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# supérieure — French to English

How French *supérieure* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 8 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: supérieure (54 809), supérieures (17 321). By style: everyday 37 · literary 10 · biblical 19 · parliamentary 1 353 · legal and administrative 27 764 · UN documents 42 947.

## higher

Used about 15 106 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 366 · legal and administrative ≈ 868 · UN documents ≈ 13 868). Meaning: [higher in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/higher/).

- Nous ne pouvions qu'espérer l'intervention de puissances **supérieures**.
  We could only hope for the intervention of **higher** powers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#10660468](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10660468) [\#11052581](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11052581))

- Que toute personne soit soumise aux autorités **supérieures**; car il n’y a point d’autorité qui ne vienne de Dieu, et les autorités qui existent ont été instituées de Dieu.
  Let every soul be in subjection to the **higher** authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 13:1)

- Il faut passer à une vitesse **supérieure**.
  We must change into a **higher** gear.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1607173)

- La hauteur moyenne des pleines mers **supérieures** de vive eau sur un site donné.
  The average height of **higher** high water at spring tides at a location.
  ([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 2339170)

- Écoles **supérieures** de navigation
  **higher** pedagogical schools medical academies
  ([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 11848735)

## greater

Used about 11 890 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 073 · UN documents ≈ 5 816). Meaning: [greater in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/greater/).

- La vitesse d'un avion est bien **supérieure** à celle d'un hélicoptère.
  The speed of an airplane is much **greater** than that of a helicopter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#318022](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/318022) [\#11156098](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11156098))

- puissance égale ou **supérieure** à 50 kW; et
  A power of 50 kW or **greater**; and
  ([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 957198)

- d &apos; une capacité **supérieure** à 1 m3
  with a capacity **greater** than 1 m3
  ([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 22791914)

- b. capacité **supérieure** à 0,25 μF; et
  b. Capacitance **greater** than 0,25 μF; and
  ([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 4091951)

- Si la dérive est **supérieure** à 4 %, l &apos; essai est annulé.
  If the drift is **greater** than 4 per cent, the test shall be voided.
  ([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 20928587)

## than

Used about 9 453 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 240 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 073 · UN documents ≈ 3 132). Meaning: [than in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/than/).

- Notre dette est **supérieure** à ce que nous pouvons payer.
  Our debt is more **than** we can pay.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Petro1 and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#23394](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/23394) [\#9529](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9529))

- Car il a été jugé digne d’une gloire d’autant **supérieure** à celle de Moïse que celui qui a construit une maison a plus d’honneur que la maison même.
  For he has been counted worthy of more glory **than** Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 3:3)

- Mais le Conseil doit laisser ouverte l'option d'une réduction **supérieure** à 15 %.
  But Council should keep the option of a decrease that is larger **than** 15%.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1148147)

- égale ou **supérieure** à 85 % mais inférieure à 95 %
  Of 85 % or more but less **than** 95 %
  ([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 1649239)

- Depuis 1999, le pourcentage d &apos; exploitations **supérieures** à 100 ha a, quant à lui, augmenté de 62 %.
  The proportion of growers with more **than** 100 ha of potatoes had increased by 62% from 1999.
  ([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 8444569)

## exceeding

Used about 5 997 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 3 760 · UN documents ≈ 2 237). Meaning: [exceeding in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/exceeding/).

- une teneur en cires **supérieure** à 350 mg/kg, ou
  a wax content **exceeding** 350 mg/kg, or
  ([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 3006433)

- Ne pas exposer à une température **supérieure** à 50 °C/122 °F.
  Do not expose to temperatures **exceeding** 50 °C/ 122 °F.
  ([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 16088704)

- énergie d'impulsion **supérieure** à 5 J par impulsion; ou
  Pulse energy **exceeding** 5 J per pulse; or
  ([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 1843674)

- La teneur en eau des pêches séchées ne doit pas être **supérieure** à 20,0 %.
  Dried peaches shall have a moisture content not **exceeding** 20.0 per cent.
  ([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 14387359)

- spécialement conçus pour opérer à des altitudes **supérieures** à 30000 m.
  Specially designed to operate at altitudes **exceeding** 30000 m.
  ([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 4980631)

## above

Used about 5 360 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 70 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 603 · UN documents ≈ 2 684). Meaning: [above in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/above/).

- Ne pas exposer à une température **supérieure** à cinquante degrés centigrades.
  Do not expose to temperatures **above** fifty centigrade.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lulantis and corvard · checked, community translation · [\#3454423](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3454423) [\#3469065](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3469065))

- Cette influence est d'autant plus forte qu'elle est spontanée et n'est pas imposée par des instances **supérieures**.
  This influence is all the stronger as it is spontaneous and not imposed from **above**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 920810)

- Totalité du temps de vol à des altitudes-pression **supérieures** à 10000 ft
  Entire flight time at pressure altitudes **above** 10000 ft
  ([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 1075968)

- Seule la part des fonds reçus **supérieure** au coût de l &apos; opération sera comptabilisée au titre des recettes.
  Revenue will include only the portion of cash received that is **above** the cost of the transaction.
  ([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 22586066)

