faut — French to English

How French faut is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: faut (213 590), faute (29 650), fautes (2 966). By style: everyday 3 269 · literary 163 · biblical 120 · parliamentary 50 168 · legal and administrative 5 734 · UN documents 186 752.

misconduct

Used about 47 803 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 115 · UN documents ≈ 46 688). Meaning: misconduct in the Elamur Dictionary.

• qui ont, en matière professionnelle, commis une faute grave;

  have been guilty of grave professional misconduct;

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• C. Fautes en rapport avec l ' informatique

  C. Computer-related misconduct

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• du degré d'intentionnalité ou de négligence dans la faute commise;

  the extent to which the misconduct involves intentional action or negligence;

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• Incohérences dans le traitement des fautes.

  77. Inconsistencies in responses to findings of misconduct.

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• de la nature de la faute et des circonstances dans lesquelles elle a été commise;

  the nature of the misconduct and the circumstances in which it occurred;

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must

Used about 23 635 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 136 · literary ≈ 82 · biblical ≈ 43 · parliamentary ≈ 8 710 · legal and administrative ≈ 398 · UN documents ≈ 14 266). Meaning: must in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il te faut être plus poli.

  You must be more polite.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #30359 #7677608

• Il faut la jeter bas.

  It must be cast down.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24454

• Il faut qu’il croisse, et que je diminue.

  He must increase, but I must decrease.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 3:30

• Il faut y mettre un terme.

  This war must be stopped.

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• Il faut donc conclure que la mesure confère un avantage à BankCo.

  It must therefore be concluded that the measure confers an advantage on BankCo.

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need

Used about 20 135 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 386 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 181 · UN documents ≈ 15 563). Meaning: need in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il faut que je pisse.

  I need to pee.

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• --Il te faut aussi une pierre, mais tu en trouveras dehors.

  “You will need a stone also, but you can find one outside.

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• C’est là ce qui fait votre joie, quoique maintenant, puisqu’il le faut, vous soyez attristés pour un peu de temps par diverses épreuves,

  In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1PE 1:6

• Il nous faut au moins 2 milliards par an.

  We need at least EUR 2 billion per year.

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• Constatant en outre qu ' il faut améliorer la gestion des opérations de maintien de la paix,

  Recognizing further the need to improve the management of peace-keeping operations,

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fault

Used about 7 798 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 749 · literary ≈ 33 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 4 181 · legal and administrative ≈ 239 · UN documents ≈ 2 594). Meaning: fault in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est de ma faute !

  It's my fault!

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by christian63 and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · #6794597 #5992243

• D'où vient cette faute?

  Whence arises this fault?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18156

• Alors les chefs et les satrapes cherchèrent une occasion d’accuser Daniel en ce qui concernait les affaires du royaume. Mais ils ne purent trouver aucune occasion, ni aucune chose à reprendre, parce qu’il était fidèle, et qu’on n’apercevait chez lui ni faute, ni rien de mauvais.

  Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 6:4

• C'est de notre faute.

  That is our fault.

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• Il s’agit d’un régime de responsabilité pour faute lourde.

  This is a scheme of liability for serious fault.

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mistakes

Used about 7 465 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 863 · parliamentary ≈ 5 226 · legal and administrative ≈ 80 · UN documents ≈ 1 297).

• Je commets trop de fautes.

  I make too many mistakes.

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• Des fautes ont néanmoins été commises.

  But mistakes have been made.

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• Les erreurs linguistiques, les fautes de transcription et les erreurs manifestes commises dans les décisions de l’Office doivent être rectifiées.

  Linguistic errors, errors of transcription and patent mistakes in decisions of the Office shall be corrected.

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• Pour éviter de répéter les fautes commises par le passé, le Comité doit tenter de s ' entendre à l ' avance sur les questions de procédure restées en suspens.

  To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, the Committee should seek to achieve early consensus on outstanding procedural issues.

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• Je fais trop de fautes.

  I'm making too many mistakes.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · #6873099 #11553132

More sentences

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

• Il faut que j'y aille, maintenant.

  I have to leave now.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #31380 #4594676

• Il faut que je me lève de toute façon.

  I have to get up anyways.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LoveWindPower and CK · checked, community translation · #2360495 #4591345

• Il faut que nous leur donnions quelque chose.

  We've got to give them something.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CH · checked, community translation · #3915965 #6606730

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