near — English to French

How English near is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: near in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: near (45 440), nears (112). By style: everyday 509 · literary 109 · biblical 318 · parliamentary 2 230 · legal and administrative 1 863 · UN documents 40 523.

proche

Used about 11 193 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · biblical ≈ 53 · parliamentary ≈ 851 · legal and administrative ≈ 559 · UN documents ≈ 9 709).

• His house is near the tube.

  Sa maison est proche du métro.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #11966103 #1293381

• Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that he is near, even at the doors.

  De même, quand vous verrez toutes ces choses, sachez que le Fils de l’homme est proche, à la porte.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 24:33

• In French it is what we call the Near East.

  En français, elle est au Proche-Orient.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 505721

• Near and Middle East, other countries of Asia.

  Proche- et Moyen-Orient, autres pays d'Asie.

  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 2216766

• Near and Middle East

  Proche et Moyen-Orient

  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 23380869

approche

Used about 6 369 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 20 · UN documents ≈ 6 332).

• Don't go near the fire.

  Ne t'approche pas du feu.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #594937 #7011244

• “Draw near and take my daughter!

  «Approche un peu me prendre ma fille!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8773

• Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

  Son âme s’approche de la fosse, Et sa vie des messagers de la mort.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 33:22

• As costs decline and the technology nears grid parity, so do the payments.

  Les paiements diminuent à mesure que les coûts diminuent et que la technologie approche de la parité avec le 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 22866629

• “Don’t come near me,” she cried, “or I’ll crush you.”

  --N'approche pas, va-t'en, cria-t-elle, ou je t'écroule!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17886

près

Used about 5 880 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 291 · literary ≈ 61 · biblical ≈ 80 · parliamentary ≈ 284 · legal and administrative ≈ 522 · UN documents ≈ 4 643).

• Is it near here?

  C'est près d'ici ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tanay and lbdx · checked, community translation · #3768330 #7414757

• The cake fell very near the edge.

  Le gâteau tomba assez près du bord.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26547

• and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

  et aussi pour sa sœur encore vierge, qui le touche de près lorsqu’elle n’est pas mariée.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 21:3

• I live in a hunting family near the Dutch border.

  Je vis dans une famille de chasseurs, près de la frontière hollandaise.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1909724

• Place of Birth: near Damascus

  Lieu de naissance: près de Damas

  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 2786292

avenir

Used about 41 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 41).

• However, as the first set of CFP reform proposals nears a conclusion, I find myself more cynical about the process and less optimistic about the future for Scotland's fishing-dependent communities than ever before.

  Pourtant, à l'heure où le premier paquet de propositions de réforme de la PCP approche de sa conclusion, je me sens plus cynique quant au processus et moins optimiste que jamais quant à l'avenir des communautés écossaises dépendantes de la pêche.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 386671

More sentences

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

• Tom sat down near Mary.

  Tom s'assit à côté de Mary.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and jcgillet · checked, community translation · #5481162 #2045984

• Be careful near the edge of the cliff.

  Soyez prudente à proximité du bord de la falaise !

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2047722 #2048613

• Are there any Chinese restaurants near here?

  Y a-t-il des restaurants chinois à proximité ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #4663323 #5594097

Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: English grammar · French grammar · translating between English and French · translating from English · translating into French.

About these examples

Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. Submit a better translation or example.

This page as Markdown: https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/en-fr/near/