only — English to French

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

What it means: only in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: only (587 646). By style: everyday 3 348 · literary 315 · biblical 253 · parliamentary 77 007 · legal and administrative 87 171 · UN documents 419 552.

ne

Used about 192 352 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 558 · literary ≈ 66 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 22 460 · legal and administrative ≈ 38 137 · UN documents ≈ 131 110).

• I've only got one left.

  Il ne m'en reste qu'un.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #489210 #139017

• I only remember him with white hair.”

  Je ne me le rappelle qu'avec ses cheveux blancs.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1342

• For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day.

  Ces gens ne sont pas ivres, comme vous le supposez, car c’est la troisième heure du jour.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 2:15

• We only take a decision after having read and examined the proposal.

  Nous ne prenons une décision qu'après avoir lu et examiné la proposition.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1790761

• Butter may qualify for aid only if:

  Ne peut bénéficier de cette aide que le beurre:

  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 748501

seulement

Used about 96 225 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 907 · literary ≈ 85 · biblical ≈ 100 · parliamentary ≈ 12 835 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 632 · UN documents ≈ 78 666). Forms: seule, seulement.

• She was my only joy.

  Elle était ma seule joie.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1894433 #1901015

• Take me. Only grant me one favor.”

  Seulement, accordez-moi une chose.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28249

• You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.

  De tes yeux seulement tu regarderas, Et tu verras la rétribution des méchants.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 91:8

• His independent television is the only one that questions the behaviour of Russian troops in Chechnya.

  Sa télévision indépendante est la seule à remettre en question l' attitude des troupes russes en Tchétchénie.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 61263

• Derivatives of hydrocarbon containing only nitro or only nitroso groups

  Dérivés seulement nitrés ou seulement nitrosés

  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 2084619

uniquement

Used about 75 261 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 140 · parliamentary ≈ 9 626 · legal and administrative ≈ 21 793 · UN documents ≈ 43 703).

• By training only with the computer, you will never be able to understand chess.

  En vous entraînant uniquement avec l'ordinateur, vous ne pourrez jamais comprendre les échecs.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #10273350 #10273352

• The Community budget only provides research funding for GMES.

  Le budget communautaire prévoit uniquement le financement des activités de recherche sur GMES.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1167214

• Only of natural origin

  Uniquement d'origine naturelle

  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 1597239

• For Cambodia and Laos, only Blue Books were produced.

  Le Cambodge et le Laos ont fait l ' objet de Livres bleus uniquement.

  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 17835019

• There is no meaningful safety through alliance or collaboration with the United States, only through the pursuit of nuclear weapons.

  Il n'existe pas de véritable sécurité par le biais d'une alliance ou d'une coopération avec les États-Unis, mais uniquement par le développement d'armes nucléaires.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · #13783567 #13783622

seul

Used about 24 698 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 628 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 37 · parliamentary ≈ 8 022 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 264 · UN documents ≈ 8 741).

• Only Tom drinks tea.

  Seul Tom boit du thé.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and felix63 · checked, community translation · #6784052 #6468913

• The old Pole was the only person who loved him well enough to feel true and keen emotion, and the doctor at once determined to go and see him.

  Seul le vieux Polonais l'aimait assez pour ressentir une vraie et poignante émotion; et le docteur se décida tout de suite à l'aller voir.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2325

• Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

  Luc seul est avec moi. Prends Marc, et amène-le avec toi, car il m’est utile pour le ministère.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2TI 4:11

• Only a very small number of European regions reached this goal.

  Seul un tout petit nombre de régions européennes ont atteint cet objectif.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 956833

• (Only the German version is authentic)

  (Le texte en langue allemande est le seul faisant foi)

  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 857088

mais

Used about 3 639 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 140 · literary ≈ 26 · biblical ≈ 53 · parliamentary ≈ 1 604 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 816).

• There are many truths, but only one reality.

  Il y a de nombreuses vérités mais une unique réalité.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by pauldhunt and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #3446592 #4217720

• But Gringoire had multiplied himself, and only shouted the more vigorously: “Begin again! begin again!”

  Mais Gringoire se multipliait et n'en criait que plus fort: «Recommencez! recommencez!»

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 551

• They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”

  Mais ils lui dirent: Nous n’avons ici que cinq pains et deux poissons.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 14:17

• These include the timber industry and, increasingly, the production of biomass, not only for heating, but also for electricity generation.

  Ces aspects concernent par exemple l'industrie du bois, mais aussi, de plus en plus, la production de biomasse pour le chauffage et pour la production d'électricité.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1554998

• Nordrevision remarked only that the [愦灭※]% per year originally set corresponded to the general inflation rate, but was not likely to be achievable in Neubrandenburg [96].

  Nordrevision a simplement constaté que le pourcentage annuel de [愦灭※] % fixé initialement correspondait au taux général d’inflation, mais était difficilement réalisable à Neubrandenburg [96].

  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 3477906

More sentences

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

• The letter was signed with only an X.

  La lettre n'était signée que d'un X.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #10918907 #13457630

• It's only a matter of time.

  Ce n'est qu'une question de temps.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Scott · checked, community translation · #897541 #901801

• "Do you have any siblings?" "No, I'm an only child."

  « As-tu des frères et sœurs ? » « Non, je suis fils unique. »

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and hortusdei · checked, community translation · #6148 #6147

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