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By style: everyday 3 118 · literary 424 · biblical 236 · parliamentary 18 867 · legal and administrative 15 097 · UN documents 145 639. ## small Used about 119 038 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 682 · literary ≈ 42 · biblical ≈ 45 · parliamentary ≈ 12 185 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 750 · UN documents ≈ 96 334). Meaning: [small in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/small/). - C’est trop **petit**. He is too **small**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zmoo and kemushi69 · checked, community translation · [\#5152242](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5152242) [\#538591](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/538591)) - C'est très laid et très **petit**. It is very **small** and very ugly.” ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2409) - Je suis **petit** et méprisé; Je n’oublie point tes ordonnances. I am **small** and despised. I don’t forget your precepts. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 119:141) - Et pourquoi sommes-nous **petits**? And why are we **small**? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 583692) - Baies et **petits** fruits Berries and **small** fruits ([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 4308146) ## little Used about 3 313 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 585 · literary ≈ 272 · biblical ≈ 75 · parliamentary ≈ 786 · legal and administrative ≈ 79 · UN documents ≈ 1 517). Meaning: [little in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/little/). - Il mange comme un **petit** oiseau. He eats like a **little** bird. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by martin9 and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12654815](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12654815) [\#5249802](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5249802)) - --Il y a les **petites**. “There are the **little** girls.” ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11240) - **Petits** enfants, gardez-vous des idoles. **Little** children, keep yourselves from idols. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1JO 5:21) - Ceci est juste un **petit** avertissement. That is just a **little** warning. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 381939) - Le **petit** doigt doit toucher le coussin du siège. The **little** finger shall be in contact with the seat cushion. ([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 5454953) ## enterprises Used about 79 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 79). - Supplément en faveur des **petites** et moyennes entreprises \[12\](ESB) Supplement for medium-sized **enterprises** \[12\](GGE) ([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 5627139) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Son **petit** copain était vraiment en colère après elle. Her boyfriend was really angry at her. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3579542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3579542) [\#3580406](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3580406)) - Reste un **petit** peu. Stay for a while. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and kellenparker · checked, community translation · [\#379611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/379611) [\#7166595](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7166595)) - Nous voyageons à **petit** budget. We're traveling on a tight budget. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6874191](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6874191) [\#3143169](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3143169)) ## 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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