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# plusieurs — French to English

How French *plusieurs* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: plusieurs (329 172). By style: everyday 544 · literary 26 · biblical 131 · parliamentary 18 871 · legal and administrative 36 384 · UN documents 273 216.

## several

Used about 190 651 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 317 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 6 683 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 886 · UN documents ≈ 170 760). Meaning: [several in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/several/).

- Il y a **plusieurs** options.
  There are **several** options.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4494165](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4494165) [\#11642701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11642701))

- Il en vit venir encore **plusieurs**, sortant l'un après l'autre de l'ombre impénétrable.
  He saw **several** more come in, one after another, out of the impenetrable vapour.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1050)

- **Plusieurs** autres affaires sont en cours.
  **Several** new cases are in progress.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1760682)

- Feuille réfléchissante auto-adhésive, constituée de **plusieurs** couches:
  Self-adhesive reflecting film, consisting of **several** layers including:
  ([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 3763668)

- A cet effet, **plusieurs** mesures avaient été adoptées.
  To this end **several** measures had been adopted.
  ([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 468135)

## one

Used about 40 993 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 393 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 128 · UN documents ≈ 28 460). Meaning: [one in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/one/).

- Une personne ne peut pas faire **plusieurs** choses à la fois.
  **One** cannot do lots of things at the same time.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and CM · checked, community translation · [\#270114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/270114) [\#128683](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128683))

- Il fallut bientôt traverser **plusieurs** petits fjörds sans importance, et enfin un véritable golfe; la marée, étale alors, nous permit de passer sans attendre et de gagner le hameau d'Alftanes, situé un mille au delà.
  We had to cross a few narrow fiords, and at last quite a wide gulf; the tide, then high, allowed us to pass over without delay, and to reach the hamlet of Alftanes, **one** mile beyond.
  ([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 1171)

- Il existe, en Europe **plusieurs** langues nationales mais, comme le dit Samaranch, le président du Comité olympique international, une seule langue est vraiment internationale: celle du sport.
  There are various national languages in Europe, but as Mr Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee, puts it, only **one** language is truly international: that of sport.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1733072)

- un ou **plusieurs** champs BÉNÉFICIAIRES (“BENEFICIARIES”),
  **One** or more ‘BENEFICIARIES’,
  ([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 3435471)

- b) Perte d &apos; un ou de **plusieurs** échelons de classe;
  (b) Loss of **one** or more steps in grade;
  ([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 23516861)

## number

Used about 36 603 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 5 111 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 032 · UN documents ≈ 28 460). Meaning: [number in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/number/).

- Les services ne sont pas des marchandises comme les autres, pour **plusieurs** raisons.
  Services are not like goods, for a **number** of reasons.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1127050)

- La Commission a pris en considération **plusieurs** options pour la sélection du prix le plus adapté à utiliser comme prix de référence international.
  The Commission was considering a **number** of alternatives for the selection of a most suitable price which should be used as an international reference price.
  ([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 3038874)

- D &apos; autre part, le Canada compte prendre **plusieurs** initiatives.
  Track two consisted of a **number** of initiatives.
  ([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 2720087)

- **Plusieurs** députés ont déposé des amendements visant à obtenir des dérogations.
  Members of your House have now tabled a **number** of amendments aimed at securing derogations.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 876892)

- L'attribution de contrats spécifiques fondés sur un accord-cadre conclu avec **plusieurs** opérateurs économiques est effectuée selon les modalités suivantes:
  Specific contracts based on framework agreements concluded with a **number** of economic operators shall be awarded in accordance with the following arrangements:
  ([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 1155258)

## many

Used about 8 727 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 147 · literary ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 120 · parliamentary ≈ 2 752 · UN documents ≈ 5 692). Meaning: [many in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/many/).

- J'apprends **plusieurs** langues.
  I study **many** languages.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Gib and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2456789](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2456789) [\#9788362](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9788362))

- **Plusieurs** semaines s'étaient écoulées.
  **Many** weeks had elapsed.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3582)

- Et, dans ce lieu-là, **plusieurs** crurent en lui.
  **Many** believed in him there.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 10:42)

- **Plusieurs** milliers de demandes de projets attendent une évaluation depuis plus d'un an.
  **Many** thousands of project applications have been awaiting assessment for over a year now.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 126487)

- Le secteur de la justice fait l &apos; objet de nombreuses réformes, portant notamment sur la juridiction de **plusieurs** districts et divisions appartenant à une zone géographique relativement importante.
  **Many** reforms were being carried out in the justice sector, concerning inter alia the jurisdiction of various districts and divisions in a relatively large geographical area.
  ([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 15038851)

## more

Used about 394 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 393). Meaning: [more in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/more/).

- **Plusieurs** années s'écoulèrent ainsi; Cosette grandissait.
  His whole heart melted in gratitude, and he loved **more** and more.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12586)

- Au cours du débat sur le chocolat, le mot éthique a été prononcé à **plusieurs** reprises.
  In the debate on chocolate, the word ethics was used **more** than once.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 22293)

## More sentences

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

- Un mot peut avoir **plusieurs** sens.
  Words can have multiple meanings.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#13744372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13744372) [\#13744366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13744366))

- Parfois je regarde une forêt, j'entre en transe et je ne le remarque pas avant **plusieurs** minutes.
  Sometimes, if I look at a forest of trees, I get in a trance and don't even realize until minutes later.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#700481](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/700481) [\#837294](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/837294))

- Les journaux ont découvert **plusieurs** choses louches lorsqu'ils ont enquêté sur le scandale Recruit.
  The papers found lots of monkey business when they investigated the Recruit scandal.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Inventorfrog · checked, community translation · [\#32811](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32811) [\#390696](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390696))

## 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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