expression — French to English

How French expression 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: expression (77 475), expressions (5 716). By style: everyday 100 · literary 31 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 4 963 · legal and administrative 3 823 · UN documents 74 271.

expression

Used about 47 124 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 60 · literary ≈ 29 · parliamentary ≈ 3 050 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 434 · UN documents ≈ 42 551). Forms: expression, expressions. Meaning: expression in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est juste une expression.

  It's just an expression.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #2162938 #2164132

• Le visage de dom Claude avait repris son expression sévère.

  Dom Claude’s visage had resumed its severe expression.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4141

• Mais 15 000 expressions d'intérêt !

  But 15 000 expressions of interest is quite something!

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 336623

• ainsi que les expressions suivantes:

  as well as the following expressions:

  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 472435

• B. Liberté d ' expression

  B. Freedom of expression

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terms

Used about 13 814 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 434 · UN documents ≈ 12 379). Forms: term, terms. Meaning: terms in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Serviette hygiénique, tampon périodique, protection féminine, toutes ces expressions désignent la même chose.

  Sanitary napkin, tampon, feminine protection -- all those terms mean the same thing.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by starman59 and Lebensfreude · checked, community translation · #11863325 #10463628

• Les expressions «utilisateurs finals» et «clients finals»

  The terms ‘final users’ and ‘final customers’

  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 4857628

• (autres termes et expressions à indiquer)

  (more terms to be specified)

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• Les termes et expressions qui suivent ont la signification ci-dessous:

  The following terms have the meanings set forth below:

  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 212286

• La demande comporte un glossaire des termes et expressions employés ici.

  The request contains a glossary that defines these terms.

  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 18605160

freedom

Used about 1 037 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 258 · UN documents ≈ 774). Meaning: freedom in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est quoi la liberté d'expression ?

  What is freedom of speech?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and lucasmg123 · checked, community translation · #9851411 #9849992

• Ces conventions incluent le droit à la liberté d'expression.

  These conventions include the right to freedom of speech.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1202441

• Aux Pays-Bas, comme dans la plupart des démocraties, il existe des tiraillements intrinsèques entre l ' interdiction de la propagande raciale et la liberté d ' expression.

  In the Netherlands, as in most democracies, there was an inherent tension between the prohibition of racial propaganda and freedom of speech.

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• La liberté d'expression est la pierre angulaire de la démocratie.

  Freedom of speech is the cornerstone of democracy.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and marcj794 · checked, community translation · #5644755 #11310250

• - Monsieur le Président, les restrictions quant à la liberté d’expression en Tunisie ne sont pas une nouveauté.

  Mr President, restrictions on freedom of speech in Tunisia are nothing new.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 724916

cultural

Used about 825 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 52 · UN documents ≈ 774). Meaning: cultural in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Même si elles proviennent de pays et de régions spécifiques, toutes ces expressions artistiques font partie d'un héritage culturel commun: celui de l'Europe.

  They are all part of Europe's common cultural heritage even though they belong to specific countries or regions within Europe.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1059092

• - encourager les activités culturelles utilisant l ' expression écrite

  Promoting cultural activities using the written and spoken word;

  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 2846894

More sentences

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

• Son visage est toujours sans expression.

  His face is always expressionless.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and _undertoad · checked, community translation · #3494908 #833279

• Elle recherche des moyens d’expression créatifs.

  She seeks creative outlets.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · #12775229 #13365300

• J’ignore si, pour employer votre expression de jeune fille, il vous aime ; mais je sais qu’il reviendra.

  I do not know if, to use your manner of speech, he loves you; but I know that he will return.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #3382046 #3305725

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