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# terme — French to English

How French *terme* 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: terme (217 485), termes (131 282). By style: everyday 201 · literary 21 · biblical 30 · parliamentary 32 868 · legal and administrative 41 740 · UN documents 273 907.

## term

Used about 204 912 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 101 · literary ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 14 722 · legal and administrative ≈ 21 740 · UN documents ≈ 168 339). Forms: term, terms. Meaning: [term in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/term/).

- Est-ce un **terme** technique ?
  Is that a technical **term**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4013095](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4013095) [\#6926792](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6926792))

- En d'autres **termes**, descendre.
  In other **terms**, he must descend.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27826)

- Ensuite, que devons-nous faire à court **terme**?
  What should we do in the short **term**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 702876)

- TITRES DE CRÉANCE À LONG **TERME**
  LONG-**TERM** DEBT SECURITIES
  ([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 5136752)

- Aux **termes** de cette loi :
  In **terms** of this act:
  ([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 9645313)

## words

Used about 30 270 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 081 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 348 · UN documents ≈ 22 826).

- En d'autres **termes**, elle est bête.
  In other **words**, she's dumb.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#870455](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/870455) [\#550093](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/550093))

- En d'autres **termes**, elle nia à la nation ce qui la faisait nation et au citoyen ce qui le faisait citoyen.
  In other **words**, it denied to the nation that which made it a nation, and to the citizen that which made him a citizen.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18009)

- Alors Pierre, se présentant avec les onze, éleva la voix, et leur parla en ces **termes**: Hommes Juifs, et vous tous qui séjournez à Jérusalem, sachez ceci, et prêtez l’oreille à mes paroles!
  But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my **words**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 2:14)

- En d'autres **termes**, nous accédons à la demande de Mme Lenz.
  In other **words** we will do as Mrs Lenz asked.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1887198)

- En d'autres **termes**, le niveau des coûts par PCN n'a pas influé sur les conclusions.
  In other **words**, the level of the costs per PCN had no bearing on the outcome.
  ([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 4602227)

## end

Used about 9 868 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 2 397 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 739 · UN documents ≈ 5 706). Meaning: [end in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/end/).

- Mettons un **terme** à ce débat.
  Let's **end** this debate.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1370516](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1370516) [\#6219189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6219189))

- —Au **terme** de notre expédition?
  "To our journey's **end**?"
  ([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 3211)

- Toi qui habites près des grandes eaux, Et qui as d’immenses trésors, Ta fin est venue, ta cupidité est à son **terme**!
  You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your **end** has come, the measure of your covetousness.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 51:13)

- Espérons qu'elle parvienne rapidement à son **terme**.
  Let us hope that it will come to a speedy **end**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 438366)

- L’impôt est établi au **terme** de l’exercice financier (généralement le 31 décembre).
  Taxes are assessed at the **end** of the company’s financial year (generally on 31 December).
  ([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 5646491)

## long

Used about 1 322 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 304). Meaning: [long in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/long/).

- Je suis là pour le long **terme**.
  I'm in it for the **long** haul.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5737077](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5737077) [\#8872562](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8872562))

- Quand mettrez-vous un **terme** à ces discours? Ayez de l’intelligence, puis nous parlerons.
  “How **long** will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 18:2)

- H 411: Toxique pour les organismes aquatiques, entraîne des effets néfastes à long **terme**
  H411: Toxic to aquatic life with **long**-lasting effects
  ([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 3863038)

- À long **terme**, les prix augmenteront.
  In the **long** run, prices will rise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#238645](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/238645) [\#12578458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12578458))

- Très toxique pour les organismes aquatiques, entraîne des effets néfastes à long **terme**.
  Very toxic to aquatic life with **long** lasting effects.
  ([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 5207518)

## short

Used about 4 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4). Meaning: [short in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/short/).

- Il sera impossible d'avoir un visa à court **terme**.
  It'll be impossible to get a visa at **short** notice.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by milamber and milamber · checked, community translation · [\#34790](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/34790) [\#631885](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/631885))

- Faire des petites économies t'épargnera de l'argent à court **terme** mais te coûtera des clients sur le long **terme**.
  Cutting corners will save you money in the **short**-run but cost you customers in the long-run.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#660106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/660106) [\#809860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/809860))

## More sentences

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

- C'est au **terme** d'une courte interruption qu'il a réintégré son poste à l'institut.
  After a brief hiatus, he resumed his position at the institute.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#9040903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9040903) [\#9042945](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9042945))

- Le **terme** "cliché" vient de la langue française.
  The word "cliche" comes from French.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1324018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1324018) [\#1233968](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1233968))

- Le **terme** « nègre » est offensant.
  "Negro" is an offensive word.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and megamanenm · checked, community translation · [\#2897140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2897140) [\#800192](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/800192))

## 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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