ocean — English to French

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

What it means: ocean in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: ocean (24 543), oceans (16 057). By style: everyday 137 · literary 6 · parliamentary 693 · legal and administrative 2 013 · UN documents 37 751.

océans

Used about 24 960 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 122 · literary ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 578 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 447 · UN documents ≈ 22 808). Forms: océan, océans.

• I love the ocean.

  J'aime l'océan.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #4500140 #7449042

• The Unknown is an ocean.

  L'Inconnu est un océan.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11043

• Our oceans are empty.

  Nos océans sont vides.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1349485

• All oceans and seas

  Tous les océans et mers

  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 3843536

• (a) Oceans and the law of the sea

  a) Les océans et le droit de la mer

  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 26659349

mer

Used about 4 051 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 87 · legal and administrative ≈ 21 · UN documents ≈ 3 932). Forms: mer, mers.

• There are islands in the ocean.

  Il y a des îles sur la mer.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rokito and gillux · checked, community translation · #3663459 #3663254

• So the financial resources available to us are a drop in the ocean here.

  Par conséquent, les fonds dont nous disposons ne représentent qu'une goutte d'eau dans la mer.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1730010

• on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean — The European Union’s deposit of its instrument of approval

  sur la conservation et la gestion des ressources halieutiques en haute mer dans le Pacifique Sud

  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 87414

• 364. Office of Legal Affairs (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea).

  Bureau des affaires juridiques (Division des affaires maritimes et du droit de la mer).

  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 18218837

• I cannot live far from the ocean.

  Je ne peux pas vivre loin de la mer.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #8866073 #8866114

droit

Used about 786 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 786).

• Objective of the Organization: To promote and strengthen the rule of law for the oceans

  Objectif de l ' Organisation : Promouvoir et renforcer la primauté du droit dans le domaine maritime

  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 25561978

• IV. Request by the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law, for observer status in the Assembly

  d ' observateur présentée par le Center for Oceans Law and Policy de la faculté de droit de l ' Université de Virginie

  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 24924046

maritimes

Used about 414 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 21 · UN documents ≈ 393).

• Comments from the German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association

  Observations de l’Association allemande de construction navale et des techniques maritimes

  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 1136389

• Given the geography of India, with a coastline extending 4,000 miles and with 1,300 islands, we have a traditional and abiding interest in maritime and ocean affairs.

  Vu la géographie de l ' Inde, avec des côtes dépassant 4 000 miles et avec 1300 îles, nous avons un intérêt traditionnel dans les affaires maritimes.

  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 10185962

atlantique

Used about 21 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 21).

• Bluefin tuna fishing shall be permitted in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea by large-scale pelagic longlines catching vessels during the period from 1 January to 31 May.

  La pêche du thon rouge par les grands palangriers pélagiques de capture est autorisée dans l'Atlantique Est et la Méditerranée entre le 1er janvier et le 31 mai.

  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 4953298

More sentences

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

• The Moon's gravity is responsible for the ocean tides on Earth.

  La gravité de la Lune est responsable des marées océaniques sur Terre.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · #3961509 #12303018

• A severe ocean storm hit the West Indies.

  Une violente tempête océanique frappa les Caraïbes.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #807403 #1083071

• We are already doing this, though our efforts are a mere drop in the ocean.

  Nous le faisons déjà, mais ce sont les fameuses gouttes sur une pierre chaude.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 565167

Grammar

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