true — English to French

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

What it means: true in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: true (38 525). By style: everyday 1 122 · literary 79 · biblical 69 · parliamentary 10 279 · legal and administrative 2 550 · UN documents 24 426.

vrai

Used about 10 608 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 748 · literary ≈ 59 · biblical ≈ 32 · parliamentary ≈ 3 640 · legal and administrative ≈ 531 · UN documents ≈ 5 598).

• It isn't true.

  Ce n'est pas vrai.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and slist · checked, community translation · #2248752 #433123

• “That is not true.

  --Ce n'est pas vrai.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30882

• “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.

  Je suis le vrai cep, et mon Père est le vigneron.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 15:1

• It is not true.

  Ce n’est pas vrai.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 504060

• IF 愦灭;lt;e-AD Rejected flag愦灭;gt; is True

  SI l’ est vrai

  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 3948858

véritable

Used about 6 806 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 47 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 1 499 · legal and administrative ≈ 159 · UN documents ≈ 5 089).

• Laurie is a true friend.

  Laurie est une véritable amie.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF_US and Mutusen · checked, community translation · #2863940 #4468374

• True history being a mixture of all things, the true historian mingles in everything.

  La vraie histoire étant mêlée à tout, le véritable historien se mêle de tout.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21357

• The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

  Cette lumière était la véritable lumière, qui, en venant dans le monde, éclaire tout homme.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 1:9

• First of all, it is a true institutional "first' .

  D'abord, parce qu'il s'agit d'une véritable «première» institutionnelle.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1876157

• any other practice liable to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the product.

  toute autre pratique susceptible d'induire le consommateur en erreur quant à la véritable origine du produit.

  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 3074803

More sentences

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

• I understood that the rumor was true.

  J'ai compris que la rumeur était fondée.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by xhlulu and qdii · checked, community translation · #10712190 #584755

• I'm afraid the rumor is true.

  Je crains que la rumeur soit avérée.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mookeee and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1174249 #1175582

• It's like a dream come true.

  C'est comme un rêve devenu réalité.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Akenaseryan · checked, community translation · #322763 #8410433

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