chefs — French to English

How French chefs is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: chefs (82 734). By style: everyday 21 · literary 5 · biblical 387 · parliamentary 3 823 · legal and administrative 1 254 · UN documents 77 244.

heads

Used about 32 423 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 65 · parliamentary ≈ 2 867 · legal and administrative ≈ 523 · UN documents ≈ 28 967).

• Aucun des chefs d'État précédents n'a amélioré les conditions de vie des Français.

  None of the former heads of state improved the standard of living of the French.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and shekitten · checked, community translation · #3272771 #3272772

• Il était roi en Israël, Quand s’assemblaient les chefs du peuple Et les tribus d’Israël.

  He was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 33:5

• Pendant ce temps, les chefs de la maffia des mendiants vivent dans des villas luxueuses.

  Meanwhile, the heads of the begging mafia are living in luxury villas.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1454835

• Pouvoirs et fonctions des chefs des délégations de l'Union

  Powers and duties of Heads of Union Delegations

  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 2711509

• VI. Déclarations des chefs de délégation

  VI. Statements by heads of delegation

  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 23366813

chiefs

Used about 24 208 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 65 · UN documents ≈ 24 139). Forms: chief, chiefs.

• Finalement, les deux chefs indiens ont décidé de faire la paix.

  At long last, the two chiefs of the Indian tribes have decided to make peace.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by superbolo and CK · checked, community translation · #39918 #181734

• Ainsi, par exemple, insistons-y, ce que combattaient les chefs de l'insurrection de 1832, et en particulier les jeunes enthousiastes de la rue de la Chanvrerie, ce n'était pas précisément Louis-Philippe.

  Thus, for instance, and we insist upon it, what the chiefs of the insurrection of 1832, and, in particular, the young enthusiasts of the Rue de la Chanvrerie were combating, was not precisely Louis Philippe.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26902

• le chef Magdiel, le chef Iram. Ce sont là des chefs d’Édom.

  chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 1:54

• Association of Chief Police Officers (Association des chefs de police)

  Association of Chief Police Officers

  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 9116197

• Vu que dans cette organisation, il n'y a que des chefs et pas d'indiens, c'est un miracle que quelque décision soit effectuée.

  Since in this organization they're all chiefs and no Indians, it's a wonder any decisions get made.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · #58045 #845649

leaders

Used about 12 226 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 558 · legal and administrative ≈ 392 · UN documents ≈ 11 265). Meaning: leaders in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Qu’on rassemble tous les chefs de mon armée.

  Assemble all of the leaders of my army.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #3226122 #3196022

• Il dit à Marius:--Nous sommes les deux chefs.

  He said to Marius: “We are the two leaders.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26661

• Des chefs se sont mis à la tête du peuple en Israël, Et le peuple s’est montré prêt à combattre: Bénissez-en l’Éternel!

  “Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, LORD!

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

• Plus de 100 chefs religieux tibétains sont actuellement détenus dans des prisons chinoises pour activité subversive.

  Over 100 Tibetan religious leaders are being held in Chinese prisons on charges of subversive activity.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 715806

• Les chefs d’équipe font partie du personnel mandaté de l’Agence.

  Team leaders shall be authorised personnel of the Agency.

  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 979365

More sentences

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

• Les chefs-d'œuvre ne sont jamais que des tentatives heureuses.

  Masterpieces are only successful attempts.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #885368 #885367

• Pourquoi les chefs cuisiniers sont-ils chauves ?

  Why are chefs bald?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · #5864069 #12286265

• Ce sont des chefs de classes.

  They are class presidents.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · #9030430 #11969017

Grammar

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