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# secondaire — French to English

How French *secondaire* 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: secondaire (43 633), secondaires (19 478). By style: everyday 35 · literary 2 · parliamentary 1 023 · legal and administrative 4 384 · UN documents 57 667.

## secondary

Used about 52 289 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 437 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 790 · UN documents ≈ 48 056). Meaning: [secondary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/secondary/).

- Les paysans exercent souvent une activité **secondaire** pour compléter leurs revenus.
  Peasants often have a **secondary** activity to augment their income.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#1152259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1152259) [\#486670](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/486670))

- —Parce que la vie animale n'a existé sur la terre qu'aux périodes **secondaires**, lorsque le terrain sédimentaire a été formé par les alluvions, et a remplacé les roches incandescentes de l'époque primitive.
  "Because animal life existed upon the earth only in the **secondary** period, when a sediment of soil had been deposited by the rivers, and taken the place of the incandescent rocks of the primitive period."
  ([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 2642)

- Tout le reste est **secondaire**.
  All other aspects are **secondary**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 93068)

- Au plus 1er cycle du **secondaire**
  At most lower **secondary**
  ([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 2899991)

- Enseignement primaire et **secondaire**
  Primary and **secondary** education
  ([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 15121399)

## school

Used about 4 226 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 11 · UN documents ≈ 4 205). Forms: school, schools. Meaning: [school in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/school/).

- Il a lâché l'école **secondaire** à 17 ans.
  He left high **school** at seventeen.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marioo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#299329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/299329) [\#8037250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8037250))

- 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)

- Diplôme d &apos; études **secondaires** ou universitaires
  High **School** or University Degree
  ([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 11828014)

- J'ai un fils qui est en début de **secondaire**.
  I have a son in junior high **school**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1887353](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1887353) [\#2433537](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2433537))

- Toutefois, beaucoup d &apos; entre eux quittent leur village pour poursuivre leurs études dans les établissements **secondaires** du premier cycle des agglomérations urbaines.
  However, many of them leave their villages to study in middle **schools** in urban centers.
  ([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 13423685)

## education

Used about 1 201 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 201). Meaning: [education in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/education/).

- Éducation primaire et **secondaire**
  Basic and intermediate **education**
  ([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 20760749)

- Cela indique qu &apos; ils auront de grosses difficultés pour aller au bout de leurs études primaires et **secondaires**.
  This indicates that they will face significant difficulties in completing a youth **education**.
  ([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 27747738)

## primary

Used about 646 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 46 · UN documents ≈ 601). Meaning: [primary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/primary/).

- fichier de référence des sites (primaires, **secondaires** et zone-voie-emplacement),
  Reference file of the numerical coding of locations (**primary**, subsidiary and zone-track-spot)
  ([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 390426)

- 408. Pratiquement tous les élèves poursuivent ensuite leur scolarité dans le **secondaire**, où ils entrent à l &apos; âge de 12 ou 13 ans.
  408. Almost all pupils transfer to second level school when they have completed their **primary** education - generally at about 12 or 13 years of age.
  ([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 22433472)

## More sentences

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

- Quel est l'effet **secondaire** ?
  What's the side effect?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and lukaszpp · checked, community translation · [\#687478](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/687478) [\#1640634](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1640634))

- Le fumée **secondaire** peut provoquer un cancer du poumon et des maladies du cœur mortels chez les personnes qui n’ont jamais fumé.
  Second-hand smoke can cause fatal lung cancer and heart disease among people who have never themselves smoked.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Objectivesea and Objectivesea · checked, community translation · [\#13478961](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13478961) [\#13478960](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13478960))

- Nous devenons très alertes aux dangers de la fumée **secondaire**.
  We are becoming very aware of the dangers of secondhand smoke.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CK · checked, community translation · [\#249130](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/249130) [\#392105](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/392105))

## 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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