fish — English to French

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

What it means: fish in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: fish (32 806), fishes (238). By style: everyday 603 · literary 8 · biblical 54 · parliamentary 3 488 · legal and administrative 14 718 · UN documents 14 173.

poissons

Used about 21 849 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 581 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 51 · parliamentary ≈ 1 621 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 732 · UN documents ≈ 8 858). Forms: poisson, poissons.

• It's a fish.

  C'est un poisson.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and carloseperola · checked, community translation · #2182342 #4228826

• "To be sure," said I; "and why should not these waters yield to us fishes of unknown species?"

  —Bon! pourquoi ces eaux ne donneraient-elles pas asile à quelques poissons d'une espèce inconnue?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2689

• Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

  Ou, s’il demande un poisson, lui donnera-t-il un serpent?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 7:10

• They do not want our fish.

  Ils ne veulent pas de nos poissons.

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• Number of unit of fishes

  Nombre d'unités de poissons

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fishes

Used about 3 759 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 840 · UN documents ≈ 1 919).

• Marine fishes n.e.i.

  Marine fishes n.e.i. Crabes

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• Bread and Fishes, Sweden - 11 113 11 113

  Bread & Fishes (Suède)

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• Flying fishes n.e.i.

  Flying fishes n.e.i. Bécunes

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• Perfluorinated chemicals in blood of fishes and waterfowl from the Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea.

  Perfluorinated chemicals in blood of fishes and waterfowl from the Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea.

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• Wolf-fishes n.e.i.

  Wolf-fishes n.e.i. Loup atlantique

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pêche

Used about 3 145 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 884 · legal and administrative ≈ 613 · UN documents ≈ 1 624).

• He fishes in a mountain stream.

  Il pêche dans un torrent.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by honestlang and lbdx · checked, community translation · #5135926 #9764810

• This being bawls and scoffs and ridicules and fights, has rags like a baby and tatters like a philosopher, fishes in the sewer, hunts in the cesspool, extracts mirth from foulness, whips up the squares with his wit, grins and bites, whistles and sings, shouts, and shrieks, tempers Alleluia with Matanturlurette, chants every rhythm from the De Profundis to the Jack-pudding, finds without seeking, knows what he is ignorant of, is a Spartan to the point of thieving, is mad to wisdom, is lyrical to filth, would crouch down on Olympus, wallows in the dunghill and emerges from it covered with stars.

  Cet être braille, raille, gouaille, bataille, a des chiffons comme un bambin et des guenilles comme un philosophe, pêche dans l'égout, chasse dans le cloaque, extrait la gaîté de l'immondice, fouaille de sa verve les carrefours, ricane et mord, siffle et chante, acclame et engueule, tempère Alleluia par Matanturlurette, psalmodie tous les rythmes depuis le De Profundis jusqu'à la Chienlit, trouve sans chercher, sait ce qu'il ignore, est spartiate jusqu'à la filouterie, est fou jusqu'à la sagesse, est lyrique jusqu'à l'ordure, s'accroupirait sur l'Olympe, se vautre dans le fumier et en sort couvert d'étoiles.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12617

• For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;

  Car l’épouvante l’avait saisi, lui et tous ceux qui étaient avec lui, à cause de la pêche qu’ils avaient faite.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 5:9

• In Germany we say Friday is fish day.

  En Allemagne, on dit que le vendredi est le jour de la pêche.

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• the release, when practicable, of sea turtles entangled in Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) and other fishing gear is encouraged;

  il est souhaitable de relâcher, si possible, les tortues de mer prises dans des DCP et d'autres engins de pêche;

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stocks

Used about 738 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 147 · UN documents ≈ 591).

• Fish stocks in the Irish Sea at the present time are at a precariously low level.

  À l'heure actuelle, les stocks halieutiques présents en mer d'Irlande sont à un niveau dangereusement bas.

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• Highly migratory fish stocks

  Stocks de grands migrateurs

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• My second point is that it is up to every State to carry out its own evaluation of fish stocks in its own waters.

  Deuxième élément. Il revient à cet État de faire l'évaluation des stocks dans ses propres eaux.

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• on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish

  Nations Unies sur les stocks chevauchants et les stocks

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• The protection of juveniles is a priority for guaranteeing the conservation of fish stocks and their long-term sustainability.

  La protection des juvéniles est une priorité pour garantir la conservation des stocks halieutiques et leur durabilité à long terme.

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eaux

Used about 296 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 147 · UN documents ≈ 148).

• The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.

  Les pêcheurs gémiront, Tous ceux qui jettent l’hameçon dans le fleuve se lamenteront, Et ceux qui étendent des filets sur les eaux seront désolés.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 19:8

• The Community fleet which fishes in this fishing ground, Commissioner, has been decreasing agreement after agreement in terms of the number of ships and fishermen.

  La flotte communautaire qui opère dans ces eaux, Monsieur le Commissaire, a vu son nombre de bateaux et de pêcheurs se réduire accord après accord.

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• (iv) Develop and disseminate environmentally sound water resources development and management methodologies for the intensification of fish yield from inland waters;

  iv) Élaborer et diffuser des méthodes rationnelles d ' exploitation et de gestion des ressources hydriques afin d ' intensifier le rendement ichtyologique des eaux intérieures;

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• As has also been said, European Union vessels fish in those waters for tuna, shrimp, demersal species and, on an experimental basis, some pelagic species.

  Comme cela a été rappelé, les bateaux de l'Union européenne pêchent dans ces eaux du thon, des crevettes, des espèces démersales et, à titre expérimental, certaines espèces pélagiques.

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• Thus the question I ask the Minister is as follows: the proposal we know about from Morocco would in principle seem to entail cutting the fleet from Galicia, Andalusia, the Canaries, and also Portugal, that fishes in Moroccan waters, down to 25% at least.

  À cet effet, la question que je poserai à M. le Ministre est la suivante : la proposition émanant du Maroc vise, en principe, à réduire de 25 % au moins la flotte en provenance de Galice, d'Andalousie, des Canaries et du Portugal qui exercent dans les eaux marocaines.

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

• “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the LORD, “and they will fish them up. Afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

  Voici, j’envoie une multitude de pêcheurs, dit l’Éternel, et ils les pêcheront; Et après cela j’enverrai une multitude de chasseurs, et ils les chasseront De toutes les montagnes et de toutes les collines, Et des fentes des rochers.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 16:16

• At the end of a month they fish up your man in the nets at Saint-Cloud.

  Au bout d'un mois, on vous repêche l'homme aux filets de Saint-Cloud.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28146

• We have also made several changes to the technical measures, in order to help guarantee the sustainable use of fish resources.

  Par ailleurs, nous avons introduit dans les conditions techniques plusieurs modifications de nature à favoriser une exploitation durable des ressources halieutiques.

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