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# surtout — French to English

How French *surtout* 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: surtout (71 849), surtouts (1). By style: everyday 67 · literary 40 · biblical 10 · parliamentary 17 243 · legal and administrative 1 162 · UN documents 53 328.

## especially

Used about 17 495 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · literary ≈ 14 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 3 952 · legal and administrative ≈ 169 · UN documents ≈ 13 332). Meaning: [especially in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/especially/).

- Elle aime les fruits, **surtout** les abricots.
  She likes fruit, **especially** apricots.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#8910246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8910246) [\#10783187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10783187))

- --**Surtout** quand je sors de table.
  “**Especially** after a good meal.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1907)

- Recherchez la charité. Aspirez aussi aux dons spirituels, mais **surtout** à celui de prophétie.
  Follow after love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but **especially** that you may prophesy.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 14:1)

- Toute autre interprétation sera utilisée à des fins politiques, **surtout** en Italie.
  Any other interpretation will be open to use for political ends, **especially** within Italy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 525820)

- réduction des eaux de ruissellement, **surtout** en cas de phénomènes météorologiques violents,
  Water attenuation **especially** from severe weather events;
  ([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 4787763)

## above

Used about 8 490 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 3 952 · legal and administrative ≈ 73 · UN documents ≈ 4 444). Meaning: [above in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/above/).

- Et **surtout**, ne mens pas.
  **Above** all, don't tell a lie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Luornu · checked, community translation · [\#24788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24788) [\#9658](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9658))

- Son père, **surtout**, étonnait son oeil et sa pensée.
  His father, **above** all, amazed his eyes and his mind.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1272)

- J'y vois des défis audacieux, **surtout** dans le domaine judiciaire.
  I see new challenges ahead, **above** all in the area of justice.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1942542)

- Cela vaudrait **surtout** en cas d’épizootie.
  This applies **above** all in the event of an epidemic.
  ([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 2526444)

- **Surtout**, nous avons la certitude que le développement du monde passe par l &apos; Afrique.
  **Above** all, we are convinced that the development of the world depends on the development of Africa.
  ([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 2542988)

## mainly

Used about 8 395 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 437 · legal and administrative ≈ 291 · UN documents ≈ 6 666). Meaning: [mainly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mainly/).

- Sa maladie était **surtout** psychologique.
  His illness was **mainly** psychological.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and kotobaboke · checked, community translation · [\#373271](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/373271) [\#389657](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/389657))

- M. Bowis a absolument raison: nous ne devons pas oublier que s'il frappe **surtout** les femmes, le cancer du sein tue mille hommes chaque année.
  Mr Bowis was absolutely right: we must not forget that although it **mainly** affects women, one thousand men die of breast cancer each year.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 866773)

- Les ventes des importations chinoises se concentrent **surtout** sur le marché de la seconde monte.
  Chinese imports' sales are concentrated **mainly** in the replacement market.
  ([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 4625790)

- On forme des personnes, et **surtout** des filles, pour les métiers d &apos; entrepreneur, d &apos; agent d &apos; assurance et d\`assistant social.
  Workers, **mainly** girls, are being trained as entrepreneurs, insurance agents and social workers.
  ([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 10388728)

- Aujourd'hui, il s'agit **surtout** de l'extrême droite, dans mon pays du moins, mais dans d'autres États, c'est l'extrême gauche qui progresse.
  Today it is **mainly** the extreme right, at least in our country, but there are other states where it is the extreme left that is pushing forward.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1240679)

## particularly

Used about 8 090 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 592 · legal and administrative ≈ 48 · UN documents ≈ 4 444). Meaning: [particularly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/particularly/).

- J'aime Nara, **surtout** en automne.
  I love Nara, **particularly** in the fall.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Songe and CN · checked, community translation · [\#259758](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/259758) [\#127544](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/127544))

- «Les salons» **surtout** abondèrent dans ce sens.
  The “drawing-rooms” **particularly** abounded in remarks of this nature.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6575)

- Il définit les conditions-cadre pour de nouvelles compétences dans la politique sociale, **surtout** en matière d'emploi.
  It creates the general conditions for new fields of responsibility in social policy, **particularly** in employment.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1913675)

- Ce principe vise à ce que le but prévu par le fabricant lorsqu’il a conçu le système soit clair, **surtout** pour le conducteur.
  This principle seeks to ensure clarity, **particularly** for the driver, in terms of the manufacturer’s intention for use of the system.
  ([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 1433836)

- 80. Les petits paysans, **surtout** les femmes et les jeunes, n’ont que très peu de moyens à leur disposition pour exprimer leurs vues.
  80. Smallholders, **particularly** women and young people, have very few opportunities to make their voice heard.
  ([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 3414431)

## most

Used about 5 946 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 359 · legal and administrative ≈ 24 · UN documents ≈ 5 555). Meaning: [most in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/most/).

- Je déteste **surtout** les maths.
  I hate math **most** of all.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and mookeee · checked, community translation · [\#1689600](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1689600) [\#1689655](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1689655))

- On est **surtout** baron pour ses domestiques.
  A man is a Baron **most** of all to his servants.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30136)

- ils l’embrassaient, affligés **surtout** de ce qu’il avait dit qu’ils ne verraient plus son visage. Et ils l’accompagnèrent jusqu’au navire.
  sorrowing **most** of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 20:38)

- Et, **surtout**, n'y-a-t-il pas là les signes d'un malaise profond au sein de l'ensemble de la société algérienne, notamment chez les jeunes ?
  **Most** of all, are these not signs of a deep malaise within Algerian society as a whole, but in particular among young people?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 371429)

- Et **surtout**, les comptes courants postaux sont en concurrence avec les comptes courants bancaires dans les communes où les banques, ainsi que PI, possèdent des guichets.
  **Most** importantly, postal current accounts are in competition with bank current accounts in places where both banks and PI have outlets.
  ([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 1663998)

## More sentences

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

- Ne fais **surtout** pas ça !
  Of all things, don't do that!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and kaiperkins271 · checked, community translation · [\#6861459](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6861459) [\#6859480](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6859480))

- Sa maladie était **surtout** dans sa tête.
  His sickness was mostly in his head.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mamat and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#11618265](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11618265) [\#476689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/476689))

- Je ne veux **surtout** pas vivre dans une grande ville.
  I have no wish to live in a large city.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#682455](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/682455) [\#1051135](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1051135))

## 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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