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# vingt — French to English

How French *vingt* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: vingt (89 466), vingte (1), vingts (922). By style: everyday 462 · literary 107 · biblical 342 · parliamentary 3 163 · legal and administrative 5 502 · UN documents 80 813.

## twenty

Used about 31 678 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 213 · literary ≈ 67 · biblical ≈ 232 · parliamentary ≈ 659 · legal and administrative ≈ 516 · UN documents ≈ 29 992). Meaning: [twenty in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/twenty/).

- Ça fait **vingt** euros.
  That's **twenty** euros.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and bekindtoall · checked, community translation · [\#10259846](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10259846) [\#10255471](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10255471))

- Donnez-moi **vingt** francs.
  Give me **twenty** francs.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31591)

- les gens d’Anathoth, cent **vingt**-huit;
  The men of Anathoth, one hundred **twenty**-eight.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 2:23)

- Auront-ils du travail dans **vingt** ans?
  Whether they will have work **twenty** years from now.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 657586)

- **Vingt**-quatre heures après le dernier traitement, les rats sont euthanasiés.
  **Twenty**-four hours after the last treatment, the rats will be humanely killed.
  ([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 3376188)

## eighty

Used about 22 830 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 116 · literary ≈ 30 · biblical ≈ 94 · parliamentary ≈ 758 · legal and administrative ≈ 172 · UN documents ≈ 21 661). Meaning: [eighty in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eighty/).

- Il a quatre-**vingts** ans.
  He is **eighty** years old.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by theachaean and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#9336022](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9336022) [\#8031068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8031068))

- --Le tour du monde en quatre-**vingts** jours?
  “The journey round the world in **eighty** days?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 144)

- Les jours d’Isaac furent de cent quatre-**vingts** ans.
  The days of Isaac were one hundred **eighty** years.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 35:28)

- Quatre-**vingts** pour cent des Européens sont chrétiens.
  **Eighty** percent of Europeans are Christians.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1449352)

- Quatre-**vingts** importateurs/utilisateurs connus ont été contactés au stade de l'ouverture.
  **Eighty** known importers/users were contacted at the initiation stage.
  ([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 4246827)

## days

Used about 8 583 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 751 · UN documents ≈ 5 832).

- la demi-vie dans le sol est supérieure à cent quatre-**vingts** jours.
  the half-life in soil is higher than 180 **days**.
  ([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 1936290)

- a) cent quatre-**vingts** jours après la date de dépôt des instruments de ratification par
  (a) 180 **days** after the date of the deposit of the instruments of ratification by
  ([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 1813555)

- Aptitude à se déployer pour une durée maximale de **vingt** et un jours.
  Ability to be deployed for a period of up to 21 **days**.
  ([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 2013958)

- Le visa expire si le détenteur s &apos; absente du pays plus de cent quatre-**vingts** jours.
  It expires if the foreigner is away from the country for more than 180 **days**. US$ 175
  ([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 18807422)

- La durée de ces consultations ne peut excéder quatre-**vingt**-dix jours.
  Those consultations shall take no longer than 90 **days**.
  ([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 2736820)

## per

Used about 5 865 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 33 · UN documents ≈ 5 832). Meaning: [per in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/per/).

- Les procédures d'appel prennent en moyenne cinq ans, mais parfois jusqu'à **vingt** ans; 41 % des condamnés n'ont pas déposé de recours.
  Appeals take five years on average, but sometimes up to 20. Forty-one **per** cent of the condemned have not filed appeals.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1170875)

- Quatre-**vingts** pour cent des femmes âgées de 15 ans et plus (332 600 femmes) se déclarent handicapées.
  238. Eighteen **per** cent (or 332,600) of women aged 15 years and over report having a disability.
  ([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 27850037)

- Quatre-**vingts** pour cent des enrôlements recensés en 2012 ont eu lieu dans les provinces du Nord-Kivu et du Sud-Kivu.
  Some 80 **per** cent of the recruitment cases in 2012 took place in North Kivu and South Kivu.
  ([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 27005837)

