tenu — French to English

How French tenu is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: tenu (287 887), tenue (163 020), tenues (45 031), tenus (40 197). By style: everyday 218 · literary 11 · biblical 27 · parliamentary 12 845 · legal and administrative 45 473 · UN documents 477 561.

held

Used about 185 683 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 940 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 132 · UN documents ≈ 181 573).

• J'ai tenu la porte ouverte.

  I held the door open.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #255142 #10868589

• Les six escarpes, interdits et sombres d'être tenus en échec par une fille, allèrent sous l'ombre portée de la lanterne et tinrent conseil avec des haussements d'épaule humiliés et furieux.

  The six rascals, speechless and gloomy at being held in check by a girl, retreated beneath the shadow cast by the lantern, and held counsel with furious and humiliated shrugs.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22137

• La BCE est tenue de poursuivre les objectifs de Lisbonne.

  The ECB is being held responsible for meeting the Lisbon objectives.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 494156

• Machines à moteur non tenues à la main

  Non-hand-held engines

  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 4201330

• Elle a tenu 15 séances.

  The Commission held 15 meetings.

  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 9194872

required

Used about 48 184 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 335 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 053 · UN documents ≈ 39 797).

• Aux termes de la directive, les États membres sont tenus de mettre un terme à ce genre de disséminations non autorisées.

  Under the directive Member States are required to terminate such unauthorised releases.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 157310

• B force de freinage nécessaire, compte tenu de la résistance au roulement,

  B* required braking force;

  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 5480093

• Les États sont tenus de promulguer des lois internes qui:

  States are required to enact national laws that:

  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 29211406

• Nous remarquons également que les parties à la CGPM sont tenues d'assurer la mise en œuvre totale des mesures convenues à compter de la date fixée par la CGPM.

  Moreover, we note that the parties to the GFCM are required to ensure full implementation of agreed measures from the date set by the GFCM.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1504990

• Les exploitants sont tenus de procéder chaque année à un inventaire physique.

  Operators are required to undertake an annual PIT.

  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 880112

meeting

Used about 40 054 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 134 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 605 · UN documents ≈ 37 309). Forms: meeting, meetings. Meaning: meeting in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Nous avons tenu une réunion secrète.

  We had a secret meeting.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #317858 #1330324

• Ces thèmes ont fait l’objet d’approfondissements durant les sessions de la CIG qui se sont tenues dans la première moitié du mois d’octobre.

  These issues were examined at the IGC meetings which took place in the first half of October.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 516614

• Une réunion de suivi entre la Commission et Orona s’est tenue le 9 juin 2016.

  A follow-up meeting between the Commission and Orona took place on 9 June 2016.

  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 5348876

• :: 8 notes aux dossiers sur chacune des réunions tenues dans le cadre du Mécanisme conjoint

  :: 8 notes to the files on each IPRM meeting

  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 23389055

• La réunion s'est tenue hier.

  The meeting took place yesterday.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #22567 #968179

More sentences

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

• Le projet se déroule mieux que prévu, compte tenu de la difficulté de la tâche à accomplir.

  The project is going better than expected, given the difficulty of the task at hand.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Luornu · checked, community translation · #11029684 #11029685

• Je m'en suis tenu à la recette.

  I just followed the recipe.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2362171 #2369975

• Je suis désolé de ne pas avoir tenu ma promesse.

  I'm sorry I didn't keep my promise.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and supplementfacts · checked, community translation · #1103237 #9729918

Grammar

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