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# nombreux — French to English

How French *nombreux* 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: nombreux (154 882). By style: everyday 472 · literary 4 · biblical 84 · parliamentary 18 774 · legal and administrative 2 380 · UN documents 133 168.

## many

Used about 119 560 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 325 · biblical ≈ 42 · parliamentary ≈ 15 254 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 289 · UN documents ≈ 102 650). Meaning: [many in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/many/).

- Ils ont fait de **nombreux** changements.
  They made **many** changes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Yemana and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5190695](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5190695) [\#6971216](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6971216))

- Vois combien mes ennemis sont **nombreux**, Et de quelle haine violente ils me poursuivent.
  Consider my enemies, for they are **many**. They hate me with cruel hatred.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 25:19)

- **Nombreux** sont ceux qui souhaitent une directive sur les services.
  The Services Directive is desired by **many**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 880369)

- ponts étroits ou **nombreux**;
  narrow and/or **many** bridges,
  ([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 1229699)

- 30. De **nombreux** orateurs ont insisté sur l &apos; utilité des instruments juridiques régionaux.
  **Many** speakers emphasized the value of regional legal instruments.
  ([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 29606077)

## numerous

Used about 9 418 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 782 · legal and administrative ≈ 298 · UN documents ≈ 8 323). Meaning: [numerous in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/numerous/).

- Nous sommes beaucoup moins **nombreux** que nous le désirerions, mais nous sommes beaucoup plus **nombreux** que ce que vous pouvez imaginer.
  We may be fewer than we would like, but we are far more **numerous** than you can imagine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rmateo and Akenaseryan · checked, community translation · [\#5491822](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5491822) [\#5486120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5486120))

- Quelques instants s'écoulèrent encore, puis un bruit de pas, mesuré, pesant, **nombreux**, se fit entendre distinctement du côté de Saint-Leu.
  Several minutes passed thus, then a sound of footsteps, measured, heavy, and **numerous**, became distinctly audible in the direction of Saint-Leu.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24493)

- (Les Émim y habitaient auparavant; c’était un peuple grand, **nombreux** et de haute taille, comme les Anakim.
  (The Emim lived there before, a great and **numerous** people, and tall as the Anakim.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 2:10)

- Les exemples sont **nombreux** autant que révélateurs : la biodiversité, objet d'une Convention à Rio, ne cesse de régresser.
  The examples are as **numerous** as they are revealing: biodiversity, the subject of a Convention in Rio, continues to decline sharply.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 366615)

- Ce procédé commun présente le grand avantage d’être susceptible de remplacer de **nombreux** procédés propres aux différents États membres.
  One main advantage of that common procedure is that it is likely to replace **numerous** procedures individual to the various Member States.
  ([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 2884006)

## countries

Used about 3 165 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 391 · UN documents ≈ 2 774).

- Nous pourrions discuter sans fin des dérives économiques de 2008 mais ces dernières se sont produites dans de **nombreux** pays autres que l'Islande.
  Clearly, we could get bogged down talking about the economic excesses of 2008, but there have been such excesses in more **countries** than just little Iceland.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1540464)

- L’Assemblée générale s’est félicitée des progrès notables que de **nombreux** pays avaient accomplis en réalisant la majorité des objectifs de mi-parcours.
  The General Assembly welcomed the significant progress made by most **countries** in achieving the majority of the mid-decade goals.
  ([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 6399971)

## great

Used about 788 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 782). Meaning: [great in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/great/).

- Il y avait encore avec Joseph des chars et des cavaliers, en sorte que le cortège était très **nombreux**.
  Both chariots and horsemen went up with him. It was a very **great** company.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 50:9)

- De **nombreux** efforts sont encore à accomplir pour que ce pays devienne véritablement démocratique.
  There is still a **great** deal of work to be done in order for the country to become truly democratic.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 468602)

- Accorde donc à ton serviteur un cœur intelligent pour juger ton peuple, pour discerner le bien du mal! Car qui pourrait juger ton peuple, ce peuple si **nombreux**?
  Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this **great** people of yours?”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 3:9)

- Je ne nie pas que de **nombreux** ajustements s'opèrent au sein de cette institution et que la discipline budgétaire y est strictement respectée.
  I do not deny the fact that there is a **great** deal of internal reorganisation and that strict budgetary discipline is being exercised.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 176876)

- Comme ils fuyaient devant Israël, et qu’ils étaient à la descente de Beth-Horon, l’Éternel fit tomber du ciel sur eux de grosses pierres jusqu’à Azéka, et ils périrent; ceux qui moururent par les pierres de grêle furent plus **nombreux** que ceux qui furent tués avec l’épée par les enfants d’Israël.
  As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, the LORD hurled down **great** stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOS 10:11)

## More sentences

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

- Elle devait parler devant un public **nombreux**.
  She had to speak before a large audience.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#311536](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/311536) [\#134031](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134031))

- Il y avait, dans le parc, de **nombreux** jeunes couples.
  There were a lot of young couples in the park.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#240414](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/240414) [\#3558283](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3558283))

- De **nombreux** passagers ont été blessés dans l'accident.
  A number of passengers were injured in the accident.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#47196](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/47196) [\#12138](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12138))

## Grammar

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