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# progressivement — French to English

How French *progressivement* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: progressivement (25 841). By style: everyday 34 · parliamentary 1 697 · legal and administrative 1 994 · UN documents 22 116.

## gradually

Used about 11 396 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · parliamentary ≈ 955 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 205 · UN documents ≈ 9 215). Forms: gradual, gradually. Meaning: [gradually in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/gradually/).

- Le vent s'est calmé **progressivement**.
  The wind **gradually** died down.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and CM · checked, community translation · [\#319706](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/319706) [\#135978](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/135978))

- Il faut convaincre, procéder par étapes, reconvertir **progressivement**:
  What we must do is to work in **gradual** stages:
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1855689)

- restaure **progressivement** la viabilité budgétaire,
  **gradually** restore fiscal sustainability,
  ([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 1732916)

- De plus, l &apos; âge minimal de la retraite a été **progressivement** augmenté.
  Furthermore, the minimum age for retirement has been **gradually** raised.
  ([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 22669599)

- La douleur est apparue **progressivement**.
  The pain started **gradually**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AutoBot and AutoBot · checked, community translation · [\#10707781](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10707781) [\#10707783](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10707783))

## progressively

Used about 5 217 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 318 · legal and administrative ≈ 291 · UN documents ≈ 4 608). Forms: progressive, progressively. Meaning: [progressively in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/progressively/).

- À mesure que les machines surpassent **progressivement** les humains dans les activités non physiques, voire physiques, les humains se rendront compte que le simple fait d’être ou d’exister est la clé de la vie.
  As machines **progressively** outperform humans in nonphysical and even physical activities, humans will realize that just being or existing is the key to life.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nonong and nonong · checked, community translation · [\#12453074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12453074) [\#12453075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12453075))

- L'Europe met **progressivement** en uvre des normes de bien-être plus élevées.
  Europe is **progressively** implementing higher welfare standards.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 200073)

- L’association est mise en œuvre **progressivement** et sera entièrement réalisée à l’issue d’une période de transition d’une durée maximale de six ans.
  The association shall be **progressively** and fully realised over a transitional period of a maximum of six years.
  ([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 2812906)

- Il faudrait viser à relever **progressivement** l &apos; âge moyen de départ effectif à la retraite.
  A **progressive** increase in effective average age at which people stop working should be sought.
  ([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 9238154)

- Cela permettra de réduire **progressivement** les taux maximums afin de poursuivre cette tendance à la baisse.
  As a result, it will be possible to lower **progressively** the maximum levels to follow this downward trend.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 559197)

## phased

Used about 1 949 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 106 · UN documents ≈ 1 843).

- Le cadmium est **progressivement** éliminé ; le Livre vert est donc quelque peu dépassé sur ce point.
  Cadmium is being **phased** out. In this respect, the Green Paper is in fact outdated.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 176333)

- En raison du déploiement échelonné, ces gains seront obtenus **progressivement** sur plusieurs années, entre 2017 et 2019.
  **Phased** deployment means that benefits will be realized incrementally over several years from 2017 to 2019.
  ([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 28865487)

- L'objectif européen à court terme de 175 g de CO2/km sera introduit **progressivement** jusqu'en 2017. L'objectif à long terme, qui est de 147 g de CO2/km, devra être atteint pour 2020.
  The **phased**, short-term EU target is 175 g CO2/km, to be reached by 2017, and the long-term target is 147 g CO2/km, to be achieved by 2020.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1493163)

- Deuxièmement, ces véhicules devront, entre 2004 et 2007, s &apos; aligner **progressivement** sur la norme intermédiaire de 0,2 g/mile.
  Second, to further ensure progress, these vehicles are required to achieve an interim standard of 0.2 g/mi NOx to be **phased** in between 2004 and 2007.
  ([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 12806041)

- Cependant, au vu du manque de ressources et dans le droit fil de la tendance générale consistant à réduire les lignes budgétaires modestes, ces activités seront **progressivement** supprimées.
  However, in view of the lack of resources and in line with the general trend of cutting small budget lines, these activities will be **phased** out.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 99655)

## slowly

Used about 583 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 35 · legal and administrative ≈ 83 · UN documents ≈ 461). Meaning: [slowly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/slowly/).

- Tom s'est **progressivement** découragé.
  Tom **slowly** grew despondent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MichaelOpdenacker and MichaelOpdenacker · checked, community translation · [\#10236103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10236103) [\#10236105](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10236105))

- Sa diversité culturelle et sa puissance économique, qui se développent à nouveau **progressivement**, sont importantes à nos yeux.
  Its cultural diversity and its economic power, which is **slowly** developing once more, are important for us.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 413552)

- À partir des essais de braquage à un angle croissant **progressivement**, on détermine la quantité «A».
  From the **slowly** increasing steer tests, the quantity ‘A’ is determined.
  ([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 5576570)

- Transmetteurs-récepteurs VHF pour stations mobiles, portables et fixes qui sont **progressivement** remplacés par des appareils radio Tetra
  mobile, handheld and base station VHF transceivers, which are **slowly** being replaced by Tetra radios
  ([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 27220827)

- Dehors, la lumière baisse **progressivement**.
  Daylight is **slowly** fading outside.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gall and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#9942808](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9942808) [\#1683345](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1683345))

## More sentences

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

- La lumière baissa **progressivement**.
  The light faded out.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Rukkee · checked, community translation · [\#878651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/878651) [\#3658895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3658895))

- Pour l'instant, contentons-nous de réduire **progressivement** cette longue liste. D'accord ?
  Let's just chip away at this long list for now, shall we?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and mccarras · checked, community translation · [\#8977695](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8977695) [\#11736812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11736812))

- Mon père s'améliore **progressivement**.
  My father is getting better by degrees.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#319273](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/319273) [\#134909](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134909))

## Grammar

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