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# soixante — French to English

How French *soixante* 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: soixante (95 340), soixantes (1). By style: everyday 115 · literary 22 · biblical 162 · parliamentary 512 · legal and administrative 1 372 · UN documents 93 158.

## sixty

Used about 66 454 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 60 · literary ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 91 · parliamentary ≈ 160 · legal and administrative ≈ 140 · UN documents ≈ 65 987). Meaning: [sixty in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sixty/).

- Il a **soixante** ans.
  He is **sixty** years old.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by theachaean and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#8910532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8910532) [\#8031033](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8031033))

- --Trois cent **soixante**-sept livres huit sols trois deniers parisis.
  “Three hundred **sixty**-seven livres, eight sols, three deniers parisis.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7476)

- **soixante** et un mille ânes,
  **sixty**-one thousand donkeys,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 31:34)

- Quand, dans un Parlement, il y a **soixante** amendements...
  When there are **sixty** amendments in Parliament...
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1801577)

- au paragraphe 3, les termes «**soixante** jours» sont remplacés par les termes «45 jours».
  in paragraph 3, the words ‘**sixty** days’ are replaced by ‘45 days’.
  ([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 241910)

## seventy

Used about 11 898 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 71 · parliamentary ≈ 75 · legal and administrative ≈ 84 · UN documents ≈ 11 645). Meaning: [seventy in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/seventy/).

- Je sais compter jusqu'à **soixante**-dix.
  I can count up to **seventy**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rmateo and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#11896893](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11896893) [\#6205491](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6205491))

- --Que nous pouvions faire le tour du monde en **soixante**-dix-huit jours seulement.
  “That we might have made the tour of the world in only **seventy**-eight days.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 3310)

- **soixante**-douze mille bœufs,
  **seventy**-two thousand head of cattle,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 31:33)

- **Soixante**-dix pour cent des jouets vendus se situent en dessous des valeurs limites.
  **Seventy** percent of toys sold are below these thresholds.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1316071)

- Il est constitué un comité consultatif de l'Agence comprenant septante-cinq **soixante** quinze membres.
  An Advisory Committee to the Agency shall be set up comprising **seventy**-five members.
  ([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 1054469)

## session

Used about 5 822 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 5 822). Meaning: [session in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/session/).

- ORDRE DU JOUR PROVISOIRE ANNOTÉ DE LA **SOIXANTE** ET UNIÈME SESSION
  ANNOTATED PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE SIXTIETH **SESSION**
  ([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 17315653)

- 48. Décide d &apos; examiner la question à sa **soixante**-dixième session.
  48. Decides to give its full consideration to the subject matter at its seventieth **session**.
  ([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 27173020)

- 29. Assemblée générale (**soixante** et unième session), septembre-décembre 2006, Siège de l &apos; ONU, New York; diverses réunions de la Troisième Commission, septembre-décembre 2006.
  United Nations General Assembly 61st **Session**, September - December 2005, United Nations Headquarters, New York; various meetings of the 3rd Committee September-December 2006.
  ([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 19001364)

## assembly

Used about 1 941 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 941). Meaning: [assembly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/assembly/).

- à la **soixante**-huitième session de l &apos; Assemblée générale
  of the General **Assembly**
  ([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 28479041)

## five

Used about 11 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 11). Meaning: [five in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/five/).

- 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)

## More sentences

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

- Cependant, je vous recommande de prendre le JR Narita Express (un train part toutes les trente à **soixante** minutes de l'aéroport), pour éviter la complexité de changer de train.
  However, I recommend that you take the JR Narita Express (a train leaves every 30-60 minutes from the airport), to avoid the complexity of changing trains.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#53587](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/53587) [\#7804326](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7804326))

- Une année bissextile a trois cent **soixante**-six jours.
  A leap year has 366 days.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#12493242](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12493242) [\#1453818](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1453818))

- Un éternuement est expulsé de notre corps à **soixante** kilomètres heure.
  A sneeze leaves your body at forty miles an hour.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#956232](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/956232) [\#956283](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/956283))

## Grammar

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