses** directives et décisions.
  The European Commission has been addressing this issue since 1986, with the new Single European Act, and has issued a large **number** of directives and decisions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 687831)

- Les deux producteurs-exportateurs indiens ont obtenu des prêts de **nombreuses** banques, dont la State Bank of India.
  The two Indian exporting producers received loans from a **number** of banks, including the State Bank of India.
  ([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 3956027)

- Nombre de femmes - mères de familles **nombreuses**
  **Number** of women - mothers of large 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 13433318)

- Enfin, toujours selon elle, les entreprises de son secteur d'activité sont de plus en plus **nombreuses** à se tourner vers le méthane pour chauffer leurs serres.
  Lastly, again in this party’s view, the **number** of farms in its sector using methane gas to heat glasshouses was constantly increasing.
  ([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 1716801)

## there

Used about 4 557 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 553 · legal and administrative ≈ 76 · UN documents ≈ 3 928). Meaning: [there in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/there/).

- Nous sommes peu **nombreuses** dans le secteur public et dans l'enseignement supérieur, à peine 35%, et à peine 18% dans le secteur privé.
  **There** are few of us in the state sector and in higher education, a mere 35%, and only 18% in the private sector.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1084420)

- Toutefois, il existe de **nombreuses** circonstances dans lesquelles des aides d’État peuvent être légalement instituées sans une autorisation préalable de l’Autorité:
  However, **there** are a number of circumstances in which state aid can be lawfully implemented without prior approval of the Authority:
  ([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 5639517)

- Les **nombreuses** possibilités de coopération constructive identifiées à cette occasion devront faire l &apos; objet de débats plus approfondis.
  **There** were ample opportunities identified for fruitful cooperation and further discussions are needed.
  ([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 8010141)

- Je regrette que le rapport de mon collègue Wolf, sous sa forme actuelle, ne traite pas suffisamment cette question alors qu'il subsiste encore de **nombreuses** réserves à ce sujet.
  I regret to say that Mr Wolf's report, in its present form, does not adequately address this issue. **There** are a number of outstanding concerns.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1814844)

- Compte tenu des **nombreuses** incertitudes concernant le foyer de maladie émergente, les mesures prévues par le présent règlement s’appliquent jusqu’à la fin de décembre 2010.
  As **there** are still great uncertainties as regards the emerging disease situation, the measures provided for in this Regulation should apply until the end of December 2010.
  ([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 2090110)

## More sentences

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

- Nous avons eu de **nombreuses** plaintes au sujet de la manière avec laquelle vous traitez vos camarades de classe.
  We've had a lot of complaints about how you treat your classmates.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#954488](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/954488) [\#2142861](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2142861))

- La famille Foucauld est devenue riche en achetant de **nombreuses** terres.
  The Foucauld family has become wealthy by purchasing a large amount of land.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#12927042](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12927042) [\#12927028](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12927028))

- Il avait rencontré de **nombreuses** difficultés dans sa jeunesse.
  He had been through a lot of difficulties in his youth.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Petrus and Will · checked, community translation · [\#4450328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4450328) [\#4474143](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4474143))

## 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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