français — French to English

How French français is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: français (60 460). By style: everyday 2 661 · literary 25 · parliamentary 4 138 · legal and administrative 3 243 · UN documents 50 393.

french

Used about 48 338 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 661 · literary ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 3 707 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 108 · UN documents ≈ 38 845). Meaning: french in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Mets ça en français.

  Put this in French.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien_PDC and CM · checked, community translation · #8216066 #8737402

• --Vous autres Français, vous ne tenez pas vos promesses.

  “You French—you never keep your word!”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2359

• Je m'en remets au modèle français comme le plus paradigmatique.

  I refer to the French model as the most exemplary.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1649043

• en français Règlement (CE) no 1218/2005

  In French Règlement (CE) no 1218/2005

  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 706062

• Anglais et français seulement

  English and French only

  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 24697687

english

Used about 1 050 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 050). Meaning: english in the Elamur Dictionary.

• No ONU 0331 (Sans objet en français.)

  UN 0331 Add " (AGENT, BLASTING, TYPE B) " in column (2). (English text only)

  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 6658208

only

Used about 1 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1). Meaning: only in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La benoîte vierge Marie, qui est au coin de la rue Mauconseil, n'a peut-être fait mourir Eustache Moubon que pour cela; et c'est folie à vous de vous enfuir ainsi sur traîne-boyau, comme un Picard devant un Français, laissant derrière vous ce que vous cherchez devant; et vous êtes un sot!»

  The blessed Virgin Marie who stands at the corner of the Rue Mauconseil, could only have made Eustache Moubon die for that express purpose; and it is folly on your part to flee thus zigzag, like a Picard before a Frenchman, leaving behind you what you seek before you; and you are a fool!”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1134

More sentences

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

• --Cinquante-cinq mille! reprit Fix, en serrant la main du Français.

  “Fifty-five thousand!” answered Fix, pressing his companion’s hand.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1442

• Vous êtes un Français, vous?

  You are a Frenchman, aren’t you?”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1898

• --Ma foi, répondit Passepartout, vexé de voir sa nationalité provoquer cette demande, nous autres Français, nous savons faire des grimaces, c'est vrai, mais pas mieux que les Américains!

  “Why,” replied Passepartout, a little vexed that his nationality should cause this question, “we Frenchmen know how to make grimaces, it is true but not any better than the Americans do.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1901

Grammar

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