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# primaires — French to English

How French *primaires* 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: primaires (26 142). By style: everyday 3 · parliamentary 197 · legal and administrative 3 157 · UN documents 22 785.

## primary

Used about 24 188 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 144 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 157 · UN documents ≈ 20 886). Meaning: [primary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/primary/).

- Il existe trois couleurs **primaires**.
  There are three **primary** colours.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#6190899](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6190899) [\#11968958](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11968958))

- · utilisation équilibrée de différents types de combustibles **primaires**
  · balanced use of various types of **primary** fuels
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 699504)

- Silicones sous formes **primaires**
  Silicones in **primary** forms
  ([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 689471)

- B) Écoles **primaires** destinées aux adultes
  (B) **Primary** schools for adults
  ([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 27689834)

- Or, une telle tâche ne rentre pas dans leurs responsabilités **primaires**.
  This task is not part of their **primary** responsibilities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 593262)

## schools

Used about 953 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 4 · UN documents ≈ 949).

- La Roumanie a lancé en 2001 la construction de plusieurs centaines de salles de sport pour écoles **primaires** et établissements d'enseignement secondaire, aussi bien en milieu urbain que rural.
  In Romania, the construction of several hundreds of sports halls for **schools** and high schools began in 2001, both in the urban and in the rural environment.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1075458)

- 949. Toutes les écoles **primaires** et tous les collèges suivent le même programme.
  Students in elementary and middle **schools** study according to the same curriculum.
  ([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 9124703)

- De plus, 287 089 enfants de réfugiés ont fréquenté des écoles **primaires** et secondaires publiques ou privées sans aide financière de l &apos; UNRWA.
  In addition, a total of 287,089 refugee pupils attended other government and private elementary, preparatory and secondary **schools** at no cost to UNRWA.
  ([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 11509584)

## health

Used about 475 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 475). Meaning: [health in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/health/).

- Les soins de santé **primaires** sont gratuits pour tous, et l &apos; État prépare en plus la mise en place de services de santé mobiles.
  Basic **health** services are free for everyone and the government is also developing mobile health services.
  ([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 24236591)

## care

Used about 4 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 4). Meaning: [care in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/care/).

- Les soins de santé **primaires** et la santé génésique nécessitent toujours des investissements importants.
  Basic health **care** and reproductive health care still require major investments.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 566925)

## secondary

Used about 4 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 4). Meaning: [secondary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/secondary/).

- par écrit. - (RO) Je tiens à souligner l'importance des cours d'éducation physique dans les écoles **primaires** et les établissements d'enseignement secondaire dans l'UE.
  in writing. - (RO) I would like to emphasize the importance of physical education classes in the EU schools and **secondary** schools.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1075372)

## More sentences

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

- Des études montrent qu'une fois les besoins **primaires** de gîte et de nourriture satisfaits, la richesse additionnelle ne contribue que peu au bonheur.
  Studies show that once the basic needs of shelter and food are met, additional wealth adds very little to happiness.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and eastasiastudent · checked, community translation · [\#743117](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/743117) [\#1038183](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1038183))

- L’huile de palme détruit les forêts **primaires**.
  Palm oil is destroying the rainforest.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3076637](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3076637) [\#9545468](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9545468))

- En 2004, il sera en précampagne électorale aux mois de janvier et février pour les **primaires** ; il sera en campagne électorale aux mois de mars, avril et mai.
  We will be busy with the pre-election campaign for the preliminaries in January and February 2004 and then with the election campaign proper in March, April and May.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 144745)

## Grammar

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