essentiel — French to English

How French essentiel 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: essentiel (95 102), essentiels (51 209). By style: everyday 60 · literary 2 · parliamentary 18 264 · legal and administrative 10 022 · UN documents 117 963.

essential

Used about 49 885 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 5 708 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 055 · UN documents ≈ 38 092). Meaning: essential in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le sel est essentiel à la vie.

  Salt is essential to life.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · #9867657 #9867660

• L'essentiel, vous le savez.

  You know the essential points.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30339

• Parvenir à un accord avant avril prochain est essentiel.

  Reaching agreement by next April is essential.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1142322

• autres renseignements essentiels pour l’exploitation;

  other essential operational information;

  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 2686368

• Le zinc est un élément essentiel pour les humains, les animaux et les sols.

  Zinc is an essential element for humans, animals and soil.

  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 12856490

key

Used about 23 750 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 044 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 044 · UN documents ≈ 19 661). Meaning: key in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le dépistage est essentiel.

  Early detection is the key.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and CM · checked, community translation · #5738408 #11947781

• Se regroupent ici trois points qui sont essentiels pour moi et pour mon groupe.

  Together with my group, I identify three key points in this context.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 216464

• assimiler rapidement les informations et en extraire les éléments essentiels;

  assimilate information quickly and extract key points,

  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 917151

• Trois facteurs essentiels ressortent de cette analyse.

  Three key factors are highlighted.

  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 14655340

• Je suis d'accord avec Mme Oddy sur deux des points essentiels qu'elle a soulevés aujourd'hui.

  I agree with Ms Oddy on two of the key areas she raised today.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1998070

crucial

Used about 7 065 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 522 · legal and administrative ≈ 626 · UN documents ≈ 4 915). Meaning: crucial in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le sel est essentiel à la cuisine.

  Salt is crucial for cooking.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #7030189 #8450272

• La recommandation porte sur deux aspects essentiels.

  The recommendation relates to two crucial points.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 139448

• Cet élément est essentiel parce que la capacité financière du débiteur détermine son risque de crédit spécifique et, partant, le taux d’intérêt.

  This is crucial because the financial standing of the debtor determines its debtor-specific credit risk and, in turn, the interest rate.

  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 5118157

• À cette fin, il est essentiel que les États parties présentent leurs rapports régulièrement et dans les délais voulus.

  In this regard, regular and timely reporting by States parties is crucial.

  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 11939513

• Enfin, nous sommes arrivés à un accord: c'est là l'essentiel.

  We have finally reached an agreement: that is the crucial point.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 893620

elements

Used about 2 857 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 190 · legal and administrative ≈ 209 · UN documents ≈ 2 458). Meaning: elements in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Nous prions le gouvernement togolais d'examiner soigneusement ce rapport et de prendre en considération les éléments essentiels qui y sont développés.

  We should ask the Togo Government to study this report very carefully and to implement its main elements.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1780447

• un résumé des éléments essentiels du plan et un résumé de la capacité de redressement globale;

  a summary of the key elements of the plan and a summary of overall recovery capacity;

  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 5356528

• Le nouveau régime juridique doit tenir compte de plusieurs autres éléments essentiels.

  The new legal regime needs to comply with a number of other defining elements.

  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 29240561

• les éléments essentiels qui prouvent le caractère traditionnel du produit, comme spécifié à l’article 4, paragraphe 1, premier alinéa;

  the key elements that prove the product's traditional character as laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 4(1);

  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 965658

• Tirés, pour l ' essentiel, des débats du Groupe de travail spécial, ces éléments devraient être adaptés au cas particulier de chaque pays.

  Drawn essentially from the discussions of the Ad Hoc Working Group, these elements would need to be adapted to the specificity of each country ' s situation.

  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 1338757

More sentences

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

• Ils se disputent beaucoup, mais pour l'essentiel, ils s'entendent assez bien.

  They argue a lot, but for the most part they get along quite well together.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #240588 #575192

• C'est l'essentiel.

  That's the main thing.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and raggione · checked, community translation · #2686431 #12936618

• La santé est un facteur essentiel du bonheur.

  Health is an important factor of happiness.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · #238989 #523637

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