trouve — French to English

How French trouve 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: trouve (54 223), trouves (123). By style: everyday 1 164 · literary 20 · biblical 124 · parliamentary 9 564 · legal and administrative 4 303 · UN documents 39 171.

find

Used about 4 515 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 303 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 54 · parliamentary ≈ 2 590 · legal and administrative ≈ 84 · UN documents ≈ 1 478). Forms: find, finds. Meaning: find in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je trouve ça offensant.

  I find that offensive.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2326533 #2422813

• Comme on trouve que cela suffit!

  How all-sufficient one finds it!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31229

• craignez qu’il ne vous trouve endormis, à son arrivée soudaine.

  lest, coming suddenly, he might find you sleeping.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 13:36

• Je trouve également inacceptable ce qui se passe ici.

  I also find what is happening here quite unacceptable.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 392042

• En l'espèce, la Commission ne trouve aucun motif permettant de conclure à la compatibilité de la mesure en cause.

  In the present case, the Commission does not find any ground for compatibility of the contested measure.

  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 4837942

found

Used about 3 231 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 797 · legal and administrative ≈ 169 · UN documents ≈ 2 217). Meaning: found in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ce terme ne se trouve pas dans le dictionnaire.

  This term is not found in the dictionary.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #12105757 #12105763

• Il paraît que de nos jours on y trouve aussi, tantôt une poire à poudre avec des balles, tantôt un vieux jeu de cartes gras et roussi qui a évidemment servi aux diables.

  It seems that in our day there is sometimes found a powder-horn with bullets, sometimes an old pack of cards greasy and worn, which has evidently served the devil.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7839

• Cherchez l’Éternel pendant qu’il se trouve; Invoquez-le, tandis qu’il est près.

  Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 55:6

• La solution se trouve aussi à Moscou.

  The solution is also to be found in Moscow.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1893254

• Le texte doit être accompagné d’une illustration de l’étiquette de mise en garde telle qu’elle se trouve dans le véhicule.

  The text shall be accompanied by an illustration of the warning label as found in the vehicle.

  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 5506936

think

Used about 1 713 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 315 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 395). Meaning: think in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Me trouves-tu laid ?

  Do you think I'm ugly?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #953230 #3143257

• —Ah! tu trouves, Axel?

  "You think so, Axel?"

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3584

• Je trouve cela scandaleux!

  I think it is outrageous!

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1606771

• Je trouve ça génial.

  I think this is great.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LdjuherTaqvaylit and CK · checked, community translation · #4980125 #12629432

• --Je trouve qu'il lui ressemble.

  “I think the likeness is strong.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22359

More sentences

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

• Où se trouve la gare ?

  Where's the train station?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · #4048962 #4049037

• C'est moi qui me trouve au centre.

  I'm the one in the middle.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by maydoo and CM · checked, community translation · #2586781 #3697691

• Où se trouve le magasin le plus proche ?

  Where's the closest shop?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and deniko · checked, community translation · #8856713 #1198594

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