grave — English to French
How English grave is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.
What it means: grave in the Elamur Dictionary.
Sentence pairs counted, by form: grave (28 232), graves (2 661). By style: everyday 79 · literary 91 · biblical 34 · parliamentary 1 125 · legal and administrative 382 · UN documents 29 182.
grave
Used about 17 249 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 34 · parliamentary ≈ 234 · legal and administrative ≈ 252 · UN documents ≈ 16 719). Forms: grave, graves.
The situation is grave.
La situation est grave.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Yemana · checked, community translation · #5355711 #5682573The grave voice resumed
La voix grave reprit:
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12143That is a grave mistake.
C'est une grave erreur!
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1964252Dr William L Graves’
Dr. William L Graves»
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 1123408D. Rape and grave sexual violence
D. Viols et violences sexuelles graves
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 19545114
tombes
Used about 2 607 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 152 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 · UN documents ≈ 2 432).
You were digging graves.
Tu creusais des tombes.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and Amastan · checked, community translation · #13864244 #2232402The graves we are talking about are in the line of control.
Les tombes dont nous parlons se situent sur la ligne de contrôle.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1117550coffins, funerary urns, ornamental funerary articles and items for the upkeep of graves and funeral monuments;
les cercueils, les urnes funéraires, les objets d'ornement funéraire et les objets destinés à l'entretien des tombes et des monuments funéraires;
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 751747New graves have not been touched.
Les nouvelles tombes n ' ont pas été touchées.
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 1143862How many graves are there?
Combien y a-t-il de tombes ?
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #10691269 #10691285
charniers
Used about 2 312 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 141 · legal and administrative ≈ 42 · UN documents ≈ 2 128).
The victims of the genocide were buried in mass graves spread over 25 square kilometers.
Les victimes du génocide furent enterrées dans des charniers s'étendant sur vingt-cinq kilomètres carrés.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #590481 #590593It was said that Srebrenica is overrun with mass graves, which is true.
On a dit que Srebrenica était remplie de charniers, ce qui est vrai.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1200905One such grave was purported to contain 200-300 civilians.
Selon certaines informations, entre 200 et 300 corps auraient été retrouvés dans l'un de ces charniers.
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 3503664H. Allegations of mass graves
H. Allégations faisant état de charniers
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 23941044The mass graves, more of which are found every day, are proof of this.
Les nouveaux charniers qui sont découverts chaque jour en témoignent.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2036983
fosses
Used about 2 027 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 176 · legal and administrative ≈ 25 · UN documents ≈ 1 824).
In the morning I write love letters; in the evening I dig graves.
Le matin j'écris des billets doux, le soir je creuse des fosses.
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12092Why should there be mass graves?
Vers quelles fosses communes?
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2008417providing assistance to national authorities in affected countries in the Western Balkans to excavate and examine mortal remains from clandestine graves;
prêter assistance aux autorités nationales des États affectés des Balkans occidentaux pour exhumer et examiner des dépouilles provenant des fosses clandestines;
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 4774679No one had been held responsible for the mass graves discovered in Donetsk.
Nul n ' a été tenu pour responsable des fosses communes découvertes à Donetsk.
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 29086142Allegation of mass graves in Indian-administrated Kashmir
Présence présumée de fosses communes dans la partie du Cachemire administrée par l'Inde
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1117486
More sentences
Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.
He has one foot in the grave.
Il a un pied dans la tombe.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Anthaus · checked, community translation · #297213 #2511787The boy dug a grave for his dog that had died.
L'enfant creusa une tombe pour son chien qui venait de mourir.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sysko · checked, community translation · #46350 #333267I went to visit my grandfather's grave today.
Je me suis rendu sur la tombe de mon grand-père aujourd'hui.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by WestofEden and lbdx · checked, community translation · #2592748 #11433300
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