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# vaste — French to English

How French *vaste* 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: vaste (32 799), vastes (12 610). By style: everyday 43 · literary 35 · biblical 13 · parliamentary 3 929 · legal and administrative 1 141 · UN documents 40 248.

## wide

Used about 8 488 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 327 · legal and administrative ≈ 190 · UN documents ≈ 7 966). Meaning: [wide in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wide/).

- À leur tête, Pyrrhus, une hache à la main, / frappe à coups redoublés sur les portes d'airain. / Les gonds tremblent ; des ais la **vaste** épaisseur s'ouvre.
  He in the forefront, tallest of the tall, / poleaxe in hand, unhinging at a stroke / the brazen portals, made the doorway fall, / and **wide**-mouthed as a window, through the oak, / a panelled plank hewn out, a yawning rent he broke.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#6839909](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6839909) [\#6839916](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6839916))

- Sa redingote noire, tigrée de taches d'acides et de sirops, beaucoup trop **vaste** pour son corps maigre et petit, avait un aspect d'antique soutane; et l'homme parlait avec un fort accent polonais qui donnait à sa voix fluette quelque chose d'enfantin, un zézaiement et des intonations de jeune être qui commence à prononcer.
  His black frock-coat, streaked with stains of acids and sirups, was much too **wide** for his lean little person, and looked like a shabby old cassock; and the man spoke with a strong Polish accent which gave the childlike character to his thin voice, the lisping note and intonations of a young thing learning to speak.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 461)

- Ils trouvèrent de gras et bons pâturages, et un pays **vaste**, tranquille et paisible, car ceux qui l’habitaient auparavant descendaient de Cham.
  They found rich, good pasture, and the land was **wide**, and quiet, and peaceful, for those who lived there before were descended from Ham.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 4:40)

- Madame la Présidente, je tiens à remercier M. Jules Maaten, qui a rédigé un rapport remarquable à propos d'un thème particulièrement **vaste**.
  Mr President, I should like to thank Mr Maaten who has produced a distinguished report on a particularly **wide**-ranging subject.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 358384)

- Les deux importateurs commercialisent une **vaste** gamme de produits.
  Both importers trade a **wide** range of products.
  ([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 3577192)

## large

Used about 6 990 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 409 · legal and administrative ≈ 273 · UN documents ≈ 6 289). Meaning: [large in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/large/).

- L'Amérique est très **vaste**.
  America is very **large**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#67543](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67543) [\#139230](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/139230))

- Un quart d'heure plus tard, il s'arrêtait devant une **vaste** case, que couronnaient plusieurs faisceaux de banderoles, et dont les parois extérieures représentaient, sans perspective, mais en couleurs violentes, toute une bande de jongleurs.
  A quarter of an hour later he stopped before a **large** cabin, adorned with several clusters of streamers, the exterior walls of which were designed to represent, in violent colours and without perspective, a company of jugglers.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1885)

- Voici la grande et **vaste** mer: Là se meuvent sans nombre Des animaux petits et grands;
  There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and **large** animals.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 104:25)

- Nous devons également tenter de prévenir des **vastes** flux incontrôlés de migrants vers l’Union européenne.
  We must also try to prevent **large**, uncontrolled migrant flows to the European Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 735024)

- l'autorisation de véhicules dans de **vastes** zones où ils sont destinés à être utilisés; et
  the authorisation of vehicles in **large** areas of use; 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 4194850)

## broad

Used about 5 142 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 409 · legal and administrative ≈ 119 · UN documents ≈ 4 612). Meaning: [broad in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/broad/).

- L'intelligence artificielle est un **vaste** domaine qui englobe de nombreuses techniques et applications.
  Artificial intelligence is a **broad** field encompassing numerous technologies and applications.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and Darkbloom · checked, community translation · [\#4614745](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4614745) [\#1806642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1806642))

- Leur costume consistait en une grossière vareuse de laine noire connue dans tous les pays scandinaves sous le nom de «vadmel», un chapeau à **vastes** bords, un pantalon à lisère rouge et un morceau de cuir replié en manière de chaussure.
  Their costume consisted of a coarse jacket of black woollen cloth called in Scandinavian lands a 'vadmel,' a hat with a very **broad** brim, trousers with a narrow edge of red, and a bit of leather rolled round the foot for shoes.
  ([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 866)

- Nous sommes parvenus à un **vaste** consensus.
  We have achieved a **broad** consensus.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1404302)

- Les parties conviennent de coopérer dans les **vastes** domaines suivants afin de:
  The Parties agree to cooperate in the following **broad** fields:
  ([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 412870)

- Elle participe en outre activement à de **vastes** consultations avec les États intéressés.
  The European Union is also actively engaged in **broad**-based consultations with interested States.
  ([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 7638817)

## vast

Used about 4 524 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 24 · parliamentary ≈ 246 · legal and administrative ≈ 48 · UN documents ≈ 4 193). Meaning: [vast in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/vast/).

- Le champ est **vaste**.
  The field is **vast**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LdjuherTaqvaylit and Charmander · checked, community translation · [\#13727653](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13727653) [\#13409983](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13409983))

- Il était temps que cet homme **vaste** tombât.
  It was time that this **vast** man should fall.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7169)

- Les dégâts seront **vastes**.
  The damage will be **vast**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1174663)

- Les importations des pays concernés constituent la **vaste** majorité de toutes les importations dans l'Union.
  Imports from the countries concerned constitute the **vast** majority of all imports in the Union.
  ([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 3629273)

- La pauvreté est le sort de millions de personnes dans de **vastes** territoires.
  Poverty is the fate of millions of people across **vast** territories.
  ([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 3493379)

## extensive

Used about 2 702 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 532 · legal and administrative ≈ 71 · UN documents ≈ 2 096). Meaning: [extensive in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/extensive/).

- **Vaste** programme !
  What an **extensive** program!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6602106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6602106) [\#1392254](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1392254))

- Les tâches qui nous attendent sont beaucoup plus **vastes**.
  The tasks facing us are much more **extensive**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 846383)

- Sur la base d’une **vaste** consultation menée avec toutes les parties concernées, la Commission a évalué la mesure nationale.
  Based on the **extensive** consultation with all concerned parties, the Commission has evaluated the national measure.
  ([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 5348970)

- :: **Vaste** collection de publications sur l &apos; ONU (y compris des thèses de doctorat);
  **Extensive** collection of publications about the United Nations (including doctoral dissertations)
  ([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 9704077)

- De la crête où nous nous trouvions, nous avions une bonne vue sur la **vaste** zone boisée.
  From the ridge where we stood, we had a good view over the **extensive** woodland.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10333578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10333578) [\#10344644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10344644))

## More sentences

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

- Le quadriceps se compose de quatre muscles : le droit fémoral, le **vaste** médial, le **vaste** intermédiaire et le **vaste** latéral.
  The quadriceps is made up of four muscles: the rectus femoris, the vastus medialis, the vastus intermedius and the vastus lateralis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Clavain and Clavain · checked, community translation · [\#441590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/441590) [\#441593](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/441593))

- La chambre est **vaste** et claire.
  The room is spacious and light.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#44206](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/44206) [\#1073506](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1073506))

- Il y a un **vaste** marché pour ce produit.
  There is an ample market for this product.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#1123327](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1123327) [\#7811173](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7811173))

## Grammar

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