must — English to French

How English must is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

What it means: must in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: must (553 524), musts (131). By style: everyday 2 820 · literary 225 · biblical 150 · parliamentary 137 788 · legal and administrative 66 574 · UN documents 346 098.

doit

Used about 143 582 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 588 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 29 179 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 643 · UN documents ≈ 97 150).

• She must be dead.

  Elle doit être morte.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and Adelpa · checked, community translation · #1777414 #5991961

• “Patron-Minette must have had a hand in this.”

  --Il doit y avoir un peu de Patron-Minette là dedans.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16837

• His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

  Les disciples lui firent cette question: Pourquoi donc les scribes disent-ils qu’Élie doit venir premièrement?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 17:10

• That is why it must be husbanded responsibly.

  C'est pourquoi il doit être géré de manière responsable.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1479691

• The of the referred must be:

  Le de l’愦灭;lt;OPÉRATEUR愦灭;gt; visé doit être:

  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 3948312

doivent

Used about 138 217 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 118 · biblical ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 4 863 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 789 · UN documents ≈ 121 438).

• Motorists must observe the Highway Code.

  Les automobilistes doivent respecter le code de la route.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · #10927920 #10948346

• Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

  Les femmes, de même, doivent être honnêtes, non médisantes, sobres, fidèles en toutes choses.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 3:11

• Against this backdrop, the EU and all of the Quartet must agree on the next steps.

  Dans un tel contexte, l’UE et l’ensemble des pays du Quatuor doivent convenir des étapes suivantes.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 822133

• Emergency exits must be provided and indicated.

  Des sorties d'urgence doivent être prévues et indiquées.

  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 852189

• Treaties must not be undermined by reservations.

  Les traités ne doivent pas être mis en péril par des réserves.

  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 27365362

moûts

Used about 78 685 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 50 252 · legal and administrative ≈ 28 433).

• For this reason, it is important to retain support for funding musts.

  Il est dès lors essentiel que les moûts continuent de bénéficier d'un financement.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 907647

• different categories of wines or musts.

  de différentes catégories de vins ou de moûts.

  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 1524255

• Parliament has proposed banning wine making with musts from third countries.

  Le Parlement a proposé d'interdire la vinification de moûts issus de pays tiers.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1957539

• REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN GRAPES AND GRAPE MUSTS

  PRESCRIPTIONS RELATIVES À CERTAINS RAISINS ET MOÛTS DE RAISINS

  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 1524076

• To this end, I am also opposed to the importation of musts: as the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, we have tabled an amendment on this point.

  Je m'oppose dès lors également à l'importation de moûts. Le groupe socialiste au Parlement européen a d'ailleurs déposé un amendement en ce sens.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 907630

faut

Used about 24 162 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 529 · literary ≈ 89 · biblical ≈ 53 · parliamentary ≈ 11 347 · UN documents ≈ 12 144).

• I must go alone.

  Il faut que j'y aille seul.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2208345 #2482577

• The dead must be obeyed.”

  Il faut obéir aux morts.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11540

• He must increase, but I must decrease.

  Il faut qu’il croisse, et que je diminue.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 3:30

• The Commission’s size and geographical dimension must be borne in mind.

  Il ne faut pas perdre de vue la taille et la dimension géographique de la Commission.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 532172

• Demands must be made of the aggressor, not of the victim.

  C ' est à l ' agresseur qu ' il faut demander des comptes et non pas à l ' agressé.

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être

Used about 22 865 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 294 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 9 726 · legal and administrative ≈ 693 · UN documents ≈ 12 144).

• It must've been very painful.

  Cela a dû être très douloureux.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · #6673226 #11450591

• “She must be a pretty sort of a woman.”

  «Ce devait être une espèce de fille.»

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3932

• Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”

  Il vint aussi des publicains pour être baptisés, et ils lui dirent: Maître, que devons-nous faire?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 3:12

• Those who commit all these crimes must also be brought to justice.

  Les auteurs de tous ces crimes doivent être poursuivis.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1955216

• the holdings receiving the aid must comply with minimum standards regarding the environment, hygiene and animal welfare.

  les entreprises bénéficiaires respectent au moins les exigences minimales en matière d'environnement, d'hygiène et de bien-être des animaux.

  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 548508

vins

Used about 6 016 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 3 242 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 774).

• First, Amendment No 1. On the official pretext of easing the administrative burden on winegrowers, this amendment may have the unwanted effect of making it difficult to monitor the quality of wines and grape musts.

  Tout d'abord sur l'amendement 1 qui, sous la volonté officielle d'alléger les tâches administratives des viticulteurs, peut avoir pour effet pervers de rendre difficile le contrôle de la qualité des vins et des mous de raisin.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1612101

• the mixture of grape musts and/or wines with different characteristics,

  le mélange de moût de raisins et/ou de vins de caractéristiques différentes,

  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 3076628

• If this decision were implemented, it would undermine the content of our compromise and the spirit in which we reached agreement, that is, in the belief that our European wines were recognised as agricultural rather than industrial products, grown in traditional regions and produced using traditional methods. This decision would go against that spirit since we might eventually see in these new wine-producing countries a shift towards using grape musts from third countries.

  C'est-à-dire reconnaître que nos vins européens sont des produits agricoles et non industriels, élevés dans des régions traditionnelles, élaborés de manière traditionnelle, car on pourrait assister, à terme, dans ces nouveaux pays viticoles, à une dérive pour utiliser des unités de vinification de moût en provenance de pays tiers.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1995959

• the mixture of grape musts and/or wines with different characteristics, intended for the preparation of a specific type of sparkling wine.

  le mélange de moût de raisins et/ou de vins de caractéristiques différentes, destiné à l’élaboration d’un type particulier de vin pétillant.

  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 1852505

• wines, liqueur wines, sparkling wines, aromatised wines, and similar products obtained from fruit other than grapes, and beverages falling within CN code 220600 obtained from grapes or grape musts,

  des vins, vins de liqueur, vins mousseux, vins aromatisés et des produits similaires obtenus à partir de fruits autres que le raisin ainsi que des boissons relevant du code NC 220600 et obtenues à partir de raisin ou de moût de raisin,

  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 2452408

More sentences

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

• I must have made him sad when I told him that his French professor had died.

  J'ai dû le rendre triste quand je lui ai dit que son prof de français était mort.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · #3260358 #3260357

• He looks pale. He must have drunk too much last night.

  Il n'a pas l'air bien. Il a dû trop boire la nuit dernière.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · #295001 #131797

• You must've thought I was an idiot.

  Vous avez dû penser que j'étais une idiote.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #3636203 #3640570

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