cross — English to French

How English cross is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: cross in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: cross (91 538), crosses (1 292). By style: everyday 203 · literary 53 · biblical 32 · parliamentary 6 729 · legal and administrative 16 472 · UN documents 69 341.

croix

Used about 20 912 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · literary ≈ 36 · biblical ≈ 27 · parliamentary ≈ 561 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 917 · UN documents ≈ 17 335).

• Where's the Red Cross?

  Où est la Croix Rouge ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Aiji · checked, community translation · #1687218 #5647485

• The Emperor gave him the cross.

  L'empereur lui donna la croix.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13200

• save yourself, and come down from the cross!”

  sauve-toi toi-même, en descendant de la croix!

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 15:30

• Churches were desecrated, roadside crosses and holy statues were shot at.

  Des églises ont été profanées, les croix plantées sur le côté de la route et les statues saintes ont été détruites.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 834222

• Plates, crosses and similar forms

  nappes, sacs, croix, carrés et présentations similaires

  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 4168341

traverse

Used about 6 421 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 43 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 841 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 201 · UN documents ≈ 4 334).

• The Seine crosses Paris.

  La Seine traverse Paris.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and U2FS · checked, community translation · #9076334 #828792

• “Bellevigne de l’Étoile,” said the King of Thunes to an enormous vagabond, who stepped out from the ranks, “climb upon the cross beam.”

  «Bellevigne de l'Étoile, dit le roi de Thunes à un énorme truand qui sortit des rangs, grimpe sur la traverse.»

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1404

• There is a front line in that conflict which crosses Azerbaijan.

  Nous trouvons là une ligne de front qui traverse l'Azerbaïdjan.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1696639

• Means a rail passenger service which crosses a border of at least one Member State

  Un service ferroviaire de voyageurs qui traverse la frontière d’au moins un État membre.

  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 2378659

• 34. The Iagorlic River originates in Ukraine, crosses the Moldavian border and flows into the Dniester.

  34. L ' Iagorlic prend sa source en Ukraine, traverse la frontière moldove et se jette dans le Dniestr.

  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 15478844

deux

Used about 5 992 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 70 · legal and administrative ≈ 858 · UN documents ≈ 5 056).

• She made two films that talk about the cultural history of cross-dressing.

  Elle a fait deux films qui parlent de l'histoire culturelle de travestissement.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · #12366235 #12366232

• It consists of four planks nailed to two cross-beams, on which the scars of the attack are visible.

  Ce sont quatre planches clouées sur deux traverses, et où l'on distingue les balafres de l'attaque.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6731

• “‘You shall keep my statutes. “‘You shall not cross-breed different kinds of animals. “‘You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; “‘Don’t wear a garment made of two kinds of material.

  Vous observerez mes lois. Tu n’accoupleras point des bestiaux de deux espèces différentes; tu n’ensemenceras point ton champ de deux espèces de semences; et tu ne porteras pas un vêtement tissé de deux espèces de fils.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 19:19

• After we have marked with crosses the two to be voted for, do we have to confirm our vote or leave it as it is?

  Après avoir coché les deux personnes pour lesquelles il faut voter, devons-nous confirmer notre vote ou le laisser tel quel?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1273746

• The reference axis is perpendicular to the reference plane and crosses the intersection of the two parallel lines as indicated in Figure 2.

  L'axe de référence est perpendiculaire au plan de référence et passe par l'intersection des deux lignes parallèles comme indiqué sur la figure 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 5534193

frontières

Used about 2 668 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 051 · legal and administrative ≈ 172 · UN documents ≈ 1 445).

• Thirdly, this is an issue that crosses national frontiers.

  Enfin, c'est un problème qui ignore les frontières nationales.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1932472

• As crime crosses borders, it is appropriate to allow third countries and international organisations to participate in transnational projects.

  Étant donné que la criminalité ignore les frontières, il convient de permettre aux pays tiers et aux organisations internationales de participer à des projets transnationaux.

  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 1115066

• Climate change, like many other global challenges, crosses borders uninvited.

  Les changements climatiques, comme de nombreux autres défis mondiaux, ne connaissent pas de frontières.

  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 16512085

• This is particularly the case because the Internet crosses frontiers.

  Cela est dû notamment au fait que le réseau fonctionne par-delà les frontières.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1711182

• In practice, cybercrime crosses national borders very easily, which makes monitoring and punishment more difficult.

  Dans la pratique, le cyberdélit franchit aisément les frontières entre les pays, ce qui rend difficiles les mesures de contrôle et de sanction.

  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 23521562

More sentences

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

• She was able to cross the Pacific Ocean by boat.

  Elle a été capable de traverser l'océan Pacifique en bateau.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · #388590 #7705149

• To cross the river, you can use a boat or the bridge.

  Pour traverser le fleuve, tu peux utiliser un bateau ou le pont.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by etoile and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1420349 #1350823

• Why did the chicken cross the road?

  Pourquoi le poulet a-t-il traversé la route ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Manfredo and Manfredo · checked, community translation · #2309941 #2309938

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