- Quatre-**vingts** pour cent de la population groenlandaise parle aujourd &apos; hui le groenlandais, qui est enseigné en tant que langue maternelle.
  As much as 80 **per** cent of the current population of Greenland spoke Greenlandic, which was taught as a mother tongue.
  ([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 26112399)

- Quatre-**vingts** pour cent de la pollution des océans est d &apos; origine tellurique et affecte les zones les plus productives de l &apos; environnement marin.
  Land-based sources are responsible for 80 **per** cent of the pollution of the oceans and affect the most productive areas of the marine environment.
  ([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 8756169)

## session

Used about 4 166 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 166). Meaning: [session in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/session/).

- **VINGT**-SIXIÈME SESSION EXTRAORDINAIRE
  VINGT-SIXIÈME **SESSION** EXTRAORDINAIRE
  ([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 8299262)

- **Vingt**-sixième session (extraordinaire)
  Vingt-sixième **session** (extraordinaire)
  ([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 8244490)

- (constatations adoptées le 18 mars 2010, quatre-**vingt**-dix-huitième session) 339
  (Views adopted on 18 March 2010, ninety-eighth **session**) 328
  ([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 23392608)

- Le Président prononce ensuite la clôture de la **vingt**-sep-tième session du Comité.
  Le Président prononce ensuite la clôture de la vingt-sep-tième **session** du Comité.
  ([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 8221504)

- Le Conseil a adopté le présent compte rendu des travaux de sa **vingt** et unième session, à sa 10e séance, le 9 février 2001.
  The Council adopted the present proceedings at the 10th meeting of the **session**, on 9 February 2001.
  ([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 8504397)

## years

Used about 3 866 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 395 · legal and administrative ≈ 115 · UN documents ≈ 3 332).

- J'ai **vingt** et un ans.
  I am 21 **years** old.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by theachaean and Lumi\_alt · checked, community translation · [\#12856575](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12856575) [\#7851107](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7851107))

- Abraham était âgé de quatre-**vingt**-dix-neuf ans, lorsqu’il fut circoncis.
  Abraham was ninety-nine **years** old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 17:24)

- Elle a **vingt** ans et ne reflète plus le contexte actuel.
  The directive is 20 **years** old and does not reflect the realities of today.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1351132)

- Les prêts en question seront accordés pour une durée maximale de **vingt** ans.
  The maximum tenor to be allowed under the RSF will be 20 **years**.
  ([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 4133520)

- Près de **vingt** ans après la fin de la guerre froide, le monde compte plus de 20 000 armes nucléaires.
  Nearly 20 **years** after the end of the Cold War, the world has more than 20,000 nuclear weapons.
  ([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 24205337)

## hundred

Used about 44 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 33). Meaning: [hundred in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hundred/).

- Des fils de Zérach: Jeuel, et ses frères, six cent quatre-**vingt**-dix.
  Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brothers, six **hundred** ninety.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 9:6)

- Sur les cent plus grandes entreprises de l’Union européenne, quatre-**vingts** sont contrôlées par à peine trois agences, lesquelles devraient donc pouvoir mieux les noter.
  Of the **hundred** largest enterprises in the European Union, 80 are monitored by only three agencies, which should, therefore, be able to do a better job of rating them.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 555718)

- Depuis le temps où cessera le sacrifice perpétuel, et où sera dressée l’abomination du dévastateur, il y aura mille deux cent quatre-**vingt**-dix jours.
  “From the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there will be one thousand two **hundred** ninety days.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 12:11)

## More sentences

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

- Les bus roulent à **vingt** minutes d'intervalle.
  Buses are running at 20-minute intervals.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CM · checked, community translation · [\#35327](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/35327) [\#13092](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13092))

- En vélo, je pourrais être chez toi dans **vingt** minutes.
  With a bicycle, I could reach your house in 20 minutes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#264473](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/264473) [\#1591705](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1591705))

- En Italie, durant l'été, il ne fait pas nuit avant **vingt**-et-une heure.
  In Italy, during summer, it doesn't get dark until about nine o'clock.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#792248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/792248) [\#804674](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/804674))

## 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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