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# become — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: become (125 371), becomes (17 803). By style: everyday 807 · literary 79 · biblical 266 · parliamentary 19 405 · legal and administrative 9 867 · UN documents 112 750.

## devient

Used about 27 789 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 261 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 30 · parliamentary ≈ 3 841 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 336 · UN documents ≈ 22 315).

- Boiling water **becomes** steam.
  L’eau bouillante **devient** de la vapeur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and Talwit · checked, community translation · [\#11669988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11669988) [\#7452373](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7452373))

- Man there **becomes** a dragon.
  L'homme y **devient** dragon.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15625)

- Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he **become** a captive?
  Israël est-il un esclave acheté, ou né dans la maison? Pourquoi donc **devient**-il une proie?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 2:14)

- The more you feed it, the more insolent it **becomes**’.
  Plus on le nourrit, plus il **devient** insolent.»
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 778694)

- The group **becomes** a notional reporting agent.
  Le groupe **devient** un agent déclarant fictif.
  ([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 3229489)

## devenir

Used about 26 639 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 210 · literary ≈ 25 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 2 426 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 645 · UN documents ≈ 22 315). Forms: devenir, devenu.

- What will **become** of us?
  Qu'allons-nous **devenir** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ooneykcall and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#10706270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10706270) [\#976122](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/976122))

- What was to **become** of Marius?
  Qu'allait **devenir** Marius?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13923)

- So then, have I **become** your enemy by telling you the truth?
  Suis-je **devenu** votre ennemi en vous disant la vérité?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 4:16)

- It needs to **become** part of the European agenda.
  Elle doit **devenir** partie intégrante du programme européen.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1360171)

- A member's seat has **become** vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Mercedes BRESSO.
  Un siège de membre est **devenu** vacant à la suite de la fin du mandat de Mme Mercedes BRESSO,
  ([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 3155221)

## plus

Used about 14 179 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 15 · parliamentary ≈ 2 830 · legal and administrative ≈ 719 · UN documents ≈ 10 570).

- The breathing **becomes** more and more hard.
  Respirer est de **plus** en plus dur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sciberc and Lulantis · checked, community translation · [\#3464872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3464872) [\#3465005](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3465005))

- Later on, when the heart-rending and mournful hubbub of musketry and firing by platoons **becomes** audible, the shopkeeper says:—
  **Plus** tard, quand on distingue le vacarme déchirant et lugubre de la mousqueterie et des feux de peloton, le boutiquier dit:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23161)

- Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get herself away: and her cities will **become** a desolation, without anyone to dwell in them.
  Donnez des ailes à Moab, Et qu’il parte au vol! Ses villes seront réduites en désert, Elles n’auront **plus** d’habitants.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 48:9)

- Pre-emptive wars lacking any legitimacy must **become** a thing of the past!
  Car il ne doit **plus** jamais y avoir de guerre préventive sans légitimité !
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 447074)

- The more detailed the application number is given, the more important this information **becomes**.
  **Plus** le numéro de demande fourni est détaillé, plus ces données sont importantes.
  ([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 3391674)

## More sentences

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

- The competition has **become** fierce.
  La concurrence est devenue féroce.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#19270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19270) [\#970266](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/970266))

- They've **become** used to the cold.
  Elles se sont accoutumées au froid.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8589791](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8589791) [\#2902355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2902355))

- Do you often **become** dizzy if you get up from bed quickly?
  Avez-vous souvent des vertiges lorsque vous vous levez rapidement du lit ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by NurseMeeks and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#9851488](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9851488) [\#9965621](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9965621))

## 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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