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Meaning: [most in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/most/). - La **plupart** des gens sont idiots. **Most** people are idiots. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2884552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2884552) [\#6275611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6275611)) - Les caisses qui les contenaient étaient alignées sur la grève dans un parfait état de conservation; la mer les avait respectées pour la **plupart**, et somme toute, en biscuits, viande salée, genièvre et poissons secs, on pouvait compter encore sur quatre mois de vivres. The boxes containing these were in a line upon the shore, in a perfect state of preservation; for the **most** part the sea had spared them, and what with biscuits, salt meat, spirits, and salt fish, we might reckon on four months' supply. ([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 3247) - Mais la **plupart** d’entre eux ne furent point agréables à Dieu, puisqu’ils périrent dans le désert. However with **most** of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 10:5) - La **plupart** des États membres s’y opposent. This is something to which **most** of the Member States are opposed. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 737861) - une poudre inerte (la **plupart** du temps de l'alumine). An inert powder, **most** frequently alumina. ([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 478357) ## majority Used about 10 812 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 283 · legal and administrative ≈ 132 · UN documents ≈ 10 386). Meaning: [majority in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/majority/). - La **plupart** des japonais boivent l'eau du robinet. The **majority** of Japanese people drink tap water. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sharris123 · checked, community translation · [\#7767179](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7767179) [\#3300124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3300124)) - La **plupart** s'étaient contentés de tenir la mémoire de Rolande pour sacrée et de faire reliques de ses haillons. The **majority** had contented themselves with holding the memory of Rolande sacred, and converting her rags into relics. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2986) - Et comme le port n’était pas bon pour hiverner, la **plupart** furent d’avis de le quitter pour tâcher d’atteindre Phénix, port de Crète qui regarde le sud-ouest et le nord-ouest, afin d’y passer l’hiver. Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the **majority** advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking southwest and northwest. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 27:12) - C'est pourquoi nous avons voté contre la **plupart** de ces textes de décharge budgétaire. That is why we voted against the **majority** of these texts on budget discharge. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1378545) - Au niveau des radiodiffuseurs, la **plupart** des licences ont effectivement été accordées sans aucune procédure d’adjudication. Indeed, at the level of broadcasters, the **majority** of licences were not subject to any tender procedure. ([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 815935) ## many Used about 2 785 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 708 · UN documents ≈ 2 077). Meaning: [many in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/many/). - C'est une question que se posent actuellement la **plupart** de nos citoyens. **Many** of our citizens are asking this now. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1628043) - Dans la **plupart** des cas, се facteur est plus important que le temps d ' acheminement. In **many** cases, it is more important than transport time. ([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 9901558) - Selon moi, la **plupart** de ces difficultés résultent de l'isolement de ce régime. I believe that **many** of the difficulties are due to the fact that this regime is isolated. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1478795) - C'est ce genre de crime lié à la drogue qui met sérieusement en danger la **plupart** de nos citoyens. It is this type of drug-related crime which is posing a serious risk to **many** of our communities. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1798724) - Je veux comme eux dire clairement que la **plupart** des actes malveillants commis alors doivent être punis. Like them, I want to make it clear that **many** of the evil deeds carried out during his time deserve retribution. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1906592) ## some Used about 2 078 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 2 077). Meaning: [some in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/some/). - (La **plupart** de ces privilèges, pour le noter en passant, et il y en avait de meilleurs que celui-ci, avaient été extorqués aux rois par révoltes et mutineries. The greater part of these privileges, it may be noted in passing, and there were **some** even better than the above, had been extorted from the kings by revolts and mutinies. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1838) - 1. Au 31 décembre 1993, le Swaziland hébergeait 45 507 réfugiés, dont 15 000 Mozambicains, et 507 personnes d ' autres nationalités, pour la **plupart** des réfugiés urbains, bénéficiaient de l ' assistance du HCR. 1. At 31 December 1993, Swaziland hosted a refugee population of 45,507 persons of whom **some** 15,000 from Mozambique and 507 primarily urban refugees of other nationalities were receiving assistance from UNHCR. ([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 839436) ## cases Used about 142 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 142). - Quant à l’intérêt public, celui-ci devrait-il assurément être prioritaire dans la **plupart** des cas? In relation to the public interest, surely in many of these **cases** the public interest should take priority? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 570113) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Je prends un bain la **plupart** du temps chaque jour. I take a bath almost every day. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by chtof and CK · checked, community translation · [\#255608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/255608) [\#432187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/432187)) - La **plupart** des gens de la foule étendirent leurs vêtements sur le chemin; d’autres coupèrent des branches d’arbres, et en jonchèrent la route. A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 21:8) - Pour ce qui est de Paris, on a dû, dans ces derniers temps, transporter la **plupart** des embouchures d'égouts en aval au-dessous du dernier pont. So far as Paris is concerned, it has become indispensable of late, to transport the mouths of the sewers downstream, below the last bridge. 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