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# sommet — French to English

How French *sommet* 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: sommet (113 411), sommets (6 204). By style: everyday 128 · literary 15 · biblical 76 · parliamentary 12 605 · legal and administrative 690 · UN documents 106 101.

## summit

Used about 105 352 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · literary ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 11 161 · legal and administrative ≈ 216 · UN documents ≈ 93 944). Forms: summit, summits. Meaning: [summit in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/summit/).

- Elle débuta au **sommet**.
  She started from the **summit**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1722532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1722532) [\#1696465](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1696465))

- Le lendemain, un ciel gris, nuageux, lourd, s'abaissa sur le **sommet** du cône.
  The next morning, a grey, heavy, cloudy sky seemed to droop over the **summit** of the cone.
  ([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 1413)

- Le **Sommet** de Feira sera mon dernier exemple.
  The Feira **Summit** is my last example.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 213937)

- dans des espaces ouverts, mais pas aux **sommets** des montagnes les plus élevées.
  at open area sites, but not on **summits** of higher mountains
  ([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 1441643)

- IV. Organisation du **Sommet**
  IV. Organization of the **Summit**
  ([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 10133484)

## nations

Used about 3 316 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 316).

- conférences et **sommets** organisés par les Nations Unies)
  conférences et sommets organisés par les **Nations** Unies)
  ([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 5293958)

- Application et suivi intégrés et coordonnés des résultats des grandes conférences et des **sommets** organisés sous l &apos; égide des Nations Unies \[6\]
  Application et suivi intégrés et coordonnés des résultats des grandes conférences et des sommets organisés sous l &apos; égide des **Nations** Unies \[6\]
  ([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 6476636)

- Consultations officieuses sur l’application et le suivi intégrés et coordonnés des résultats des grandes conférences et **sommets** or-ganisés par les Nations Unies
  Consultations officieuses sur l’application et le suivi intégrés et coordonnés des résultats des grandes conférences et sommets or-ganisés par les **Nations** Unies
  ([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 5291692)

## up

Used about 2 214 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 2 210). Meaning: [up in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/up/).

- Mon chat est resté coincé au **sommet** d'un arbre.
  My cat got stuck **up** a tree.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#2020420](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2020420) [\#2022300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2022300))

- Par tes messagers tu as insulté le Seigneur, Et tu as dit: Avec la multitude de mes chars, J’ai gravi le **sommet** des montagnes, Les extrémités du Liban; Je couperai les plus élevés de ses cèdres, Les plus beaux de ses cyprès, Et j’atteindrai sa dernière cime, Sa forêt semblable à un verger;
  By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots, I have come **up** to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 19:23)

- issus des grandes conférences et réunions au **sommet**
  follow-**up** to the outcomes of the major United Nations
  ([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 23463181)

- En 1928-1929, 3 000 khatchkars et quelques milliers de pierres tombales au profil plat, à deux faces et aux **sommets** sculptés étaient encore debout.
  In 1928-1929, there were still **up** to 3,000 khatchkars and a few thousand flat, two-edged, cap-shaped tombstones.
  ([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 16797327)

## top

Used about 1 559 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 80 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 47 · parliamentary ≈ 131 · legal and administrative ≈ 194 · UN documents ≈ 1 105). Meaning: [top in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/top/).

- Elle débuta au **sommet**.
  She came out on **top**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1690892](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1690892) [\#1696465](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1696465))

- Les rats en effet, qui pullulaient par milliers dans la carcasse de l'éléphant et qui étaient ces taches noires vivantes dont nous avons parlé, avaient été tenus en respect par la flamme de la bougie tant qu'elle avait brillé, mais dès que cette caverne, qui était comme leur cité, avait été rendue à la nuit, sentant là ce que le bon conteur Perrault appelle «de la chair fraîche», ils s'étaient rués en foule sur la tente de Gavroche, avaient grimpé jusqu'au **sommet**, et en mordaient les mailles comme s'ils cherchaient à percer cette zinzelière d'un nouveau genre.
  The rats, in fact, who swarmed by thousands in the carcass of the elephant, and who were the living black spots which we have already mentioned, had been held in awe by the flame of the candle, so long as it had been lighted; but as soon as the cavern, which was the same as their city, had returned to darkness, scenting what the good story-teller Perrault calls “fresh meat,” they had hurled themselves in throngs on Gavroche’s tent, had climbed to the **top** of it, and had begun to bite the meshes as though seeking to pierce this new-fangled trap.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20968)

- Balak mena Balaam sur le **sommet** du Peor, en regard du désert.
  Balak took Balaam to the **top** of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 23:28)

- D'après les experts, 100 kilogrammes d'anthrax libérés du **sommet** d'un haut building pourraient tuer jusqu'à 3 millions de personnes.
  Experts say that 100 kilograms of anthrax released from the **top** of a tall building could kill up to 3 million people.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1808053)

- Nuage: altitude du **sommet**:
  Cloud: height of **top**:
  ([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 4030649)

## development

Used about 7 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 7). Meaning: [development in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/development/).

- À son **sommet** de Göteborg, les 15 et 16 juin 2001, le Conseil européen a déclaré que le rééquilibrage entre les modes de transport est au cœur de la stratégie de développement durable.
  At its meeting in Gothenburg on 15 and 16 June 2001 the European Council declared that shifting the balance between the modes of transport is at the heart of the sustainable **development** strategy.
  ([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 1045586)

## More sentences

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

- Le caporal-chef de première classe est un grade spécifique à l’Armée de l’Air, situé au **sommet** des militaires du rang.
  The first-class master corporal is a specific rank in the Air Force, representing the highest tier among enlisted ranks.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362964](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362964) [\#13362963](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362963))

- Les actions ont atteint un nouveau **sommet**.
  Stocks hit a new high.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#21219](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21219) [\#583137](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/583137))

- Le château était perché au **sommet** de la colline.
  The castle was perched atop the hill.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#8101938](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8101938) [\#10718005](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10718005))

## 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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