- À l'échelle mondiale, la période de douze mois allant de novembre 2018 à octobre 2019 a été de 0,56°C plus chaude que la moyenne de 1981-2010. La période de douze mois la plus chaude a été celle d'octobre 2015 à septembre 2016, avec une température de 0,66 °C **supérieure** à la moyenne. 2016 est l'année civile la plus chaude jamais enregistrée, avec une température globale de 0,63°C **supérieure** à celle de la période 1981-2010.
  Globally, the twelve-month period from November 2018 to October 2019 was 0.56°C warmer than the 1981-2010 average. The warmest twelve-month period was from October 2015 to September 2016, with a temperature 0.66°C **above** average. 2016 is the warmest calendar year on record, with a global temperature 0.63°C above that for 1981-2010.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and GuidoW · checked, community translation · [\#8306384](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8306384) [\#9776198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9776198))

## upper

Used about 3 831 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 127 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 446 · UN documents ≈ 2 237). Meaning: [upper in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upper/).

- Il appartient à la classe **supérieure**.
  He belongs to the **upper** class.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#299707](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/299707) [\#818950](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/818950))

- Gavroche, tout en écoutant, s'était saisi d'une canne que Montparnasse tenait à la main; il en avait machinalement tiré la partie **supérieure**, et la lame d'un poignard avait apparu.
  Gavroche, as he listened, had seized a cane that Montparnasse held in his hand, and mechanically pulled at the **upper** part, and the blade of a dagger made its appearance.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20651)

- Jotham bâtit la porte **supérieure** de la maison de l’Éternel, et il fit beaucoup de constructions sur les murs de la colline.
  He built the **upper** gate of the LORD’s house, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 27:3)

- La valeur de référence de 20% du chapitre cinq devrait être conservée comme limite **supérieure** du budget.
  The benchmark of 20% of heading five should be retained as the budget's **upper** limit.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 920576)

- 6,3 mm pour la courbe de tolérance **supérieure**.
  6,3 mm for the **upper** tolerance curve
  ([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 5448708)

## education

Used about 2 251 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 14 · UN documents ≈ 2 237). Meaning: [education in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/education/).

- Les écoles **supérieures** danoises jouent, en outre, un rôle important dans la mesure où elles offrent des possibilités de formation aux personnes de tout âge.
  The Danish folk high schools also play an important role in offering **education** to people of all ages.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2042648)

- 1985-1987 Responsable de programme, Département des études techniques et **supérieures** de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, Sydney.
  1985-1987 **Education** Officer, New South Wales Department of Technical and Further Education, Sydney.
  ([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 7013363)

- Développement d &apos; une bibliothèque à l &apos; école primaire **supérieure** de Rimal et à l &apos; école primaire mixte C de Gaza
  Development of Library at Rimal Preparatory Girls &amp; Gaza Elementary C co-**education** School
  ([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 11511059)

- Études **supérieures** à l &apos; Université de Cambridge (Queen &apos; s College) en histoire et en droit, études postuniversitaires en droit international.
  University **education** at Cambridge University (Queens &apos; College) history and law, postgraduate studies in international law.
  ([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 18043903)

- Au cycle de spécialisation de la division **supérieure** (2e et 1ère) les élèves optent pour les sections suivantes:
  Students &apos; choices of subjects in the specialization years of secondary school **education** (second year prior to secondary school completion and final year) are shown in the following table.
  ([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 8993829)

## superior

Used about 1 004 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 99 · UN documents ≈ 895). Meaning: [superior in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/superior/).

- C'est une femme d'une intelligence **supérieure**.
  She is a woman of **superior** intelligence.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Blabla and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10274299](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10274299) [\#7751726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7751726))

- --Vous mépriser, belle enfant! répondait l'officier d'un air de galanterie **supérieure** et distinguée, vous mépriser, tête-Dieu! et pourquoi?
  “Despise you, my pretty child!” replied the officer with an air of **superior** and distinguished gallantry, “despise you, tête-Dieu! and why?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4663)

- Ils étaient pourtant d'une qualité **supérieure** à celui-ci.
  They were, however, **superior** to this one.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1854447)

- a) Juridictions **supérieures**: la Cour suprême, la Cour d &apos; appel et la Haute Cour;
  (a) **Superior** courts: the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court;
  ([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 29502185)

- Les machines produites par son entreprise sont **supérieures** aux nôtres.
  Machines that his company produces are **superior** to ours.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#285750](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/285750) [\#11943470](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11943470))

## More sentences

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

- Le major de la Marine nationale, distinct du major interarmées, incarne l’autorité **supérieure** des officiers mariniers.
  The Navy major, distinct from the joint-services major, represents the highest authority among petty officers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362960](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362960) [\#13362959](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362959))

- Qu'est-ce que le service en chambre de catégorie **supérieure** inclut ?
  What comes with deluxe room service?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and LB · checked, community translation · [\#4466404](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4466404) [\#4466441](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4466441))

- Les soldats disposaient d'armes d'une puissance de feu **supérieure**.
  The soldiers had more powerful weapons.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#805347](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/805347) [\#982501](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/982501))

## Grammar

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