elle — French to English

How French elle 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: elle (958 941), elles (438 622). By style: everyday 23 704 · literary 1 279 · biblical 1 934 · parliamentary 125 105 · legal and administrative 139 642 · UN documents 1 105 899.

it

Used about 335 343 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 247 · literary ≈ 80 · biblical ≈ 302 · parliamentary ≈ 39 095 · legal and administrative ≈ 42 184 · UN documents ≈ 253 435). Meaning: it in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La faculté vaut-elle le coup ?

  Is college worth it?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1636090 #1638856

• --Elle ne s'ouvrira pas, dit l'huissier.

  “It will not be opened at all,” replied the usher.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5856

• Et maintenant elle est plantée dans le désert, Dans une terre sèche et aride.

  Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 19:13

• Elle a relevé ce défi.

  It coped with this challenge.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1320930

• Elle peut être modifiée dans l'intervalle.

  It may be altered in the intervening period.

  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 998220

they

Used about 276 273 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 111 · literary ≈ 493 · biblical ≈ 645 · parliamentary ≈ 39 095 · legal and administrative ≈ 29 092 · UN documents ≈ 195 836). Meaning: they in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Elles se sont battues.

  They had a fight.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and CK · checked, community translation · #2549270 #2931115

• Elles sont du siècle.

  They are of the age.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2667

• Elles furent un sujet d’amertume pour le cœur d’Isaac et de Rebecca.

  They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 26:35

• J'espère qu'elle ne le fera jamais.

  I hope that they will never do it.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 491467

• Elles sont dénommées «unités» si le fonds est un trust.

  They are known as units if the fund is a trust.

  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 2573668

she

Used about 82 315 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 630 · literary ≈ 506 · biblical ≈ 302 · parliamentary ≈ 1 303 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 455 · UN documents ≈ 69 119). Meaning: she in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Elle me fait peur.

  She's scaring me.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Fenrir · checked, community translation · #11942774 #11942771

• --Entrez, monsieur, dit-elle.

  “Enter, sir,” she said.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17163

• Elle se procure de la laine et du lin, Et travaille d’une main joyeuse.

  She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 31:13

• Monsieur le Président, ma tante octogénaire m'a assuré qu'elle n'achèterait jamais d'aliments génétiquement modifiés.

  Mr President, my 80-year-old aunt has assured me that she will never buy genetically modified foods in her life.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1673056

• Elle a retenu contre les personnes accusées des preuves et des témoignages sans rapport avec elles.

  She sustained the use of evidence and testimonies irrelevant to the accused persons.

  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 2261221

them

Used about 63 821 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 247 · literary ≈ 67 · biblical ≈ 242 · parliamentary ≈ 1 303 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 364 · UN documents ≈ 57 599). Meaning: them in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Elles sont toutes différentes.

  All of them are different.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #5066370 #6380927

• «Maître, dit l'une d'elles en lui faisant signe de s'approcher...

  “Master,” said one of them, making him a sign to approach.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 277

• Or, la loi ne procède pas de la foi; mais elle dit: Celui qui mettra ces choses en pratique vivra par elles.

  The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 3:12

• Certaines d'entre elles sont devenues des entreprises de taille importante, voire des leaders mondiaux, dans le secteur de la haute technologie.

  Some of them have become large companies, even world leaders, in the high-technology sector.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1964756

• Ces citernes étant «nominalement vides», la quantité de matières dangereuses qu'elles contiennent réellement est, par définition, extrêmement faible.

  As the tanks are ‘nominally empty’, the amount of dangerous goods actually contained in them is by definition extremely small.

  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 545153

More sentences

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

• Combien de temps une langue morte peut-elle vivre ?

  How long can a dead language survive?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and belgavox · checked, community translation · #1723784 #1719102

• L'une quelconque de vos amies s'est-elle jamais fait arrêter ?

  Have any of your friends ever been arrested?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #1434564 #1436258

• J'ai couché avec elle.

  I've made love with her.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano_ and Myrano_ · checked, community translation · #14067091 #14067086

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