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Meaning: [first in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/first/). - Je l'ai vu en **premier**. I saw it **first**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sisyphe and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1934909](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1934909) [\#2172395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2172395)) - Ils montèrent au **premier**. They ascended to the **first** floor. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23610) - Car Adam a été formé le **premier**, Eve ensuite; For Adam was formed **first**, then Eve. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 2:13) - Le **premier** pilier, ce sont les infrastructures. The **first** issue, then, is infrastructure. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 975771) - Article 3, **premier** alinéa, troisième tiret Article 3, **first** paragraph, third indent ([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 1574588) ## prime Used about 34 670 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · parliamentary ≈ 2 654 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 873 · UN documents ≈ 27 098). Meaning: [prime in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prime/). - Onze est un nombre **premier**. Eleven is a **prime** number. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and orcrist · checked, community translation · [\#2619455](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2619455) [\#5931279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5931279)) - Monsieur le Président, en décembre 2005, un **Premier** ministre siégeait à cette Assemblée. on behalf of the ALDE Group. - Mr President, in December 2005, there was a **Prime** Minister who sat here in the House. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1438681) - Ancien soi-disant “vice‐**Premier** ministre des affaires sociales” de la “République populaire de Donetsk”. Former so-called ‘Deputy **Prime** Minister for Social Issues’ of the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’. ([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 5072328) - Allocution de S. E. M. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, **Premier** Ministre de la République du Mali Address by His Excellency Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, **Prime** Minister of the Republic of Mali ([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 1655579) - Le pouvoir exécutif est conféré au **Premier** ministre. Executive power is vested in the **Prime** Minister. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12594632](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12594632) [\#12594636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12594636)) ## article Used about 21 314 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 3 249 · UN documents ≈ 18 065). Meaning: [article in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/article/). - Article 35, paragraphe 2, point c), **premier** et deuxième tirets **Article** 35(2)(c), 1st and 2nd indent ([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 1940099) - 3. Ajouter à l ' article **premier** du Protocole un paragraphe 13 ainsi conçu: 3. Add paragraph 13 to **article** 1 of the Protocol as follows: ([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 24557222) - L’article **premier** du règlement (CE) no 2184/96 prévoit l’ouverture d’un contingent tarifaire global de 32000 tonnes de riz par campagne de commercialisation relevant du code NC 1006 originaires d’Égypte. **Article** 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2184/96 opens an overall tariff quota of 32000 tonnes of rice falling within CN code 1006 originating in Egypt per marketing year. ([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 1278500) - Toutefois, les actes énumérés dans l ' article **premier** du Protocole facultatif sont saisis par le droit pénal burkinabè. Nevertheless, the acts enumerated in **article** 1 of the Optional Protocol are covered by the country ' s criminal law. ([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 26096397) - A. Mesures prises par le Comité en ce qui concerne les questions soulevées par l ' article **premier** du Protocole facultatif se rapportant à la Convention A. Action taken by the Committee in respect of issues arising from **article** 1 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention ([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 27193932) ## second Used about 21 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 21). Meaning: [second in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/second/). - et les fils de Samuel, le **premier**-né Vaschni et Abija. The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the **second**, Abijah. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 6:28) - Isaï engendra Éliab, son **premier**-né, Abinadab le second, Schimea le troisième, and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the **second**, Shimea the third, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 2:13) - Son fils **premier**-né se nommait Joël, et le second Abija; ils étaient juges à Beer-Schéba. Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his **second**, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 8:2) - Voici les fils de David, qui lui naquirent à Hébron. Le **premier**-né, Amnon, d’Achinoam de Jizreel; le second, Daniel, d’Abigaïl de Carmel; Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the **second**, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 3:1) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - On peut facilement distinguer l'original de la copie car le **premier** est beaucoup plus clair que l'autre. The original and the copy are easily distinguished since the one is much more vivid than the other. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#239454](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239454) [\#136102](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/136102)) - Et Joseph dit à son père: Pas ainsi, mon père, car celui-ci est le **premier**-né; pose ta main droite sur sa tête. Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.” ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 48:18) - Ruben, **premier**-né d’Israël. Fils de Ruben: Hénoc de qui descend la famille des Hénokites; Pallu, de qui descend la famille des Palluites; Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 26:5) ## 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. 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