mean — English to French

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

What it means: mean in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: mean (41 865), means (304 722). By style: everyday 1 109 · literary 80 · biblical 62 · parliamentary 39 013 · legal and administrative 79 985 · UN documents 226 338.

cela

Used about 40 349 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 6 502 · legal and administrative ≈ 833 · UN documents ≈ 33 008).

• “Do you know what it will mean if we get a breakfast today?

  --Savez-vous ce que cela fera si nous déjeunons aujourd'hui?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16055

• For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”

  Car tu nous fais entendre des choses étranges. Nous voudrions donc savoir ce que cela peut être.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 17:20

• We do not take it by any means so seriously.

  C'est trop compliqué pour nous de contrôler tout cela.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1812851

• However, this does not mean that there is double counting because the combined level of duties could already have been justified as a result of the anti-dumping investigation alone.

  Cela ne revient toutefois pas à un double comptage, puisque le niveau combiné des droits pourrait déjà avoir été justifié par la seule enquête antidumping.

  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 2376411

• That means that they carry the full weight of the international community.

  Cela signifie qu ' elles ont derrière elles tout le poids de la communauté internationale.

  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 775923

moyen

Used about 34 286 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 23 · literary ≈ 17 · parliamentary ≈ 813 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 499 · UN documents ≈ 25 935).

• English is a means of communication.

  L'anglais est un moyen de communiquer.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · #26247 #1463351

• “Well, since there is no other means.”

  --Au fait, c'est qu'il n'y a pas d'autre moyen.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11897

• In the medium term, it means adapting our legislation on oil and gas stocks to ensure that Member States act with responsibility and solidarity.

  À moyen terme, nous devons modifier notre législation relative aux réserves de pétrole et de gaz pour obliger les États membres à agir de façon responsable et solidaire.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1223999

• The service provider may supply the declaration by any means.

  Le prestataire peut fournir cette déclaration par tout moyen.

  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 604404

• The warning indication shall be by means of an optical yellow warning signal.

  5.1.6.1 L ' avertissement doit être donné au moyen d ' un signal optique de couleur jaune.

  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 29847370

signifie

Used about 25 159 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 231 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 8 128 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 999 · UN documents ≈ 11 788).

• It doesn't mean a thing.

  Ça ne signifie rien.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Sirio60 · checked, community translation · #2269345 #4513960

• “It means, sir, that I shall take back Cosette.”

  --Monsieur, cela signifie que je reprends Cosette.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9209

• It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’

  Et lorsque vos enfants vous diront: Que signifie pour vous cet usage?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 12:26

• What does it really mean?

  Que signifie vraiment ce terme ?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 365372

• This means that the document is for internal use only.

  Cette mention signifie que le document est exclusivement destiné à un usage interne.

  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 1832306

on

Used about 21 639 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 813 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 665 · UN documents ≈ 14 146).

• Being objective means not telling everybody whose side you are on.

  On appelle « être objectif » le fait de ne pas divulguer le côté duquel on est.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and le_petit_ane_gris · checked, community translation · #1789 #3609

• This person, the story ran, was a man of means, whose name no one knew exactly, and who lived alone with a little girl of eight years, who knew nothing about herself, save that she had come from Montfermeil.

  Ce personnage était, disait-on, un rentier dont personne ne savait au juste le nom et qui vivait seul avec une petite fille de huit ans, laquelle ne savait rien elle-même sinon qu'elle venait de Montfermeil.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10201

• If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

  Si tu n’as pas de quoi payer, Pourquoi voudrais-tu qu’on enlève ton lit de dessous toi?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 22:27

• Is this what diversifying the economies of the regions means?

  C'est ainsi que l'on diversifie l'économie des régions ?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 329084

• For the purposes of this Directive cigarettes shall mean:

  Aux fins de la présente directive, on entend par cigarettes:

  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 2313154

dire

Used about 4 724 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 300 · literary ≈ 29 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 2 032 · UN documents ≈ 2 358).

• What do you mean?

  Que voulez-vous dire ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #24706 #499169

• “What does this mean?”

  «Qu'est-ce à dire?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7890

• They were all amazed and were perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

  Ils étaient tous dans l’étonnement, et, ne sachant que penser, ils se disaient les uns aux autres: Que veut dire ceci?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 2:12

• What I mean by this is that it is hard to understand for the ordinary citizen.

  Ce que je veux dire par là, c'est qu'elle n'est pas des plus facile à comprendre pour le citoyen ordinaire.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1446728

• When I speak of meaningful change, I mean change that goes beyond lip service and makes a noticeable difference in the lives of entire populations.

  Quand je parle de changement véritable, je veux dire un changement qui ne soit pas de pure forme et qui fasse une différence perceptible dans les vies de populations entières.

  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 18250116

More sentences

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

• Just because he likes painting doesn't mean he's good at it.

  Ce n'est pas parce qu'il aime la peinture qu'il peint bien.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #1972277 #129967

• The Spanish word "langosta" can mean either "lobster" or "locust".

  Le mot espagnol « langosta » peut signifier « homard » ou « locuste ».

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mervert1 and mervert1 · checked, community translation · #4645234 #4648018

• It will mean a lot for the village.

  Ça signifiera beaucoup pour le village.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lindoula and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #3626598 #3629583

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