débat — French to English

How French débat 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: débat (199 707), débats (77 875). By style: everyday 66 · literary 4 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 47 683 · legal and administrative 1 153 · UN documents 228 673.

discussion

Used about 115 143 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 980 · legal and administrative ≈ 204 · UN documents ≈ 111 954). Forms: discussion, discussions. Meaning: discussion in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ce n'est pas un sujet de débat convenable.

  It's not a suitable topic for discussion.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #42207 #2118889

• Paul et Barnabas eurent avec eux un débat et une vive discussion; et les frères décidèrent que Paul et Barnabas, et quelques-uns des leurs, monteraient à Jérusalem vers les apôtres et les anciens, pour traiter cette question.

  Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul, Barnabas, and some others of them to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 15:2

• La Commission se félicite des débats approfondis que nous avons pu mener ici aujourd'hui.

  The Commission is grateful for the wide-ranging discussions that have taken place here today.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 41657

• Ils ne prennent pas part aux débats, sauf décision contraire du comité.

  Unless the Committee decides otherwise, they shall not take part in the discussions.

  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 2503519

• Fin du débat général

  Conclusion of general discussion

  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 3088419

debate

Used about 95 786 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 57 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 40 233 · legal and administrative ≈ 709 · UN documents ≈ 54 786). Forms: debate, debates. Meaning: debate in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le débat est clos.

  The debate is over.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #8282433 #11198872

• Vos richesses et vos jouissances sont des avantages que j'ai contre vous dans le débat, mais il est de bon goût de ne pas m'en servir.

  Your riches and your pleasures are advantages which I hold over you in the debate; but good taste dictates that I shall not make use of them.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 902

• Le débat est clos

  The debate is closed.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 20179

• Article 176 Clôture du débat

  Rule 176 Closure of a debate

  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 2324662

• Contribution au débat public

  Contributing to the public debate

  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 30172127

general

Used about 4 764 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 764). Meaning: general in the Elamur Dictionary.

• 1. Débat général et présentation des rapports sur les activités nationales.

  1. General exchange of views and introduction to reports submitted on national activities.

  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 8581189

• L ' inscription à la liste des orateurs pour les séances plénières (point 8 de l ' ordre du jour provisoire, " Débat général " ) de la Conférence est ouverte.

  Inscription on the list of speakers for the plenary meetings (item 8 of the provisional agenda, " General exchange of views " ) of the Conference is open.

  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 30051186

closed

Used about 13 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 12).

• Ils se bouchaient les oreilles à la mousquetade, fermaient leurs volets, barricadaient leurs portes, laissaient le débat se vider avec ou sans le guet, et le lendemain on se disait dans Paris: «Cette nuit, Étienne Barbette a été forcé.»

  They stopped up their ears to the musket shots, closed their shutters, barricaded their doors, allowed the matter to be concluded with or without the watch, and the next day it was said in Paris, “Étienne Barbette was broken open last night.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7014

• Le président prononce la clôture de la phase orale de la procédure à la fin des débats.

  The President shall declare the oral part of the procedure closed at the end of the hearing.

  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 3237275

More sentences

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

• C'est un très mauvais signe quand le débat d'idées devient suspect.

  It's a very bad sign when discourse becomes suspect.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and shekitten · checked, community translation · #9012601 #9012644

• Je suppose que c'est l'état actuel du débat politique dans ce pays.

  I guess this is the state of political discourse in this country nowadays.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and shekitten · checked, community translation · #9012604 #9012628

• Mon frère est tellement intelligent et spirituel que je ne peux pas gagner un débat contre lui.

  My brother is so smart and witty that I cannot beat him in an argument.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and magnificentgoddess · checked, community translation · #250701 #8922646

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