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# terres — French to English

How French *terres* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: terres (69 711). By style: everyday 31 · literary 1 · biblical 24 · parliamentary 1 374 · legal and administrative 4 672 · UN documents 63 609.

## land

Used about 49 608 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 945 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 239 · UN documents ≈ 46 382). Forms: land, lands. Meaning: [land in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/land/).

- Sami était riche en **terres**.
  Sami was wealthy in **land**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · [\#6312564](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6312564) [\#6312784](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6312784))

- Mais lorsque Pierre eut quitté son collègue et se retrouva dans la rue, une tristesse nouvelle s'abattit sur lui, et l'enveloppa comme ces brumes qui courent sur la mer, venues du bout du monde et qui portent dans leur épaisseur insaisissable quelque chose de mystérieux et d'impur comme le souffle pestilentiel de **terres** malfaisantes et lointaines.
  But when Pierre had left his colleague and found himself in the street once more, a new form of melancholy came down on him, enveloping him like the fogs which roll over the sea, coming up from the ends of the world and holding in their intangible density something mysteriously impure, as it were the pestilential breath of a far-away, unhealthy **land**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2308)

- Dans tout le pays dont vous aurez la possession, vous établirez le droit de rachat pour les **terres**.
  In all the **land** of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 25:24)

- Les **terres** cultivables augmenteront de 55 %.
  Cultivable **land** will increase by 55%.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 409173)

- Autres cultures de **terres** arables
  Other arable **land** crops
  ([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 5294088)

## earth

Used about 1 363 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 363). Meaning: [earth in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/earth/).

- **Terres** colorantes, calcinées ou pulvérisées
  **Earth** colours, calcined or powdered
  ([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 69132)

- fibres à double revêtement dopées aux métaux des **terres** rares;
  Rare-**earth**-metal doped double-clad fibres;
  ([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 4981263)

- Diatomite (incluses les **terres** siliceuses et la moler earth)
  Diatomite (including siliceous **earth** and moler earth, kieselguhr and tripolite)
  ([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 945628)

- Métaux de **terres** rares, scandium et yttrium, même mélangés ou alliés entre eux
  Rare-**earth** metals, scandium and yttrium whether or not intermixed or interalloyed
  ([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 344923)

- Métaux de **terres** rares, scandium et yttrium, même mélangés ou alliés entre eux
  Rare-**earth** metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed
  ([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 180909)

## rare

Used about 57 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 57). Meaning: [rare in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rare/).

- Les téléphones portables que nous utilisons tous contiennent des métaux des **terres** rares, qui sont peu souvent recyclés.
  The mobile phones that we all use contain **rare** earths and metals, which are seldom recycled.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1512619)

- Par conséquent, les conclusions seront cruciales afin d'indiquer les mesures que la Commission devrait ensuite adopter à propos des **terres** rares.
  Hence, the conclusions will also be crucial in terms of indicating the steps the Commission should subsequently take with regard to **rare** earths.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1513442)

## More sentences

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

- « Hautes **Terres** », de Euclides da Cunha, est un énorme livre de plus de 300 pages.
  "Rebellion in the Backlands", by Euclides da Cunha, is an enormous book with more than 300 pages.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by bart and bart · checked, community translation · [\#1751276](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1751276) [\#1751313](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1751313))

- Presque chaque nuit, des nuages se forment au-dessus de l'océan et se déplacent vers l'intérieur des **terres**.
  Almost every night clouds develop over the ocean and move inland.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6731886](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6731886) [\#9936403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9936403))

- « Risque de gel nocturne sur les basses **terres** » disait-on au bulletin météo.
  "A chance of nighttime frost in low-lying areas," they said in the weather forecast.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#8838585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8838585) [\#1224800](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1224800))

## Grammar

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