prendre — French to English

How French prendre 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: prendre (404 422). By style: everyday 1 927 · literary 72 · biblical 128 · parliamentary 26 641 · legal and administrative 25 056 · UN documents 350 598.

take

Used about 144 773 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 723 · literary ≈ 23 · biblical ≈ 48 · parliamentary ≈ 8 325 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 484 · UN documents ≈ 124 170). Meaning: take in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je vais prendre ceci.

  I'm going to take this.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2546598 #4693431

• «Approche un peu me prendre ma fille!

  “Draw near and take my daughter!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8773

• Lorsque Saül envoya des gens pour prendre David, elle dit: Il est malade.

  When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 19:14

• Il n'est pas à prendre ou à laisser.

  It is not something you can take or leave.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1428573

• Le financement communautaire peut prendre les formes suivantes:

  Community financing may take the following forms:

  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 1078864

measures

Used about 33 558 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 775 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 566 · UN documents ≈ 29 217).

• Quelles mesures la Commission va-t-elle prendre pour faire cesser ces agissements?

  What measures will the Commission be taking to stop these cases?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1065130

• pour prendre des mesures de lutte contre les importations illicites de fourrures de chien et de chat.

  for measures to combat illegal imports of dog and cat furs.

  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 2475244

• 119.74 Prendre des mesures efficaces pour améliorer la situation dans les prisons (Hongrie);

  119.74. Undertake effective measures to improve prison conditions (Hungary);

  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 25731369

• Il y a donc lieu de prendre des mesures pour modifier leur état d'esprit.

  Measures must therefore be taken to give them a more positive sense of themselves.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1656826

• les mesures à prendre lorsque les carcasses infestées ne peuvent pas être identifiées à l'abattoir;

  measures to be taken where infested carcasses cannot be identified at the slaughterhouse;

  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 3668996

make

Used about 18 110 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 201 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 2 775 · legal and administrative ≈ 522 · UN documents ≈ 14 608). Meaning: make in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Laisse Tom prendre les décisions.

  Let Tom make the decisions.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #5087190 #5535058

• Ce passant eut raison de se hâter, car, très peu d'instants après, six hommes qui marchaient séparés et à quelque distance les uns des autres, le long des murs, et qu'on eût pu prendre pour une patrouille grise, entrèrent dans la rue Plumet.

  This passer-by had reason to make haste, for a very few instants later, six men, who were marching separately and at some distance from each other, along the wall, and who might have been taken for a gray patrol, entered the Rue Plumet.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21984

• Va me prendre au troupeau deux bons chevreaux; j’en ferai pour ton père un mets comme il aime;

  Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 27:9

• Mais c’est un engagement que ne peut prendre la Présidence.

  It is a commitment that the Presidency alone cannot, however, make.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 672390

• Il incombe au propriétaire de prendre les mesures supplémentaires nécessaires.

  It is the responsibility of the owner to make any further necessary arrangements.

  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 1463725

account

Used about 15 652 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 044 · UN documents ≈ 14 608). Meaning: account in the Elamur Dictionary.

• périodes supplémentaires à prendre en considération pour l’acquisition d’un droit à une pension de vieillesse

  additional periods taken into account only for the acquisition of a right to an old-age pension:

  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 823098

• 1. Prendre en compte l ' intérêt supérieur de l ' enfant

  1. Taking the best interests of the child into account in

  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 15256594

• Dans le cas de la production de magnésie, il y a lieu de prendre en compte les minéraux contenant du magnésium autres que les carbonates, selon qu’il convient.

  In the case of magnesia production, other magnesium bearing minerals than carbonates must be taken into account, as appropriate.

  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 2646841

• Un représentant a indiqué par ailleurs qu ' il y avait peut-être des difficultés politiques à prendre en compte.

  One member indicated also that there might be political difficulties to be taken into account.

  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 338360

More sentences

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

• Elle lui a conseillé de marcher plutôt que de prendre le bus.

  She advised him to walk instead of taking a bus.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #886931 #1390327

• Je ne peux m'empêcher de prendre des antalgiques quand j'ai la migraine.

  I can't help taking painkillers when I have a headache.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and Dorenda · checked, community translation · #259699 #330889

• J'avais envie de te prendre par derrière.

  I wanted to fuck you in the ass.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and rul · checked, community translation · #12734915 #909841

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