something — English to French

How English something is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: something (29 392), somethings (1). By style: everyday 3 385 · literary 154 · biblical 45 · parliamentary 19 576 · legal and administrative 200 · UN documents 6 033.

quelque

Used about 6 504 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 821 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 3 671).

• Something is watching me.

  Quelque chose m'observe.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by cntrational and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1120846 #1121036

• He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.

  Et il les regardait attentivement, s’attendant à recevoir d’eux quelque chose.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 3:5

• Surely this is something we need to discuss.

  C'est certainement quelque chose dont nous devons discuter.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1127695

• I need to say something.

  Je dois dire quelque chose.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · #2064662 #7157331

• For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

  Si quelqu’un pense être quelque chose, quoiqu’il ne soit rien, il s’abuse lui-même.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 6:3

chose

Used about 2 488 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 282 · literary ≈ 99 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 816 · legal and administrative ≈ 54 · UN documents ≈ 1 231).

• I've done something unforgivable.

  J'ai fait une chose impardonnable.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · #3722459 #12623589

• “Will you do something for me?”

  --Veux-tu faire quelque chose pour moi?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24902

• Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.

  Or, à celui qui fait une œuvre, le salaire est imputé, non comme une grâce, mais comme une chose due;

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

• However, you have forgotten something: you have forgotten about the people, you have forgotten about public opinion.

  Cependant, vous avez oublié une chose: vous avez oublié les citoyens, vous avez oublié l'opinion publique.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 914835

• Communication channels by which it is possible to gain access to someone or something.

  Canaux de communication permettant d’avoir accès à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose.

  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 3047745

More sentences

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

• Oh right, I have something tomorrow.

  Ah oui, j’ai un truc à faire demain.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and qdii · checked, community translation · #411269 #411271

• May I ask you about something totally unrelated?

  Je peux te demander un truc qui a absolument rien à voir ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and gillux · checked, community translation · #11159745 #3900177

• It smells like something's burning.

  Ça sent le brûlé.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #3287161 #5752773

Grammar

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