comprendre — French to English

How French comprendre 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: comprendre (62 236). By style: everyday 765 · literary 21 · biblical 17 · parliamentary 6 891 · legal and administrative 4 668 · UN documents 49 874.

understand

Used about 24 205 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 638 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 4 163 · legal and administrative ≈ 681 · UN documents ≈ 18 703). Forms: understand, understanding. Meaning: understand in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je peux comprendre ça.

  I can understand this.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #4499878 #6716771

• --Vous allez comprendre, monsieur le maire.

  “You shall understand, Mr. Mayor.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4602

• Instruisez-moi, et je me tairai; Faites-moi comprendre en quoi j’ai péché.

  “Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 6:24

• Je ne puis vraiment pas le comprendre.

  I really cannot understand that.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1789031

• les descriptions et explications nécessaires pour comprendre ces dessins et schémas ainsi que le fonctionnement du produit,

  descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of those drawings and schemes and the operation of the product;

  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 4966468

include

Used about 14 347 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 918 · UN documents ≈ 11 429). Meaning: include in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Elles doivent au moins comprendre:

  It shall include at least:

  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 1238179

• Le système qualité doit comprendre:

  The quality system shall include:

  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 12663555

• Ces informations peuvent comprendre:

  Such information may include:

  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 1961253

• Elles peuvent également comprendre les recettes de concessions accessoires.

  They may also include the revenue of ancillary concessions.

  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 5985917

• Les acides aminés peuvent comprendre les suivants :

  The amino acid residues may include the following:

  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 798969

how

Used about 2 110 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 32 · UN documents ≈ 2 078). Meaning: how in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je ne parviendrais à comprendre comment le faire.

  I couldn't figure out how to do it.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #254201 #5638612

• Les étudiants doivent également comprendre l ' importance du respect de la déontologie dans le monde des affaires et la façon d ' opérer des entreprises internationales.

  Candidates also need to appreciate the importance of ethics in business and how international enterprises operate.

  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 5488006

• Donne-moi juste du temps. Je suis sûre que je peux comprendre comment résoudre le problème.

  Just give me some time. I'm sure I can figure out how to solve the problem.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #1860690 #2084052

• Quiconque a une connaissance même approximative de la situation politique dans notre région peut comprendre combien il a été difficile pour nous d ' adopter une telle position.

  I must say that anyone who has an elementary knowledge of the political situation in our region can realize how difficult it was for us to come to this decision.

  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 994846

More sentences

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

• Je n'arrive pas à comprendre ce qu'il veut dire.

  I can't figure out what he means.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · #38379 #10900962

• Je n'ai pu me faire comprendre en pays étranger.

  I couldn't make myself understood in a foreign country.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Gijom and Swift · checked, community translation · #21953 #9475

• Je n'ai pas pu correctement me faire comprendre en anglais.

  I couldn't make myself understood well in English.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CN · checked, community translation · #256188 #1959625

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