leave — English to French

How English leave is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

What it means: leave in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: leave (61 429), leaves (9 118). By style: everyday 2 409 · literary 60 · biblical 144 · parliamentary 6 432 · legal and administrative 6 139 · UN documents 55 363.

laisse

Used about 13 018 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 452 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 24 · parliamentary ≈ 2 278 · legal and administrative ≈ 448 · UN documents ≈ 9 804). Forms: laisse, laisser.

• Politics leaves him cold.

  La politique le laisse froid.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by blay_paul and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #509205 #1803333

• "Leave me, I tell you.

  —Laisse-moi, te dis-je!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1842

• Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!

  Éphraïm est attaché aux idoles: laisse-le!

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HOS 4:17

• He leaves a wife and three sons.

  Il laisse derrière lui une épouse et trois fils.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 972666

• It is therefore preferable to leave them in their natal colony until they have become independent.

  Il est donc préférable de laisser les jeunes dans leur colonie natale jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient devenus indépendants.

  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 1178417

congé

Used about 12 071 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 536 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 151 · UN documents ≈ 10 381).

• M. de Quélen smiled and said, “What, my dear child, a day’s leave of absence!

  Mr de Quélen sourit et dit: Comment donc, ma chère enfant, un jour de congé!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10624

• After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.

  Lorsque le tumulte eut cessé, Paul réunit les disciples, et, après les avoir exhortés, prit congé d’eux, et partit pour aller en Macédoine.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 20:1

• This means in particular the right to paid maternity leave and to an earnings-based pension.

  Je pense en particulier au droit à des prestations de congé de maternité et à une retraite basée sur le salaire.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1047177

• Days of leave and sickness do not count as working days.

  Les jours de congé et d'arrêt maladie ne comptent pas comme jours de travail.

  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 4736967

• (ii) Leave may be taken only when authorized.

  ii) Tout congé doit être autorisé.

  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 23301313

feuilles

Used about 7 901 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 577 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 16 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 686 · UN documents ≈ 4 614).

• All the leaves have fallen.

  Toutes les feuilles sont tombées.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF_US and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #8969508 #4868424

• The sound of the watering-pot on the leaves filled Father Mabeuf’s soul with ecstasy.

  Le bruit de l'arrosoir sur les feuilles remplissait l'âme du père Mabeuf de ravissement.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18962

• Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.

  Les yeux de l’un et de l’autre s’ouvrirent, ils connurent qu’ils étaient nus, et ayant cousu des feuilles de figuier, ils s’en firent des ceintures.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 3:7

• Thyme and bay leaves

  Thym et feuilles de laurier

  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 55252

• Plant: necrosis of leaves White mould

  Sur la plante: nécrose des feuilles

  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 17294996

More sentences

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

• I'll leave the decision to you.

  Je te laisserai la décision.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #238566 #833937

• I would rather leave early than travel on rush-hour trains.

  Je préférerais partir tôt plutôt que prendre le train aux heures de pointe.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and Lulantis · checked, community translation · #29739 #13759

• I leave for Paris tomorrow.

  Je pars pour Paris demain.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #252662 #7471

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