capital — French to English

How French capital 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: capital (48 087), capitale (31 498), capitales (5 971), capitals (106), capitaux (36 429). By style: everyday 293 · literary 9 · biblical 15 · parliamentary 10 282 · legal and administrative 29 401 · UN documents 82 091.

capital

Used about 84 899 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 247 · literary ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 5 355 · legal and administrative ≈ 22 510 · UN documents ≈ 56 780). Forms: capital, capitals. Meaning: capital in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Bagdad est la capitale de l'Irak.

  Baghdad is Iraq's capital.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · #8396537 #8393926

• Aperçois-tu Reykjawik, sa capitale?

  Do you see Rejkiavik, the capital?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 459

• Objet: Réseau des régions abritant des capitales

  Subject: Capital Region network

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1740452

• (nom en lettres capitales)

  (name, in capital letters)

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• Une capitale de la région

  A capital in the region

  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 5060263

equity

Used about 4 791 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 54 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 369 · UN documents ≈ 1 368). Meaning: equity in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il serait injuste qu'une société privée doive respecter des règles différentes pour la simple raison qu'elle est détenue par des fonds de capital-investissement.

  It would be wrong if one private company had to abide by different rules from others just because it was owned by private equity.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1130147

• État des variations des capitaux propres (46)

  Statement of changes in equity (46)

  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 4050161

• Participation au capital, entreprise conjointe, partage de la production

  Equity interest, joint venture or production sharing participation

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• Exercice ou expiration d'autres instruments de capitaux propres émis

  Exercise or expiration of other equity instruments issued

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• Placements dans des instruments d ' emprunt ou des titres de capital détenus dans un portefeuille de transaction

  Investments in debt or equity securities held in a trading portfolio

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importance

Used about 4 263 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 910 · legal and administrative ≈ 613 · UN documents ≈ 2 736). Meaning: importance in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ma mission est d'une importance capitale.

  My mission is of critical importance.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #3583439 #12459375

• C'est une chose à laquelle j'attache une importance capitale.

  This is something I attach great importance to.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1949607

• Les activités dans l'espace se développent et revêtent une importance capitale.

  Space activities are expanding and their importance is crucial.

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• On a souligné l’importance capitale de l’article.

  32. The view was expressed that the article was of the utmost importance.

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• Le Fonds de solidarité est un instrument d'une importance capitale pour l'Union européenne.

  The Solidarity Fund is an instrument of paramount importance to the EU.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1536393

name

Used about 307 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 306). Meaning: name in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il y avait dans Suse, la capitale, un Juif nommé Mardochée, fils de Jaïr, fils de Schimeï, fils de Kis, homme de Benjamin,

  There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EST 2:5

• Nom en lettres capitales:

  Name in block letters:

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• Nom de l’exploitant/du conducteur de la bétaillère et adresse professionnelle (en capitales)

  Name of operator/driver of the livestock vehicle and its business address (in block letters)

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More sentences

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

• La chute du mur de Berlin fut vraiment un événement capital.

  The falling of the Berlin Wall was truly a momentous occasion.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · #625183 #815053

• La chute du mur de Berlin fut vraiment un événement capital.

  The fall of the Berlin Wall was really an epochal event.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and RU · checked, community translation · #3486171 #815053

• Tandis que nous peinons, les barons du capital se gavent dans de la vaisselle dorée à l'or fin.

  While the rest of us toil, the robber barons eat from gilt tableware.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and Auride · checked, community translation · #10693861 #13295272

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