Elamur Translatesens — French to English
How French sens 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: sens (134 904). By style: everyday 1 410 · literary 30 · biblical 49 · parliamentary 19 093 · legal and administrative 34 542 · UN documents 79 780.
meaning
Used about 25 606 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 264 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 193 · legal and administrative ≈ 15 832 · UN documents ≈ 8 310). Meaning: meaning in the Elamur Dictionary.
Le sens de cette lettre est obscur.
The meaning of this letter is unclear.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and xtofu80 · checked, community translation · #1075885 #1075886Cosette sentit le sens de ce mot plus encore qu'elle ne le comprit.
Cosette felt rather than understood the meaning of these words.
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22241si donc je ne connais pas le sens de la langue, je serai un barbare pour celui qui parle, et celui qui parle sera un barbare pour moi.
If then I don’t know the meaning of the language, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 14:11Ce droit est indispensable pour que la directive ait un sens.
This right is indispensable if the directive is to have meaning.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1768795AIDE D'ÉTAT AU SENS DE L'ARTICLE 87, PARAGRAPHE 1, DU TRAITÉ CE
STATE AID WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 87(1) OF THE EC TREATY
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 837109
sense
Used about 21 477 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 294 · literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 773 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 439 · UN documents ≈ 14 959). Meaning: sense in the Elamur Dictionary.
Ça n'a pas de sens.
This makes no sense.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and CK · checked, community translation · #55794 #1538703Manger, sens vrai: dévorer.
To eat, true sense: to devour.
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21259Ils lisaient distinctement dans le livre de la loi de Dieu, et ils en donnaient le sens pour faire comprendre ce qu’ils avaient lu.
They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 8:8Cela n’a tout simplement aucun sens.
It simply makes no sense at all.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 662831La Commission estime qu’en ce sens, il importe peu que les activités soient considérées comme des activités d’information, de promotion ou de marketing.
The Commission considers that in this sense it is not relevant whether the activities are categorised as information, promotion or marketing activities.
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 5105193
article
Used about 8 139 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 6 477 · UN documents ≈ 1 662). Meaning: article in the Elamur Dictionary.
Par conséquent, les mesures constituent des aides d'État au sens de l'article 87, paragraphe 1, du traité CE.
The measures therefore constitute state aid under Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty.
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 551521De ce fait, l ' article 388-1 du Code civil a été modifié en ce sens.
Article 388 - 1 of the Civil Code has therefore been amended accordingly.
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 26085133Montants qui résultent d'opérations de financement des échanges commerciaux au sens de l'article 425, paragraphe 2, point b)
Monies from trade financing transactions according to article 425(2)(b)
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 3347915«résident»: résident au sens de l’article 1er, point 4, du règlement (CE) no 2533/98 du Conseil;
‘resident’ means resident as defined in point 4 of Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2533/98;
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 5136210«produits végétaux»: les produits végétaux au sens de l’article 2, point 2), du règlement (UE) 2016/2031;
‘plant products’ means plant products as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;
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 4300563
understanding
Used about 3 342 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 17 · UN documents ≈ 3 324). Meaning: understanding in the Elamur Dictionary.
La prostitution, le vin et le moût, font perdre le sens.
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HOS 4:11La notion de < < participation directe > > au sens de la législation ougandaise
Understanding of " direct participation " as used in the laws of Uganda
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 18854741C’est une nation qui a perdu le bon sens, Et il n’y a point en eux d’intelligence.
For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 32:28Il était entendu qu ' aucune modification en ce sens n ' était nécessaire dans l ' article.
The understanding was that no changes to that end in the article were needed.
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 23530399L’homme dépourvu de sens prend des engagements, Il cautionne son prochain.
A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 17:18
within
Used about 1 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1). Meaning: within in the Elamur Dictionary.
--J'y sens toute son âme! s'écriait-il.
“I feel that her whole soul lies within it!” he exclaimed.
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15452
More sentences
Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.
Si une porte ne s'ouvre ni dans votre direction, ni dans l'autre sens, alors c'est qu'elle est verrouillée.
If a door opens neither towards you, nor away from you, then it's locked.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and adamtrousers · checked, community translation · #3524871 #3526784Je me sens un peu maladroit.
I feel a little awkward.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2325969 #2415974La douleur a-t-elle un sens ?
Does pain have purpose?
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · #12777650 #13365274
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