No. 10,269 in French
inférieur
Inferior; lower in rank, status, or quality.
In a sentence
Ce produit est de qualité inférieure.
This product is of inferior quality.
In this sentence, 'inférieure' is used as an adjective to describe the quality of the product as being lower or substandard.
Les températures sont inférieures à zéro.
The temperatures are below zero.
Here, 'inférieures' describes the positional relation of the temperatures to zero in numerical terms, indicating that they are less than zero.
Dans l'organigramme, ce rôle est inférieur à celui de directeur.
In the organizational chart, this role is lower than that of the director.
'Inférieur' is used to describe the hierarchical relationship between this role and the role of the director, indicating that it is ranked lower or subordinate.
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