main — English to French

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

What it means: main in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: main (199 325), mains (823). By style: everyday 120 · literary 5 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 12 801 · legal and administrative 17 334 · UN documents 169 886.

principal

Used about 78 787 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 105 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 5 800 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 403 · UN documents ≈ 65 477). Forms: principal, principale, principales, principaux.

• That's the main thing.

  C'est le principal.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by raggione and lbdx · checked, community translation · #2686431 #12936619

• At any rate it was clear that we were not in the main shaft of the volcano, but in a lateral gallery where there were felt recurrent tunes of reaction.

  Toutefois il me paraît évident que nous n'occupions pas la cheminée principale du volcan, mais bien un conduit accessoire, où se faisait sentir un effet de contre-coup.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3943

• This will be my main priority.

  Telle sera ma priorité principale.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2032156

• Diameter of fire mains

  Diamètre du collecteur principal d’incendie

  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 5163343

• CIP: Main response centre.

  CIP : Centre d ' intervention principal

  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 16845687

alimentation

Used about 22 013 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 200 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 347 · UN documents ≈ 19 466).

• Needless to say, technology should be better harmonised by means of common mains voltage, joint equipment, fewer changes for passengers at borders and uniform safety requirements.

  La technique doit aussi être ajustée entre les réseaux nationaux en choisissant une même tension d' alimentation, en harmonisant le matériel roulant, en réduisant les changements de train aux frontières et en uniformisant les exigences en matière de sécurité.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 51389

• a mains power/CAN (Controller area network) output socket,

  une prise d'alimentation secteur/interface de connexion CAN (Controller Area Network),

  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 3765278

• 2.3. Charging station / Power mains

  2.3 Borne de recharge/Alimentation secteur

  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 28137446

• a mains power/ CAN (Controller area network) output socket,

  une prise d'alimentation secteur/interface de connexion CAN (Controller Area Network),

  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 3093527

• Type of mains: single phase/three phase 3/

  5.3.1 Type d ' alimentation: monophasé/triphasé3

  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 11267560

réseau

Used about 11 940 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 600 · legal and administrative ≈ 722 · UN documents ≈ 10 618).

• Two-thirds of the world, after all, is not yet connected to mains electricity.

  En effet, deux tiers du monde ne sont pas encore raccordés au réseau de distribution d'électricité.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1771419

• Maximum 2 min after connection to mains

  Maximum 2 min après connexion au réseau

  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 5486324

• The vehicle shall be connected to the mains.

  5.4.4 Le véhicule doit être connecté au réseau.

  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 20989610

• Countries opted for different mains voltages and different types of electronic safety systems.

  Les pays optèrent pour différentes tensions du réseau et différents types de systèmes de sécurité électroniques.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1110488

• Maximum 2 minutes after connection to mains

  Maximum 2 min après connexion au réseau

  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 5537595

eau

Used about 10 934 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 000 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 083 · UN documents ≈ 8 848).

• The water main froze and burst.

  La conduite d'eau a gelé et a éclaté.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #6832610 #1014260

• In very many countries, we currently have water mains pipes made from copper.

  Dans de très nombreux pays nous avons, à l'heure actuelle, des canalisations d'eau potable en cuivre.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1841781

• Trade services of water through mains

  Commerce de l’eau par conduites

  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 1545071

• c) Pressure in water mains

  c) Pression dans les canalisations d ' eau

  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 8449786

• EU financial support will help in the reconstruction of public infrastructure which was damaged by the disaster: water mains, sewage systems, roads and bridges.

  L'aide financière de l'Union européenne contribuera à la reconstruction des infrastructures publiques endommagées par la catastrophe: conduites d'eau, réseaux d'égouts, routes et ponts.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1536478

secteur

Used about 7 476 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 167 · UN documents ≈ 5 309).

• Charging station/Power mains

  Borne de recharge/secteur

  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 5565594

• Independent dedicated battery and converter for mains supply

  Batterie dédiée indépendante et convertisseur sur entrée secteur

  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 28085439

• Mains-voltage filament lamps

  Lampe à filament à tension de secteur

  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 2734600

• The vehicle shall be connected to the mains within 120 minutes after the conclusion of the charge-sustaining Type 1 test.

  Le véhicule doit être connecté au secteur dans les 120 min suivant la conclusion de l ' essai de maintien de la charge de type 1.

  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 28130779

• Radio broadcast receivers, only mains-operated (excl. these of a kind used in motor vehicles)

  Récepteurs radio fonctionnant uniquement sur secteur (à l'exclusion de ceux pour véhicules automobiles)

  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 3368624

More sentences

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

• An army was divided into the vanguard, the rearguard and the main body.

  Une armée est composée d'une avant-garde, d'une arrière garde et du gros de l'armée.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and qdii · checked, community translation · #722567 #722610

• The main streets of many small towns have been all but abandoned thanks, in large part, to behemoths like Wal-Mart.

  Les grandes rues de nombreux villages ont été pratiquement abandonnées à cause, en grande partie, de géants comme Wal-Mart.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #608953 #817246

• The company places its main focus on innovation.

  L'entreprise met l'accent sur l'innovation.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by bigfellow68 and Rovo · checked, community translation · #6866430 #11928487

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