pris — French to English

How French pris is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: pris (266 191). By style: everyday 1 610 · literary 69 · biblical 199 · parliamentary 13 562 · legal and administrative 15 320 · UN documents 235 431.

taken

Used about 53 362 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 134 · literary ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 41 · parliamentary ≈ 4 238 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 788 · UN documents ≈ 44 143). Meaning: taken in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Vous avez pris un jour de congé.

  You've taken a day off.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and sundown · checked, community translation · #8866664 #2316928

• Chacun avait pris son poste de combat.

  Each man had taken up his position for the conflict.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24490

• Il a pris avec lui le sac de l’argent, Il ne reviendra à la maison qu’à la nouvelle lune.

  He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 7:20

• Parce qu'on a pris des mesures.

  Because we have taken measures.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1346084

• Le principe du pollueur-payeur n’est pas absolu, mais doit être «pris en considération».

  The polluter pays principle is not absolute but has to be ‘taken into account’.

  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 3478659

took

Used about 22 247 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 537 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 37 · parliamentary ≈ 1 413 · legal and administrative ≈ 638 · UN documents ≈ 19 619).

• Qui a pris mes clés ?

  Who took my keys?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · #6738347 #6681065

• Il avait tout bonnement pris sa volée.

  He simply took flight.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12885

• Il leur disait ces choses ouvertement. Et Pierre, l’ayant pris à part, se mit à le reprendre.

  He spoke to them openly. Peter took him and began to rebuke him.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 8:32

• Lors de la réunion du 17 juin à Luxembourg, le Conseil a pris acte de la 11e évaluation de la position commune de l'Union européenne concernant Cuba.

  The Council took note of this eleventh review of the EU's common position on Cuba at the meeting on 17 June in Luxembourg.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 349302

• La Commission a pris en considération cette information et a révisé le calcul concerné.

  The Commission took this claim into account and revised the calculation concerned.

  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 2891692

More sentences

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

• Elles ont pris un bain de soleil.

  They basked in the sun.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #2324076 #2326618

• Nous avons pris trop de mauvaises décisions.

  We've made too many bad decisions.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Yemana and CK · checked, community translation · #4500905 #5685621

• Elle a pris la résolution d'arrêter de fumer.

  She resolved to stop smoking.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and barryo · checked, community translation · #5572657 #2882736

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