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# phénomène — French to English

How French *phénomène* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: phénomène (36 684), phénomènes (13 083). By style: everyday 51 · literary 12 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 3 815 · legal and administrative 1 433 · UN documents 44 454.

## phenomenon

Used about 21 399 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · literary ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 2 186 · legal and administrative ≈ 634 · UN documents ≈ 18 523). Forms: phenomena, phenomenon. Meaning: [phenomenon in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/phenomenon/).

- C'est un **phénomène** assez courant.
  It's a rather common **phenomenon**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by calypsow and felidad · checked, community translation · [\#10589182](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10589182) [\#11843710](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11843710))

- Or, à Stapi, ce **phénomène** apparaissait dans toute sa beauté.
  At Stapi I beheld this **phenomenon** in all its beauty.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1194)

- C'est un **phénomène** terrible dont on ne connaît pas l'ampleur.
  It is a terrible **phenomenon** whose scale is unknown.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1204741)

- **Phénomène** observé, signalé ou prévu (M)
  Observed, reported or forecast **phenomenon** (M)
  ([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 5178924)

- 48. Le mercenariat est un **phénomène** mondial.
  48. Mercenary activity is a worldwide **phenomenon**.
  ([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 9269505)

## events

Used about 4 443 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 79 · legal and administrative ≈ 196 · UN documents ≈ 4 168).

- Je m'inquiète donc de **phénomènes** dont le nombre augmente et qui ne sont pas à leur place dans un état de droit.
  I too am concerned at the growing number of **events** which have no place in a state based on the rule of law.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1745252)

- les **phénomènes** susceptibles de causer des pertes et préjudices irréversibles et permanents;
  **Events** that may involve irreversible and permanent loss and damage;
  ([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 214240)

- 5.2 Impact des **phénomènes** météorologiques extrêmes sur la qualité des eaux de loisirs
  5.2 Impact of extreme weather **events** on the quality of recreational waters
  ([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 20856106)

- La fréquence des **phénomènes** météorologiques extrêmes et des catastrophes naturelles qui en découlent est en augmentation et est peut-être alimentée par les effets des changements climatiques.
  The incidence of extreme weather **events** and related natural disasters is increasing, perhaps fuelled by the effects of climate changes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 817562)

- c) Les démarches permettant de concevoir des mesures de remise en état liées aux **phénomènes** à évolution lente;
  (c) Approaches for addressing rehabilitation measures associated with slow-onset **events**;
  ([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 24853249)

## More sentences

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

- Ce n'est rien de plus qu'un **phénomène** de mode !
  It's just a fad.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2953105](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2953105) [\#6586901](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6586901))

- Quel **phénomène** cet homme !
  This man is a real freak!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and DJ\_Saidez · checked, community translation · [\#3209828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3209828) [\#652492](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/652492))

- C'est un **phénomène** de mode.
  It's a fad.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1524698](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1524698) [\#1525882](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1525882))

## Grammar

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