eaux — French to English

How French eaux is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 8 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: eaux (54 001). By style: everyday 20 · literary 7 · biblical 252 · parliamentary 3 293 · legal and administrative 17 477 · UN documents 32 952.

waters

Used about 28 495 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 236 · parliamentary ≈ 2 333 · legal and administrative ≈ 14 928 · UN documents ≈ 10 984). Forms: water, waters.

• Les eaux calmes sont profondes.

  Still waters run deep.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · #25447 #460769

• —Bon! pourquoi ces eaux ne donneraient-elles pas asile à quelques poissons d'une espèce inconnue?

  "To be sure," said I; "and why should not these waters yield to us fishes of unknown species?"

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2689

• Qui change le rocher en étang, Le roc en source d’eaux.

  who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 114:8

• L'épuisement des eaux ouest-africaines ne tardera pas à être une réalité.

  The exhaustion of West African waters will soon be a reality.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1043930

• Eaux norvégiennes des zones 1 et 2

  Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

  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 4927410

waste

Used about 5 492 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 5 492). Meaning: waste in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Rejets de pentaBDE dans les eaux usées

  Release of PentaBDE into waste water

  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 23375053

• Réduction par la collecte et le traitement des eaux usées

  Basic waste water collection and treatment system control

  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 5081506

• Il faudrait aussi s’occuper de la pollution, de l’assainissement et du traitement des eaux usées.

  Furthermore, pollution prevention, sanitation and the treatment of waste water need to be addressed.

  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 5117563

• iii) À la fin du voyage: 100 % des passagers, 10 % du combustible et de l ' eau potable et 98 % des eaux usées;

  (iii) at the end of the voyage: 100 % passengers, 10 % fuel and fresh water, 98 % waste water;

  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 15517766

• Les bateaux naviguant sur les eaux intérieures bélarussiennes ne sont pas dotés de l ' équipement nécessaire au traitement des eaux usées.

  Vessels operating on Belorussian inland waterways are not equipped with the equipment for the treatment of domestic waste water.

  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 14399012

groundwater

Used about 4 388 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 549 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 092 · UN documents ≈ 2 746).

• La neige c’est très bon pour les eaux souterraines.

  Snow is very good for the groundwater levels.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by christian63 and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · #6814193 #5990470

• Le problème des eaux souterraines est en partie un dossier transfrontalier.

  The groundwater issue is partly a cross-border issue.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 670723

• Puits foré pour rechercher de nouvelles eaux souterraines.

  A well drilled to search for new groundwater.

  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 3049485

• vi) Diffusant des informations et des directives sur la qualité des eaux de surface et des eaux souterraines et le recyclage sans danger des eaux usées traitées;

  (vi) Dissemination of information and guidelines on surface- and groundwater quality and the safe reuse of treated wastewater;

  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 13665585

• Protection des eaux souterraines contre la pollution et la détérioration (vote)

  Protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration (vote)

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 891836

treatment

Used about 2 171 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 69 · legal and administrative ≈ 728 · UN documents ≈ 1 373). Meaning: treatment in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Une station d'épuration des eaux usées déverse des produits chimiques toxiques dans l'eau de la ville.

  A sewage treatment plant discharged toxic chemicals into the town's water supply.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and patgfisher · checked, community translation · #3416318 #3422701

• La station de Psyttalia est pleinement opérationnelle depuis décembre 2004 et s’occupe du traitement tertiaire des eaux usées urbaines déversées dans la zone sensible du golfe Saronique.

  The Psyttalia station has been operating fully since December 2004 and takes care of third-level treatment of urban sewage discharged into the sensitive area of the Saronic Gulf.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 731875

• Évacuation et traitement des eaux usées

  Sewage removal and treatment services

  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 1545074

• Le risque associé aux procédés de traitement des eaux usées est également faible. > > .

  The risk to wastewater treatment processes was low. "

  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 26904267

• les MICRO-ORGANISMES DANS LES INSTALLATIONS DE TRAITEMENT DES EAUX USÉES

  MICRO-ORGANISMS IN THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT

  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 419735

surface

Used about 688 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 687). Meaning: surface in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Trois quarts de la surface terrestre sont recouverts par les eaux.

  Three-fourths of the earth's surface is covered with water.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Kaelink and CK · checked, community translation · #277163 #5933529

• Les eaux de surface et souterraines d ' un même bassin hydrographique feront l ' objet d ' un examen intégré;

  Surface and groundwaters in the same basin will be considered in an integrated way;

  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 20851577

fishing

Used about 69 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 69). Meaning: fishing in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Mais je vous prie de noter cette différence : accès aux eaux n'est pas accès aux ressources.

  But do not forget that access to fishing grounds is not the same as access to fish!

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 329171

sea

Used about 2 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2). Meaning: sea in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le krill aime se reproduire dans les eaux très froides près des banquises.

  Krill like to breed in really cold water near sea ice.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by genes1s and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #5322596 #13325231

• Tout ce qui vient de la terre retourne à la terre et ce qui vient des eaux fait retour à la mer.

  All that comes from the earth returns to the earth, and what comes from the water returns to the sea.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · #5580008 #5580028

vessels

Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1).

• Didon les fait d'abord admettre en sa présence. / À peine au bruit confus succède le silence, / celui dont l'âge mûr a mérité leur choix, / Ilionée, ainsi fait entendre sa voix : / " Grande reine ! dit-il d'un ton plein de noblesse, / vous dont ces murs naissants attestent la sagesse, / et qui, donnant des mœurs à ce peuple indompté, / avez au frein des lois asservi sa fierté, / d'un peuple généreux, que le malheur accable, / vous voyez devant vous le reste déplorable ; / il vient vous implorer. À peine nos vaisseaux / échappaient aux fureurs et des vents et des eaux, / une troupe ennemie, au sortir du naufrage, / a menacé des feux ce qu'épargna l'orage. / O reine ! ouvrez l'oreille à nos cris douloureux ; / sachez ce qu'on nous doit, en sachant qui nous sommes. "

  Then, audience granted, as the fane they filled, / thus calmly spake the eldest of the train, / Ilioneus: "O queen, whom Jove hath willed / to found this new-born city, here to reign, / and stubborn tribes with justice to refrain, / we, Troy's poor fugitives, implore thy grace, / storm-tost and wandering over every main: / forbid the flames our vessels to deface, / mark our afflicted plight, and spare a pious race."

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #6792945 #6629002

More sentences

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

• Un petit garçon, entraîné dans une bouche d'évacuation des eaux, s'est maintenu à la surface en employant les mouvements qu'il avait récemment appris au cours de natation.

  A small boy swept into a stormwater drain kept himself afloat using strokes he'd recently learned at swim school.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and patgfisher · checked, community translation · #3759668 #3761851

• Certaines personnes étaient accrochées à des branches d'arbres durant plusieurs heures, afin d'éviter d'être emportées par les eaux.

  Some people clung to tree branches for several hours to avoid being washed away by the floodwaters.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and patgfisher · checked, community translation · #3671465 #3673165

• Veux-tu monter regarder mes eaux-fortes ?

  Want to come up and see my etchings?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #741454 #741456

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