étranger — French to English

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: étrange (1 819), étranger (69 484), étranges (233). By style: everyday 871 · literary 80 · biblical 135 · parliamentary 2 927 · legal and administrative 2 973 · UN documents 64 550.

strange

Used about 23 099 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 454 · literary ≈ 42 · biblical ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 1 016 · legal and administrative ≈ 50 · UN documents ≈ 21 517). Meaning: strange in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est très étrange.

  It's very strange.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lebensfreude and CK · checked, community translation · #5374853 #3574527

• Cela lui parut étrange.

  This struck him as strange.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6964

• Nadab et Abihu moururent, lorsqu’ils apportèrent devant l’Éternel du feu étranger.

  Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 26:61

• Je ne crois pas que cela soit étrange.

  I do not believe there is anything strange here.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1413153

• Dans le cas de logements dont le loyer est gratuit, cela conduit à l'étrange situation où la prestation est effectivement assurée mais sans paiement (visible).

  In the case of rental-free dwellings this leads to the strange situation that the dwelling service is actually provided but without a (visible) payment.

  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 737956

abroad

Used about 9 793 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 188 · parliamentary ≈ 630 · legal and administrative ≈ 907 · UN documents ≈ 8 069). Meaning: abroad in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je veux partir à l'étranger.

  I want to go abroad.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Romira and CK · checked, community translation · #21938 #181493

• Si quelqu’un est malade, il doit pouvoir recevoir des soins médicaux à l’étranger.

  If somebody is ill, they should be given the possibility of receiving medical care abroad.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 688183

• Nombre de jours effectivement passés à l’étranger

  Number of days of effective stay abroad.

  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 5036047

• Déplacement et non-retour illicite à l ' étranger

  Illicit transfer of children abroad

  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 10464379

• Je n'ai jamais été à l'étranger.

  I've never been abroad.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #22207 #590020

foreign

Used about 8 924 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 163 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 109 · UN documents ≈ 7 620). Meaning: foreign in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Elle a voyagé à l'étranger.

  She has traveled in foreign countries.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by pierrephi and Scott · checked, community translation · #838872 #339385

• --Ainsi, monsieur Fogg, reprit Mrs. Aouda, non content de m'arracher à une mort horrible, vous vous croyiez encore obligé d'assurer ma position à l'étranger?

  “So, Mr. Fogg,” resumed Aouda, “not content with rescuing me from a terrible death, you thought yourself bound to secure my comfort in a foreign land?”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 3159

• L’Éternel seul a conduit son peuple, Et il n’y avait avec lui aucun dieu étranger.

  The LORD alone led him. There was no foreign god with him.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 32:12

• Il faut aider lorsque le visage de la souffrance humaine est celui de l’étranger.

  Help is needed when the face of human suffering is a foreign one.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 641699

• Couvertures d'investissements nets dans une activité à l'étranger

  Hedge of net investments in foreign operations

  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 5192009

odd

Used about 7 125 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 30 · parliamentary ≈ 366 · legal and administrative ≈ 454 · UN documents ≈ 6 276). Meaning: odd in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est plutôt étrange.

  It's pretty odd.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2249177 #3654354

• La politique est à n'en pas douter une activité étrange.

  Politics is certainly an odd business.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 284488

• Le recours à six décimales peut sembler étrange, mais certains règlements, tel le règlement (CE) no 660/1999 du Conseil, fixent des primes pouvant atteindre cinq décimales, même en euros.

  The use of six decimal places may seem odd but some regulations like Council Regulation (EC) No 660/1999 fix the premium with up to five decimals even when using €.

  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 717088

• C ' est bien étrange.

  Well, that is odd.

  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 23751872

• Tom est une personne très étrange.

  Tom is a very odd person.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #5219337 #5503509

More sentences

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

• Nos produits se vendent bien à l'étranger.

  Our products sell well overseas.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · #4664817 #11918786

• Elle s'est mise à parler à un étranger.

  She started talking with a stranger.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #313488 #4775348

• Je suis un étranger.

  I am a foreigner.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and ingenius000 · checked, community translation · #780858 #809726

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