clean — English to French

How English clean is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

What it means: clean in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: clean (25 250), cleans (29). By style: everyday 428 · literary 7 · biblical 98 · parliamentary 1 754 · legal and administrative 2 137 · UN documents 20 855.

propre

Used about 9 267 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 111 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 831 · legal and administrative ≈ 738 · UN documents ≈ 7 584). Forms: propre, propres.

• The water's clean.

  L'eau est propre.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by SteCymru14 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #8115208 #3657885

• It was a very low hut, poor, small, and clean, with a vine nailed against the outside.

  C'était une cabane toute basse, indigente, petite et propre, avec une treille clouée à la façade.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 730

• There is no such thing as a clean war.

  La guerre ne peut pas être propre.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 357059

• Clean front fog lamp

  Feu de brouillard avant propre

  DGT-TM v2021 · 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 5531874

• clean development mechanism project activities

  pour un développement propre

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 13975885

clean

Used about 4 746 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 31 · legal and administrative ≈ 544 · UN documents ≈ 4 171).

• I agree with you, Mr Bautista Ojeda: top sportsmen and women who are not "clean" , who use substances from outside sport in order to win, do set a bad example.

  Je suis d' accord avec l' honorable parlementaire : les grands sportifs qui ne sont pas " clean ", qui utilisent des éléments extérieurs au sport pour gagner donnent le mauvais exemple.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2014277

• Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (CSJU)

  Entreprise commune Clean Sky

  DGT-TM v2021 · 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 4122510

• Planetary Association for Clean Energy,

  Planetary Association for Clean Energy

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 22056133

• Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking

  Entreprise commune «Clean Sky 2»

  DGT-TM v2021 · 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 4136561

• The female ward is very well kept and clean.

  The female ward is very well kept and clean.

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 18458788

eau

Used about 3 995 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 123 · legal and administrative ≈ 78 · UN documents ≈ 3 792).

• I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.

  Je répandrai sur vous une eau pure, et vous serez purifiés; je vous purifierai de toutes vos souillures et de toutes vos idoles.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 36:25

• Clean water in Europe is not to be taken for granted.

  Disposer d'eau pure ne va pas de soi en Europe.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1841636

• ‘household washing machine’ means an automatic washing machine which cleans and rinses textiles using water, which also has a spin extraction function and which is designed to be used principally for non-professional purposes;

  «lave-linge ménager» une machine à laver automatique qui nettoie et qui rince des textiles au moyen de l’eau, qui comporte une fonction d’essorage et qui est conçue pour être utilisée principalement à des fins non professionnelles; 2)

  DGT-TM v2021 · 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 2195042

• Clean water and safe sanitation

  Eau potable et assainissement

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 17046965

• All of these people will need to be fed and clothed and they will need clean water.

  Toutes ces personnes devront être nourries et habillées; elles auront besoin d'eau pure.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1632031

nettoyer

Used about 337 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 159 · parliamentary ≈ 62 · legal and administrative ≈ 117).

• I'm trying to clean the house.

  J'essaye de nettoyer la maison.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #2542306 #5752753

• Will the Council support the directive and thereby help to clean up our river - our rivers?

  Le Conseil soutiendra-t-il la directive en contribuant ainsi à nettoyer notre rivière - nos rivières?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1096686

• surfaces in contact with food are to be in a sound condition and be easy to clean and, where necessary, to disinfect.

  les surfaces en contact avec les denrées alimentaires doivent être bien entretenues, faciles à nettoyer et, au besoin, à désinfecter.

  DGT-TM v2021 · 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 441970

• We need to clean the house.

  Nous avons besoin de nettoyer la maison.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and nimfeo · checked, community translation · #3436646 #10749606

• In order to clean the Augean stables, there is today no path to take other than that of setting to work on a Europe that is truly democratic and transparent.

  Pour nettoyer les écuries d'Augias, il n'y a pas d'autre voie, aujourd'hui, que celle de la mise en chantier d'une véritable Europe démocratique et transparente.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1943392

pur

Used about 209 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 47 · parliamentary ≈ 123 · legal and administrative ≈ 39).

• Of all clean birds you may eat.

  Vous mangerez tout oiseau pur.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 14:11

• In your reply you mentioned the Clean Air for Europe programme: CAFE.

  Dans votre réponse, vous mentionnez le programme "Air pur pour l’Europe" (CAFE).

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 570060

• is the percentage of the first clean, dry component,

  est le pourcentage du premier composant sec et pur;

  DGT-TM v2021 · 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 2437610

• For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’

  Tu dis: Ma manière de voir est juste, Et je suis pur à tes yeux.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 11:4

• Perhaps I will ask my daughter, Kate, if she will write a 21st-century version featuring clean air.

  Peut-être demanderai-je à ma fille Kate d'en écrire une version adaptée au XXIe siècle, avec de l'air pur.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 281005

More sentences

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

• Tom wiped the table clean.

  Tom nettoya la table.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Petrus · checked, community translation · #2544517 #4470641

• We still need to clean up this mess.

  Il faut encore qu'on nettoie ce bazar.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Funzo · checked, community translation · #3396912 #14061445

• I clean my ears with cotton buds.

  Je nettoie mes oreilles à l'aide de cotons-tiges.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · #12655374 #9815141

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