lead — English to French

How English lead is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

What it means: lead in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: lead (100 155), leads (13 565). By style: everyday 200 · literary 32 · biblical 86 · parliamentary 12 299 · legal and administrative 12 684 · UN documents 88 419.

conduit

Used about 7 759 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 897 · legal and administrative ≈ 396 · UN documents ≈ 6 447).

• This road leads you there.

  Cette route vous y conduit.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #57608 #463522

• Your name, graven from stage to stage, leads the bold follower of your footsteps to the very centre of our planet's core, and there again we shall find your own name written with your own hand.

  Ton nom gravé d'étapes en étapes conduit droit à son but le voyageur assez audacieux pour te suivre, et, au centre même de notre planète, il se trouvera encore inscrit de ta propre main.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3572

• The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

  Le portier lui ouvre, et les brebis entendent sa voix; il appelle par leur nom les brebis qui lui appartiennent, et il les conduit dehors.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 10:3

• We are seeing today the extremes to which the lack of an effective fiscal apparatus leads.

  Nous voyons aujourd'hui à quelles extrémités conduit l'absence d'un appareil fiscal efficace.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1333168

• In the case of Germany, this overall assessment leads to the conclusions set out in this Decision.

  Dans le cas de l’Allemagne, cette évaluation globale conduit aux conclusions de la présente décision.

  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 1996353

plomb

Used about 5 717 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 29 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 128 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 775 · UN documents ≈ 2 763).

• Lead is a toxic metal.

  Le plomb est un métal toxique.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · #5748292 #12804050

• I have only a little lead sword, no longer than that.”

  Je n'ai qu'un petit sabre en plomb, pas plus long que ça.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8521

• However the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

  L’or, l’argent, l’airain, le fer, l’étain et le plomb,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 31:22

• It contains two essential measures to improve water quality: a reduction in lead content and a reduction in pesticide levels.

  Deux actions essentielles sont prévues pour l'amélioration de la qualité de l'eau: une réduction de la teneur en plomb et une diminution du niveau des pesticides.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1667322

• 0,1 % or more of lead,

  0,1 % ou plus de plomb,

  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 4393015

More sentences

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

• Reckless driving will lead to an accident.

  La conduite inconsidérée provoquera un accident.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #240640 #1106164

• It is certain that the increase of divorce will lead to anxiety between couples, parents and children.

  Il est certain que l'augmentation des divorces entraînera de l'anxiété entre couples, parents et enfants.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and Barbiche0 · checked, community translation · #325386 #346979

• My pencil lead broke.

  La mine de mon crayon s'est brisée.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and Julien_PDC · checked, community translation · #11669879 #8313040

Grammar

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