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# aircraft — English to French

How English *aircraft* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [aircraft in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aircraft/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: aircraft (58 013), aircrafts (671). By style: everyday 16 · parliamentary 1 535 · legal and administrative 15 827 · UN documents 41 306.

## aéronefs

Used about 19 065 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 174 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 716 · UN documents ≈ 8 175). Forms: aéronef, aéronefs.

- The proposal for a Directive on foreign **aircraft** safety, for which my colleague Mr González Triviño is rapporteur, is a useful companion.
  La proposition de directive sur la sécurité des **aéronefs** étrangers, dont mon collègue Gonzáles Triviño est rapporteur, s'y ajoute utilement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1741021)

- 1 **aircraft** of type Boeing B-767-200
  1 **aéronef** de type Boeing B-767-200
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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 1617641)

- Gas cylinders in ships and **aircrafts**
  Bouteilles à gaz à bord des navires et **aéronefs**
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 28090498)

- We know that, to a certain extent, State aid is common practice, particularly in this market for large commercial and military **aircraft**.
  Nous savons que l'aide publique est, dans une certaine mesure, une pratique courante, en particulier sur le marché des **aéronefs** militaires et commerciaux gros porteur.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1105908)

- ADR.OPS.D.030 Marshalling of **aircraft**
  ADR.OPS.D.030 Guidage des **aéronefs**
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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 5256284)

## idf

Used about 12 048 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 12 048).

- IDF fighters **Aircrafts** crossed Lebanese airspace and flew over the SOUTH.
  **IDF** fighters Aircrafts crossed Lebanese airspace and flew over the SOUTH.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 18173604)

- IDF fighters **Aircrafts** crossed Lebanese airspace and flew over BINT JBAIL.
  **IDF** fighters Aircrafts crossed Lebanese airspace and flew over BINT JBAIL.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 18173254)

- IDF fighters **Aircrafts** crossed Lebanese airspace and flew over TIBNIN areas.
  **IDF** fighters Aircrafts crossed Lebanese airspace and flew over TIBNIN areas.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 18173570)

- IDF fighters **Aircrafts** crossed Lebanese airspace and flew over Eastern BEKAA.
  **IDF** fighters Aircrafts crossed Lebanese airspace and flew over Eastern BEKAA.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 18174295)

- /2/ IDF fighters **Aircrafts** crossed Lebanese airspace and flew over the SOUTH.
  /2/ **IDF** fighters Aircrafts crossed Lebanese airspace and flew over the SOUTH.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 18173483)

## aircrafts

Used about 430 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 430).

- Bombardments by GoS **aircrafts** near Umdaraba village, West Darfur on 2 January 2010, allegedly to stop the advancement of JEM troops towards Silea town
  Bombardments by GoS **aircrafts** near Umdaraba village, West Darfur on 2 January 2010, allegedly to stop the advancement of JEM troops towards Silea town
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 22139310)

## More sentences

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

- China has landed their first jet on an **aircraft** carrier.
  La Chine a fait se poser son premier avion à réaction sur un porte-avions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Chrikaru and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2038559](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2038559) [\#2039939](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2039939))

- The **aircraft** was conducting aerial reconnaissance.
  L'avion effectuait une reconnaissance aérienne.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#3902354](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3902354) [\#6481865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6481865))

- There are some **aircraft**, called gliders, that have no engines at all, but fly just fine.
  Certains avions, appelés planeurs, n'ont aucun moteur, mais volent très bien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#5325776](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5325776) [\#12040293](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12040293))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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