mean vs average

French translation: moyenne

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English term or phrase:mean
French translation:moyenne
Entered by: Jean-Gabriel Piette

22:36 Jun 24, 2002
English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / maths
English term or phrase: mean vs average
J'aimerais savoir comment traduire "average" et "mean" sans les appeles indistinctement "moyenne"
Jean-Gabriel Piette
Canada
moyenne
Explanation:
There is absolutely no difference between the meaning of the english words "average" and "mean". There is no ambiguity in using the same french word for both.
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jerryk (X)
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Merci. J'aimerais avoir un conseil: Que faire si les deux expressions font partie d'un glossaire?
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5moyenne
jerryk (X)
4 +2pour compléter
Jean-Luc Dumont
4 +2moyen (adj.) vs moyenne (n.)
cheungmo
5moyenne
vvw (X)
4mitoyen/moyen
Chantal Henno


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
moyenne


Explanation:
There is absolutely no difference between the meaning of the english words "average" and "mean". There is no ambiguity in using the same french word for both.

jerryk (X)
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci. J'aimerais avoir un conseil: Que faire si les deux expressions font partie d'un glossaire?

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Raffaella Juan (X): they are synonims
2 mins
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agree  MikeGarcia
6 mins
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agree  Jean-Luc Dumont: The "mean" or "average" is found by adding a group of values to get the sum and dividing the sum of values by the number of values
11 mins
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agree  Martine Etienne
13 mins
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agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
21 mins
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moyenne


Explanation:
"mean" est la moyenne effectuee sur un echantillon de la population testee;
"average" ou parfois "grand average" est utilise pour l'ensemble de la population.

Bonne chance!

vvw (X)
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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pour compléter


Explanation:
mean et average même chose en anglais par contre on peut avoir recours à des synomymes en français suivant le contexte pour éviter les lourdeurs d'écriture :
moyenne c'est le quotient de la somme par le nombre
on peut dire aussi : milieu et moyen terme suivant le contexte

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 23:15
Native speaker of: French

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agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
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agree  swani (X)
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
moyen (adj.) vs moyenne (n.)


Explanation:
Tel que déjà commenté, les deux termes sont synonymes, sauf que...

"Mean" peut aussi vouloir dire le point à mi-chemin entre les deux extrêmes d'une séries de valeurs.

cheungmo

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RHELLER: these two terms are not the same statistically speaking: average requires a calculation; mean is "intermediate in order, rank"
14 hrs

agree  michael jordan (X): right about statistics!
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mitoyen/moyen


Explanation:
Mean pourrait être traduit comme mitoyen, si tu veux vraiment faire la différence entre les deux adjectifs.

Chantal Henno
Local time: 23:15
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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