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# très — French to English

How French *très* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: très (288 410). By style: everyday 6 968 · literary 162 · biblical 207 · parliamentary 75 612 · legal and administrative 11 845 · UN documents 193 616.

## very

Used about 163 195 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 097 · literary ≈ 111 · biblical ≈ 52 · parliamentary ≈ 51 983 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 143 · UN documents ≈ 96 808). Meaning: [very in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/very/).

- Il est **très** fort.
  He's **very** strong.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2805869](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2805869) [\#549027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/549027))

- Cette liberté va **très** loin.
  This liberty goes **very** far.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2635)

- Abram était **très** riche en troupeaux, en argent et en or.
  Abram was **very** rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 13:2)

- Le contrôle est **très** important.
  Monitoring is **very** important.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1775295)

- toxique ou **très** toxique,
  toxic or **very** toxic,
  ([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 2635103)

## great

Used about 12 267 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 145 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 17 · UN documents ≈ 12 101). Meaning: [great in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/great/).

- J'ai de **très** bons amis.
  I have **great** friends.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2359796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2359796) [\#9159542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9159542))

- Presque en même temps la foudre gronda, et **très** furieusement.
  Almost at the same instant, the thunder rumbled with **great** fury.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20938)

- la folie occupe des postes **très** élevés, et des riches sont assis dans l’abaissement.
  Folly is set in **great** dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 10:6)

- Ces expulsions ont été la source de grandes souffrances et **très** déstabilisatrices pour ceux qui en ont été victimes.
  These evictions have been the source of **great** suffering and emotional distress for those affected.
  ([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 8348764)

- Car l’Éternel est grand et **très** digne de louange, Il est redoutable par-dessus tous les dieux;
  For the LORD is **great**, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 96:4)

## most

Used about 8 651 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 91 · legal and administrative ≈ 494 · UN documents ≈ 8 067). Meaning: [most in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/most/).

- L’Éternel tonna des cieux, Le **Très**-Haut fit retentir sa voix;
  The LORD thundered from heaven. The **Most** High uttered his voice.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2SA 22:14)

- La récession conduira **très** probablement à une diminution de la consommation du produit concerné.
  The market downturn will **most** likely lead to a further decrease in consumption of the product concerned.
  ([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 1963245)

- La durée de détention provisoire comprise entre 6 jours et 4 mois reste **très** majoritaire en 2010 à hauteur de 4863 sur un total de 11624 soit 41,8 % des cas.
  The duration of pretrial detention ranging from six days to four months remained the **most** frequent in 2010, with 4,863 out of a total of 11,624, or 41.8 per cent of all cases.
  ([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 27645330)

- J’avais dit: Vous êtes des dieux, Vous êtes tous des fils du **Très**-Haut.
  I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the **Most** High.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 82:6)

- Ne pas instituer de mesures conduirait **très** probablement à une poursuite de l’évolution négative de la situation financière de l’industrie de l’Union.
  Not imposing measures would **most** likely lead to a continuation of the negative trend of the financial situation of the Union industry.
  ([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 2931291)

## high

Used about 5 613 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 575 · UN documents ≈ 4 034). Meaning: [high in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/high/).

- Le diable le transporta encore sur une montagne **très** élevée, lui montra tous les royaumes du monde et leur gloire,
  Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly **high** mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 4:8)

- Le caractère **très** fermé des entreprises d' élevage intensif explique que celles-ci sont justement moins exposées à la contamination.
  Because of the **high** level of enclosure in intensive livestock farming, these businesses are precisely less susceptible to infection.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 209052)

- Comme défini dans la séquence d &apos; essai, la bouteille doit être totalement exposée à de l &apos; air **très** chaud ou **très** froid en contact avec la surface externe.
  As defined in the test sequence, the entire cylinder shall be exposed to **high** or low temperature air in contact with external surface.
  ([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 28108095)

## More sentences

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

- Mon tamazight est **très** médiocre.
  My Berber is terrible.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8573210](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8573210) [\#11611483](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11611483))

- Il fait vraiment **très** froid.
  It's really quite cold.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#8481070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8481070) [\#15119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15119))

- Tu es **très** astucieuse.
  You're extremely ingenious.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3727768](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3727768) [\#2228818](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2228818))

## Grammar

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