légitime — French to English

How French légitime 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: légitime (24 200), légitimes (19 307). By style: everyday 25 · literary 4 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 3 317 · legal and administrative 2 972 · UN documents 37 186.

legitimate

Used about 30 598 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 2 453 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 570 · UN documents ≈ 25 565). Meaning: legitimate in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est une question légitime.

  It's a legitimate question.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · #3142796 #11859784

• Le dénonciateur du succès est le seul légitime justicier de la chute.

  The denunciator of success is the only legitimate executioner of the fall.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1044

• Je pense que c'est légitime.

  I think that is legitimate.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 999301

• protéger les intérêts légitimes:

  protecting of legitimate interests of:

  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 1851939

• 3. Droits acquis et attente légitime des fonctionnaires

  3. Acquired rights and legitimate expectations

  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 3365869

defence

Used about 4 650 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 4 648). Meaning: defence in the Elamur Dictionary.

• L'homme plaida la légitime défense.

  The man pleaded self-defence.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · #45301 #839692

• Agissant en état de légitime défense, nos forces antiaériennes les ont contraints à rebrousser chemin.

  Our air defence units, acting in self-defence, engaged the aircraft and drove them off.

  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 6569884

• Dan a tiré sur Matt en état de légitime défense.

  Dan shot Matt in self-defence.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien_PDC and Amastan · checked, community translation · #3992791 #3993051

• Agissant en état de légitime défense, nos forces antiaériennes les ont contraints à rebrousser chemin à 13 h 45.

  Our air defences engaged them in self-defence and drove them off at 1345 hours.

  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 6603086

• Puis, le représentant japonais a dit que les forces armées japonaises étaient consacrées à la défense légitime.

  The Japanese representative then mentioned that the Japanese armed forces were for self-defence.

  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 23806648

interests

Used about 775 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 775).

• Les intérêts légitimes de l ' enfant

  Justified interests of the child

  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 17080635

• Le tuteur d ' une personne handicapée est tenu de s ' en occuper et de protéger ses droits et intérêts légitimes.

  The guardian of a disabled person must exercise a duty of care and protect the lawful rights and interests of the person in his or her care.

  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 1841380

expectations

Used about 35 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 35).

• C’est pourquoi j’accorde beaucoup d’importance à cette déclaration catégorique de ne pas revenir sur les accords et sur les attentes légitimes nourries en la matière.

  That is why I set such great store by this emphatic statement not to meddle with agreements and the just expectations that are nurtured in this respect.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 605194

self

Used about 7 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7). Meaning: self in the Elamur Dictionary.

• J'ai agi en légitime défense.

  I acted in self-defense.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and CK · checked, community translation · #6270996 #12096762

• Ils prétendent avoir agi en légitime défense.

  They claim they acted in self defense.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CH · checked, community translation · #7474003 #11919737

• Ils prétendent avoir agi en légitime défense.

  They claim that they acted in self defense.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CH · checked, community translation · #7473012 #11919737

• Tom a dit qu'il a tiré sur Marie en légitime défense.

  Tom said he shot Mary in self-defense.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and CK · checked, community translation · #5688239 #5689351

• Elle l'a soi-disant tué en état de légitime défense.

  She allegedly killed him in self-defense.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #886940 #1370686

More sentences

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

• C'est une question légitime.

  It's a fair question.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · #5753220 #11859784

• Pour toi, je suis un athée. Pour Dieu, je suis l'opposition légitime.

  To you, I'm an atheist. To God, I'm the loyal opposition.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · #6292913 #6292927

• Ces objets doivent être rendus à leur propriétaire légitime.

  These items must be returned to their rightful owner.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · #1412068 #1413200

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