tant — French to English

How French tant 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: tant (335 890), tante (411), tantes (154), tants (190). By style: everyday 772 · literary 87 · biblical 52 · parliamentary 38 349 · legal and administrative 41 709 · UN documents 255 676.

aunt

Used about 128 059 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 409 · literary ≈ 26 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 772 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 335 · UN documents ≈ 118 516). Forms: aunt, aunts. Meaning: aunt in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ma tante paraît jeune.

  My aunt looks young.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #251192 #7713

• --J'écoute, ma tante.

  “I am listening, aunt.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13743

• Tu ne découvriras point la nudité du frère de ton père. Tu ne t’approcheras point de sa femme. C’est ta tante.

  “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife. She is your aunt.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 18:14

• Ma grand-tante Agnes, qui a 91 ans, fait partie de cette catégorie.

  My great aunt Agnes, at 91 years of age, is one of them.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 573981

• que les partenaires n'aient pas l'un des liens de parenté suivants: parent, enfant, grand-parent, petit-enfant, frère, sœur, tante, oncle, neveu, nièce, gendre et belle-fille.

  the partners are not related in any of the following ways: parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, son-in-law, daughter-in-law.

  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 3835941

uncle

Used about 12 613 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 610). Meaning: uncle in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je ne m'en aperçus pas tant à l'obscurité du gouffre qu'à la colère dont mon oncle fut pris.

  I did not know this first from the appearances of nature, but I found it out by my uncle's impetuous wrath.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1414

• Si un homme couche avec sa tante, il a découvert la nudité de son oncle; ils porteront la peine de leur péché, ils mourront sans enfant.

  If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. They shall bear their sin. They shall die childless.

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

• Fils Fille Père Mère Petit-fils Petite-fille Grand-père Grand-mère Frère Sœur Neveu Nièce Oncle Tante Cousin(e) Autre (veuillez préciser):

  Son Daughter Father Mother Grandson Granddaughter Grandfather Grandmother Brother Sister Nephew Niece Uncle Aunt Cousin Other (please specify):

  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 3429878

• Et vraiment j'en arrivais à ne plus oser parler, tant je craignais que mon oncle ne m'étouffât dans les premiers embrassements de sa joie.

  And the fact really was that I dared not speak now, so intense was the excitement for fear lest my uncle should smother me in his first joyful embraces.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 384

• Fils Fille Père Mère Petit-fils Petite-fille Grand-père Grand-mère Conjoint Partenaire enregistré(e) Partenaire de fait (5) Frère Sœur Neveu Nièce Oncle Tante Cousin(e) Autre (veuillez préciser):

  Son Daughter Father Mother Grandson Granddaughter Grandfather Grandmother Spouse Registered Partner De Facto Partner (5) Brother Sister Nephew Niece Uncle Aunt Cousin Other (please specify):

  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 3429936

family

Used about 5 329 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 5 327). Meaning: family in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Cette famille avait hérité des frères Paclet le fief de Tirechappe, qui relevait de l'évêque de Paris, et dont les vingt-une maisons avaient été au treizième siècle l'objet de tant de plaidoiries par-devant l'official.

  This family had inherited from the brothers Paclet the fief of Tirechappe, which was dependent upon the Bishop of Paris, and whose twenty-one houses had been in the thirteenth century the object of so many suits before the official.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2091

• Dans les autres cas, les responsables étaient d ' autres membres de la famille comme les oncles et tantes et les grands-parents.

  The aggressors in other cases were family members such as uncles and grandparents.

  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 6857610

• Dans la double file, le long de laquelle des gardes municipaux galopaient comme des chiens de berger, d'honnêtes berlingots de famille, encombrés de grand'tantes et d'aïeules, étalaient à leurs portières de frais groupes d'enfants déguisés, pierrots de sept ans, pierrettes de six ans, ravissants petits êtres, sentant qu'ils faisaient officiellement partie de l'allégresse publique, pénétrés de la dignité de leur arlequinade et ayant une gravité de fonctionnaires.

  In the double file, along which the municipal guards galloped like sheep-dogs, honest family coaches, loaded down with great-aunts and grandmothers, displayed at their doors fresh groups of children in disguise, Clowns of seven years of age, Columbines of six, ravishing little creatures, who felt that they formed an official part of the public mirth, who were imbued with the dignity of their harlequinade, and who possessed the gravity of functionaries.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29555

• 14. Numéro d ' homologation du moteur/de la famille de moteurs, s ' il a été homologué en tant qu ' entité technique distincte

  14. Approval number of the engine/engine family, if approved as a separate technical unit:

  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 19261366

• Soutien à la famille en tant qu ' unité de base de la société en l ' aidant à accroître son potentiel éducatif.

  Empowering the family as a basic social unit, through providing assistance and support in order to increase guidance competence.

  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 17081518

child

Used about 4 times in the texts (literary ≈ 4). Meaning: child in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'était la faute de Claude en effet! pourquoi avait-il tant gâté cet enfant?

  It was Claude’s fault, in fact: why had he so spoiled that child?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4236

• --Chère enfant, il y a tant de gens qui valent mieux que moi et qui n'ont même pas un toit sur leur tête.

  “Dear child, there are so many people who are better than I and who have not even a roof over their heads.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19314

• Tant qu'il reste dans cet état d'ignorance première, de minorité morale et intellectuelle, on peut dire de lui comme de l'enfant:

  As long as it remains in its state of primitive ignorance, of moral and intellectual minority, it can be said of it as of the child,—

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3479

More sentences

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

• Pourquoi ta dissertation contient tant de fautes grammaticales?

  Why does your essay have so many grammatical mistakes?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tras and feudalism · checked, community translation · #7593128 #7666168

• Tu ne peux pas apprécier ce poème tant que tu ne l'as pas lu plusieurs fois.

  You cannot appreciate the poem until you have read it many times.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Archibald and CC · checked, community translation · #20596 #429560

• Je l'aime tant que je pourrais mourir pour elle.

  I love her so much I would die for her.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #890522 #1336306

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