véritable — French to English

How French véritable 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: véritable (34 422), véritables (8 894). By style: everyday 192 · literary 23 · biblical 26 · parliamentary 11 765 · legal and administrative 1 329 · UN documents 29 981.

real

Used about 10 890 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 97 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 5 147 · legal and administrative ≈ 332 · UN documents ≈ 5 309). Meaning: real in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est un véritable idiot.

  He is a real fool.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CC · checked, community translation · #303502 #11767223

• --Il faut bien, puisque le véritable Jean Valjean est trouvé.

  “I am forced to do so, since the real Jean Valjean has been found.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4627

• Voilà où est le véritable problème.

  That is the real problem.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1866371

• Il n’existe de véritables alternatives aux produits HIS que depuis quelques années.

  Real alternatives to HIS’ products only appeared in the most recent years.

  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 5070561

• C ' est la première occasion véritable en 40 ans.

  This is our first real opportunity in 40 years to conclude such a ban.

  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 2725196

genuine

Used about 8 227 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 838 · legal and administrative ≈ 443 · UN documents ≈ 5 934). Meaning: genuine in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ce fut un véritable choc pour moi.

  That was a genuine shock for me.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #7946840 #8571217

• «Pauvre enfant!» murmura-t-il avec un véritable accent de pitié.

  "Poor boy!" said he, in genuine tones of compassion.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1800

• Néanmoins, Monsieur le Président, j'aurais préféré assister, ici, à un véritable débat politique.

  But, Mr President, I would rather see a genuine political debate.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1758921

• est unique, véritable et authentique;

  is unique, genuine and authentic;

  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 3597635

• Un dialogue honnête et une véritable coopération sont essentiels à ce partenariat.

  Honest dialogue and genuine cooperation are fundamental to such a partnership.

  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 4794207

true

Used about 5 265 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 69 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 1 716 · legal and administrative ≈ 332 · UN documents ≈ 3 123). Meaning: true in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est une véritable artiste.

  She's a true artist.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #2982381 #4765586

• La vraie histoire étant mêlée à tout, le véritable historien se mêle de tout.

  True history being a mixture of all things, the true historian mingles in everything.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21357

• Cette lumière était la véritable lumière, qui, en venant dans le monde, éclaire tout homme.

  The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 1:9

• Ce sont eux les véritables invalides de la société européenne !

  They are the true disabled in this European society.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 179786

• l’origine véritable du vin est indiquée;

  the true origin of the wine is indicated;

  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 96093

More sentences

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

• Les voisins ont fait sur leur balcon une véritable serre.

  The neighbours have made their balcony into a proper greenhouse.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and sundown · checked, community translation · #8855650 #6160699

• Les gens prennent souvent sa désinvolture pour de la véritable intelligence.

  People often mistake his glibness for actual intelligence.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and frpzzd · checked, community translation · #12941430 #12941431

• Cette voiture est une véritable savonnette.

  This car handles like a bar of soap.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Myrano_ · checked, community translation · #14052538 #11737544

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