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# quatre — French to English

How French *quatre* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: quatre (167 415), quatres (61). By style: everyday 651 · literary 176 · biblical 327 · parliamentary 8 270 · legal and administrative 14 573 · UN documents 143 479.

## four

Used about 135 154 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 488 · literary ≈ 136 · biblical ≈ 238 · parliamentary ≈ 7 089 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 626 · UN documents ≈ 116 577). Meaning: [four in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/four/).

- Ziri avait **quatre** épées.
  Ziri had **four** swords.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11176810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11176810) [\#12482010](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12482010))

- Doublée en **quatre** ans!
  Doubled in **four** years!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7375)

- les fils de l’autre Élam, mille deux cent cinquante-**quatre**;
  The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-**four**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 2:31)

- Je souhaiterais aborder **quatre** points.
  I would like to comment on **four** points.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1559709)

- Répéter cette opération **quatre** fois.
  Repeat this operation **four** times.
  ([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 5454988)

## eighty

Used about 4 786 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 54 · literary ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 61 · parliamentary ≈ 169 · UN documents ≈ 4 484). Meaning: [eighty in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eighty/).

- Il a plus de **quatre**-vingts ans.
  He is over **eighty** years old.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mervert1 and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#6573337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6573337) [\#13818863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13818863))

- --En **quatre**-vingts jours seulement, dit Phileas Fogg.
  “In **eighty** days,” interrupted Phileas Fogg.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 129)

- les gens de Bethléhem et de Netopha, cent **quatre**-vingt-huit;
  The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred **eighty**-eight.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 7:26)

- **Quatre**-vingt pour cent de l’argent utilisé par l’Union européenne sont utilisés dans les états membres.
  **Eighty** per cent of the money used in the European Union is used in the Member States.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 737935)

- **Quatre**-vingt-unième session (juillet 2004)
  **Eighty**-first session (July 2004)
  ([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 20438891)

## years

Used about 1 805 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 7 · legal and administrative ≈ 304 · UN documents ≈ 1 495).

- Lémec vécut, après la naissance de Noé, cinq cent **quatre**-vingt-quinze ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
  Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five **years**, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 5:30)

- tous les **quatre** ans jusqu'à l'âge de 30 ans;
  every 4 **years** until the age of 30;
  ([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 3602860)

- M. Zhenyu a évoqué les **quatre** siècles de politiques d &apos; isolement qu &apos; avait vécus la Chine jusqu &apos; à leur libéralisation, à la fin des années 70.
  44. Mr. Zhenyu spoke of China &apos; s historical experience of 400 **years** of closed-door policies and their liberalization since the late 1970s.
  ([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 20180837)

## one

Used about 189 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 169). Meaning: [one in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/one/).

- En mille neuf cent **quatre**-vingt-onze, je travaillais en France.
  In nineteen ninety-**one**, I was working in France.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#9035463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9035463) [\#9035524](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9035524))

- Il y avait **quatre**-vingt-seize grenades de chaque côté, et toutes les grenades autour du treillis étaient au nombre de cent.
  There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were **one** hundred on the network all around.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 52:23)

- Actuellement, une personne sur vingt de plus de soixante-cinq ans et une personne sur cinq de plus de **quatre**-vingts ans souffrent de démence.
  At present, **one** in 20 people over the age of 65 and one in five over 80 suffer from dementia.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1472208)

## three

Used about 172 times in the texts (literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 169). Meaning: [three in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/three/).

- Quiconque a aimé sait tous les sens rayonnants que contiennent les **quatre** lettres de ce mot: Elle.
  Whoever has loved knows all the radiant meanings contained in those **three** letters of that word: She.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16342)

- Les chiffres sont clairs: **quatre** heures et demie sur la route et trois pauses d’un quart d’heure chacune, à prendre à la discrétion du chauffeur.
  The figures are quite straightforward: 4.5 hours on the road and **three** breaks of quarter of an hour each, to be taken at times of the driver’s choosing.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 662927)

## two

Used about 169 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 169). Meaning: [two in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/two/).

- C'est pourquoi je me réjouis que les choses commencent à évoluer après **quatre** années.
  However, I have **two** specific supplementary questions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 325903)

## More sentences

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

- Les ouvriers ont travaillé vingt-**quatre** heures sur vingt-**quatre**.
  The workers worked around the clock.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2187828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2187828) [\#2189959](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2189959))

- Il y a **quatre** cylindres dans ce moteur.
  This engine has 4 cylinders.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#6310299](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6310299) [\#12185869](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12185869))

- - Vous n'y allez pas par **quatre** chemins ! - Jamais ! Un seul, c'est plus court.
  "You don't beat around the bush!" "Never! It's faster to get straight to the point."
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#11614062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11614062) [\#909027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/909027))

## Grammar

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