court — French to English

How French court 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: court (65 281), courte (14 790), courtes (3 883), courts (8 404). By style: everyday 526 · literary 37 · biblical 18 · parliamentary 5 532 · legal and administrative 10 431 · UN documents 75 814.

short

Used about 53 350 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 393 · literary ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 4 322 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 127 · UN documents ≈ 39 486). Forms: short, shorter. Meaning: short in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il a les cheveux courts.

  He has short hair.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1946905 #1947395

• Soudain il s'arrêta court.

  All at once, he stopped short.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25252

• Le triomphe des méchants a été court, Et la joie de l’impie momentanée?

  that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 20:5

• Avez-vous la mémoire courte?

  Are our memories so short?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1992269

• Utilisation de bains courts

  The use of short floats

  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 2775636

court

Used about 28 560 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 29 · legal and administrative ≈ 489 · UN documents ≈ 28 035). Forms: court, courts. Meaning: court in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il y a des courts de tennis dans ce parc.

  There are tennis courts in this park.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and _undertoad · checked, community translation · #2259475 #11180005

• Nos amours ont duré toute une semaine, Ah! que du bonheur les instants sont courts!

  Nos amours ont duré toute une semaine, Mais que du bonheur les instants sont courts!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17049

• . - Monsieur le Président, c’est un honneur de pouvoir conclure ce débat sur les discussions de Hampton Court.

  . Mr President, it is an honour to conclude this debate today on the discussions that took place at Hampton Court.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 742461

• Travaux de nivelage de courts de tennis

  Flatwork for tennis court

  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 1494856

• Temporary suspension of court decisions

  Temporary suspension of court decisions

  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 13875571

term

Used about 844 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 54 · UN documents ≈ 790). Meaning: term in the Elamur Dictionary.

• il est acquis ou pris en charge principalement en vue d'être vendu ou racheté à court terme;

  is acquired or incurred principally for the purpose of selling or repurchasing it in the near term;

  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 4102426

• Cette évolution était encourageante et donnait des raisons d ' espérer que les objectifs de développement à court terme et à plus long terme pourraient être atteints.

  These developments constituted hopeful signs for the realization of immediate and longer-term development objectives.

  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 1341619

• Les objectifs à court terme sont les suivants : obtenir plus de microdonnées ainsi que des données sur les changements climatiques, et aider les pays à rendre leurs données plus accessibles

  Continuous expansion; near-term objectives include additional microdata holdings, climate change data and helping countries make their data more accessible

  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 24738542

very

Used about 180 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 173). Meaning: very in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il court très vite.

  He runs very fast.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #291572 #131138

• --Ah! c'était un brave ami, bien dévoué, bien fidèle, un homme rare, par le temps qui court.

  “Ah, he was a good friend, very devoted, very faithful, a rare soul in these days.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 346

• Il envoie ses ordres sur la terre: Sa parole court avec vitesse.

  He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 147:15

• Pour conclure, deux commentaires très courts concernant les amendements relatifs aux filets maillants dérivants.

  Finally, two very brief comments on the amendments relating to drift nets.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1823979

• Le lendemain M. Leblanc et sa fille ne firent au Luxembourg qu'une courte apparition; ils s'en allèrent qu'il faisait grand jour.

  On the following day, M. Leblanc and his daughter made only a very brief stay in the Luxembourg; they went away while it was still broad daylight.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15518

More sentences

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

• Portes-tu ce pantalon court pour souligner l'appauvrissement esthétique que tu as subi pendant la dernière décennie ?

  Do you wear those shorts to emphasise the aesthetic impoverishment you've been suffering this past decade?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MUIRIEL and sundown · checked, community translation · #12042894 #542768

• Kumiko court aussi vite que Tom.

  Kumiko runs as fast as Tom.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sushiman and CN · checked, community translation · #62978 #400847

• J'ai été pris de court par sa réaction.

  I was blindsided by his reaction.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #12904049 #12904052

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