lack — English to French

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

What it means: lack in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: lack (147 085), lacks (5 046). By style: everyday 170 · literary 12 · biblical 49 · parliamentary 10 731 · legal and administrative 4 694 · UN documents 136 475.

manque

Used about 45 744 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 124 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 5 701 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 516 · UN documents ≈ 38 384).

• He lacks tact.

  Il manque de tact.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2321271 #2321777

• That which we lack attracts us.

  Ce qui nous manque nous attire.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14181

• Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.

  Qu’en tout temps tes vêtements soient blancs, et que l’huile ne manque point sur ta tête.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 9:8

• What it lacks is the political will to do so.

  Il lui manque la volonté politique.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 491898

• No — lack of time

  Non, manque de temps

  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 3245352

n

Used about 21 018 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 224 · legal and administrative ≈ 880 · UN documents ≈ 19 903).

• She lacks common sense.

  Elle n'a pas assez de bon sens.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #312364 #134130

• For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

  Faute de bois, le feu s’éteint; Et quand il n’y a point de rapporteur, la querelle s’apaise.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 26:20

• Yet I know of no one whom I respect who lacks the courage to say what they think about Turkey.

  Mais je ne connais personne que je respecte qui n’ait le courage de dire ce qu’il ou elle pense sur la Turquie.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 634234

• Engie argues that the Opening Decision lacks sufficient reasoning.

  Engie allègue que la décision d'ouverture n'est pas suffisamment motivée.

  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 4804897

• 12. Gibraltar has no known natural resources and lacks agricultural land.

  Gibraltar n ' a ni ressources naturelles connues ni terres agricoles.

  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 8770913

absence

Used about 17 320 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 894 · legal and administrative ≈ 782 · UN documents ≈ 15 638).

• A lack of response is tantamount to acquiescence.

  L'absence de réponse équivaut à un consentement.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and lbdx · checked, community translation · #11066145 #11066158

• That is the real problem: a lack of openness, or banking secrecy.

  Voilà le coeur du problème: une absence de transparence ou le secret bancaire.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1860463

• Specific additional observations on the lack of State aid with regard to the State guarantees

  Observations complémentaires spécifiques sur l’absence d’aide d’État en ce qui concerne les garanties d’État

  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 5071305

• Her action was dismissed on account of lack of standing.

  Sa demande a été rejetée au motif de l ' absence de qualité pour agir.

  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 2701823

• The lack of evidence to the contrary is itself evidence that your theory is probably right.

  L'absence de preuve du contraire est elle-même la preuve que votre théorie est probablement vraie.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #522315 #545248

pas

Used about 13 407 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 1 677 · legal and administrative ≈ 342 · UN documents ≈ 11 373).

• Children sometimes lack patience.

  Parfois, les enfants ne peuvent pas être patients.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and eS · checked, community translation · #245956 #8146

• My child will not die of that frightful malady, for lack of succor.

  Mon enfant ne mourra pas de cette affreuse maladie, faute de secours.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4111

• The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.

  Le cœur de son mari a confiance en elle, Et les produits ne lui feront pas défaut.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 31:11

• He lacks all credibility.

  Il n'est absolument pas crédible.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1704382

• it lacks an integrated, physical attached keyboard in its as-shipped configuration;

  il ne comporte pas de clavier physique intégré dans sa configuration d'usine;

  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 3851233

More sentences

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

• We lack wings, but we still have enough strength to fall.

  Les ailes nous manquent, mais nous avons toujours assez de force pour tomber.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ramen and Scott · checked, community translation · #2838081 #2837751

• By lack of attention, she hit the post with her car.

  Elle a heurté le poteau avec la voiture par inattention.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #471396 #471287

• They lack an ideal, a reason to get up in the morning.

  Ils leur manquent un idéal, une raison de se lever le matin.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sysko · checked, community translation · #840927 #764679

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