trouver — French to English

How French trouver 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: trouvaient (9 378), trouvait (8 740), trouve (54 223), trouvent (37 053), trouver (79 471), trouves (123), trouvez (339), trouvons (3 438), trouvé (18 722), trouvée (4 987), trouvées (2 690), trouvés (3 143). By style: everyday 3 898 · literary 127 · biblical 462 · parliamentary 32 723 · legal and administrative 12 574 · UN documents 172 523.

found

Used about 47 347 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 950 · literary ≈ 49 · biblical ≈ 154 · parliamentary ≈ 6 879 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 385 · UN documents ≈ 35 929). Meaning: found in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je l'ai trouvé là.

  I found it there.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · #4539152 #2329736

• Il se trouvait lâche.

  He found that he was a coward.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28625

• si du moins nous sommes trouvés vêtus et non pas nus.

  if indeed being clothed, we will not be found naked.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 5:3

• Ils ne l'ont pas trouvée.

  It could not be found.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1941065

• 1 données d’importation non trouvées

  1 Import data not found

  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 3948248

find

Used about 23 110 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 064 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 68 · parliamentary ≈ 3 595 · legal and administrative ≈ 569 · UN documents ≈ 17 803). Meaning: find in the Elamur Dictionary.

• L'as-tu trouvé ?

  Did you find him?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and CH · checked, community translation · #3918102 #9702615

• Je vas trouver mon vieux.

  I’ll go and find my old man.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16086

• 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

• Trouvez-moi un autre siège!".

  Find me another seat!'

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1305243

• N'a pas trouvé de travail salarié

  Could not find a job as an employee

  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 3913788

where

Used about 3 898 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 342 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 1 425 · legal and administrative ≈ 825 · UN documents ≈ 1 295). Meaning: where in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Où se trouve la maison ?

  Where is the house?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien_PDC and ddnktr · checked, community translation · #11264431 #8643697

• —Il faut donc en conclure que le point d'attraction magnétique se trouve compris entre la surface du globe et l'endroit où nous sommes parvenus?

  "Would you then conclude," I said, "that the magnetic pole is somewhere between the surface of the globe and the point where we are?"

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2700

• Le nom du premier est Pischon; c’est celui qui entoure tout le pays de Havila, où se trouve l’or.

  The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 2:11

• Je vous demande: trouvez l'erreur!

  I ask you: where is the fault in this?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1175000

• 6 Pays dans lequel les biens se trouvent

  6 Country where the goods are located

  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 4900356

More sentences

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

• Nous espérons trouver une solution rapidement.

  We hope to come up with a solution soon.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Yemana and CK · checked, community translation · #5661616 #5661681

• Ils sont allés en Australie avec l'intention de trouver de l'or.

  They went out to Australia seeking gold.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and shekitten · checked, community translation · #306392 #390252

• Est-ce que tu peux trouver une meilleure idée que celle-ci ?

  Can you think of a better idea than this one?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #55329 #8755898

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