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By style: everyday 18 · literary 4 · biblical 8 · parliamentary 830 · legal and administrative 4 028 · UN documents 30 659. ## appartenant Used about 10 519 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 127 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 766 · UN documents ≈ 8 623). - It is the general inventory of art works **belonging** to the City of Paris. C'est l'inventaire général des œuvres d'art **appartenant** à la ville de Paris. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by whitefishglobal and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#4823571](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4823571) [\#1018588](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1018588)) - As possessor of this fief, Claude Frollo was one of the twenty-seven seigneurs keeping claim to a manor in fee in Paris and its suburbs; and for a long time, his name was to be seen inscribed in this quality, between the Hôtel de Tancarville, **belonging** to Master François Le Rez, and the college of Tours, in the records deposited at Saint Martin des Champs. Comme possesseur de ce fief Claude Frollo était un des sept vingt-un seigneurs prétendant censive dans Paris et ses faubourgs; et l'on a pu voir longtemps son nom inscrit en cette qualité, entre l'hôtel de Tancarville, **appartenant** à maître François Le Rez, et le collège de Tours, dans le cartulaire déposé à Saint-Martin-des-Champs. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2092) - Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands **belonging** to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and courteously entertained us for three days. Il y avait, dans les environs, des terres **appartenant** au principal personnage de l’île, nommé Publius, qui nous reçut et nous logea pendant trois jours de la manière la plus amicale. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 28:7) - I am thinking principally, here, about countries **belonging** to the European Union. Je fais ici principalement référence aux pays **appartenant** à l'Union européenne. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1343181) - respect the confidential nature of any document **belonging** to the vessel. respecte la confidentialité de tout document **appartenant** au navire. ([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 133315) ## personnels Used about 5 953 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 69 · legal and administrative ≈ 772 · UN documents ≈ 5 110). - The suspect must leave all his personal **belongings** on the table. Le suspect doit laisser tous ses effets **personnels** sur la table. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and gillux · checked, community translation · [\#2389218](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2389218) [\#2389460](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2389460)) - In fact, OLAF even managed to secure a house search, at which point the journalist's **belongings** were confiscated. En fait, l'OLAF est même parvenu à obtenir qu'un domicile soit fouillé et ainsi à confisquer les effets **personnels** du journaliste. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1169821) - loss or theft of documents, travel tickets and personal **belongings**; perte ou vol de documents, titres de transport et effets **personnels**; ([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 3412241) - VII. Inventory of personal **belongings**; VII. inventaire des objets et effets **personnels**; ([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 24151827) - While I was in the water, all my **belongings** were stolen. Alors que j'étais dans l'eau, tous mes effets **personnels** m'ont été volés. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and Toynop · checked, community translation · [\#5799557](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5799557) [\#5804425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5804425)) ## biens Used about 3 810 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 127 · legal and administrative ≈ 166 · UN documents ≈ 3 513). - Tom lost all his **belongings**. Thomas a perdu tous ses **biens**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#5738434](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5738434) [\#10524254](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10524254)) - Thousands lost their **belongings** and large areas of land were laid waste. Des milliers de personnes ont perdu leurs **biens** et de vastes surfaces de terre ont été ravagées. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1283923) - “Items carried by persons other than passengers” are **belongings** intended for the personal use of the person that carries them.’; Les “objets transportés par des personnes autres que des passagers” sont des **biens** destinés à l’usage personnel de la personne qui les transporte.» ([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 3033229) - Many lost their lives, and most of them lost all their **belongings**. La plupart d ' entre eux ont perdu la vie ou leurs **biens**. ([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 814981) - All Dan's **belongings** are gone. Tous les **biens** de Dan ne sont plus. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#3991207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3991207) [\#3991827](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3991827)) ## effets Used about 1 080 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 441 · UN documents ≈ 639). - In August and September 2016, the Panel of Experts traveled twice to Sibut in order to inspect the **belongings** of the convoy of Hissène, Gaye and Hamit Tidjani, seized by MINUSCA on 13 August. Aux mois d'août et de septembre 2016, le groupe d'experts s'est rendu à deux reprises à Sibut afin d'inspecter les **effets** d'Hissène, de Gaye et de Hamit Tidjani retrouvés dans le convoi et saisis par la MINUSCA le 13 août. ([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 4326986) - After loading their **belongings** onto trucks, bulldozers levelled their tents and tin shacks. Après que leurs **effets** eurent été entassés sur des camions, des bulldozers ont écrasé les tentes et les cabanes d’étain. ([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 4449209) - In some instances, efforts continued after their release for the return of their **belongings** held in the northern part or southern part of Cyprus. Pour certains d ' entre eux, les efforts ont été poursuivis pour obtenir la restitution de leurs **effets** encore retenus dans les parties nord ou sud de Chypre. ([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 6288605) - In August and September 2016, the Panel of Experts travelled twice to Sibut in order to inspect the **belongings** of the convoy of Hissène, Gaye and Hamit Tidjani, seized by MINUSCA on 13 August. Aux mois d'août et de septembre 2016, le groupe d'experts s'est rendu à deux reprises à Sibut afin d'inspecter les **effets** d'Hissène, de Gaye et de Hamit Tidjani retrouvés dans le convoi et saisis par la MINUSCA le 13 août. ([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 4815165) - In August and September 2016, the Panel of Experts travelled twice to Sibut in order to inspect the **belongings** of the convoy of Hissène, Gaye and Hamit Tidjani, seised by MINUSCA on 13 August. Aux mois d'août et de septembre 2016, le groupe d'experts s'est rendu à deux reprises à Sibut afin d'inspecter les **effets** d'Hissène, de Gaye et de Hamit Tidjani retrouvés dans le convoi et saisis par la MINUSCA le 13 août. ([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 4178902) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - **Belonging** to a parent-teacher organization can take a lot of time. Appartenir à une association de parents d'élèves peut prendre beaucoup de temps. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#6990680](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6990680) [\#8571925](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8571925)) - To solve the mystery she will have to scour his personal **belongings** for clues. Pour résoudre le mystère, elle devra fouiller dans ses affaires personnelles à la recherche d'indices. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kittles and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8180043](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8180043) [\#9973470](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9973470)) - I'm moving, so I need boxes for my **belongings**. Je déménage, alors j'ai besoin de cartons pour mes affaires. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#1290268](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1290268) [\#1290261](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1290261)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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