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# born — English to French

How English *born* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: born (29 880), borns (48). By style: everyday 691 · literary 11 · biblical 155 · parliamentary 998 · legal and administrative 5 456 · UN documents 22 617.

## nés

Used about 12 279 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 43 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 104 · legal and administrative ≈ 341 · UN documents ≈ 11 780).

- They were **born** in Thailand.
  Ils sont **nés** en Thaïlande.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#680401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/680401) [\#6067140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6067140))

- There are men who seem to be **born** to be the reverse, the obverse, the wrong side.
  Il y a des hommes qui semblent **nés** pour être le verso, l'envers, le revers.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14198)

- The LORD will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was **born** there.” Selah.
  L’Éternel compte en inscrivant les peuples: C’est là qu’ils sont **nés**. — Pause.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 87:6)

- They were **born** people, however, my friends.
  Cependant, mes amis, ils sont **nés** humains.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 856681)

- were **born** after 1 June 2001.
  sont **nés** après le 1er juin 2001.
  ([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 111080)

## né

Used about 8 547 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 317 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 58 · parliamentary ≈ 291 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 637 · UN documents ≈ 4 241).

- I was **born** here.
  Je suis **né** ici.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1887918](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1887918) [\#4579565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4579565))

- Gringoire listened to him at first with an undecided air, then he became touched, and wound up with a grimace which made his pallid face resemble that of a new-**born** infant with an attack of the colic.
  Gringoire l'écouta d'abord avec un air indéterminé, puis il s'attendrit, et finit par faire une grimace tragique qui fit ressembler sa blême figure à celle d'un nouveau-**né** qui a la colique.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6696)

- concerning his Son, who was **born** of the offspring of David according to the flesh,
  et qui concerne son Fils (**né** de la postérité de David, selon la chair,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 1:3)

- Fascism was **born** of capitalism.
  Le fascisme est **né** du capitalisme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 679216)

- **Born** 15 June 1958 in Gueyede
  **Né** le 15 juin 1958 à Gueyede
  ([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 2223635)

## née

Used about 1 258 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 230 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 229 · legal and administrative ≈ 796).

- I was **born** there.
  J'y suis **née**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1211854](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1211854) [\#6891328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6891328))

- “Alas! perchance I was not **born** then!”
  «Hélas! je n'étais peut-être pas **née** alors!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8384)

- That was when this idea was **born**.
  C'est ainsi qu'est **née** cette idée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1713644)

- **Born** 1953 in Homs, Syria
  **Née** en 1953 à Homs, Syrie
  ([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 2638979)

- I was **born** in China.
  Je suis **née** en Chine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by keistas and Wezel · checked, community translation · [\#3276502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3276502) [\#4618521](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4618521))

## naissance

Used about 1 014 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 62 · legal and administrative ≈ 227 · UN documents ≈ 707).

- Tom and Mary don't know where they were **born**.
  Tom et Marie ignorent leur lieu de **naissance**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CT and theachaean · checked, community translation · [\#6514142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6514142) [\#7485999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7485999))

- The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was **born** a Roman.”
  Le tribun reprit: C’est avec beaucoup d’argent que j’ai acquis ce droit de citoyen. Et moi, dit Paul, je l’ai par ma **naissance**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 22:28)

- The parents should not be arguing before the child is even **born**.
  Les parents ne devraient pas déjà se battre avant la **naissance** de l'enfant.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1838352)

- **Born** on 11.7.1951 in Leningrad (St Petersburg)
  Date de **naissance**: 11.7.1951 à Léningrad (St Pétersbourg)
  ([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 3362423)

- Birth certificates were now issued for most new-**borns**.
  Des extraits d &apos; actes de **naissance** sont désormais établis pour la plupart des nouveaunés.
  ([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 7152913)

## parents

Used about 707 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 707).

- Domestic **born** with two foreign-**born** parents
  Personnes nées en Suède de deux **parents** étrangers
  ([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 24877409)

- Any person **born** in Monaco of unknown parents.
  Et toute personne née à Monaco de **parents** inconnus. &gt; &gt;
  ([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 29390789)

- Employment: greater participation in the labour market of single parents, persons coming back into the job market and foreign-**born** women.
  Emploi : augmentation de la participation au marché du travail des **parents** isolés, des personnes qui réintègrent le marché de l &apos; emploi et des femmes allochtones.
  ([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 27681593)

## nouveau

Used about 3 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 3).

- Jesus answered him, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is **born** anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
  Jésus lui répondit: En vérité, en vérité, je te le dis, si un homme ne naît de **nouveau**, il ne peut voir le royaume de Dieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 3:3)

## More sentences

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

- I was **born** in Yokohama.
  J'ai été mise au monde à Yokohama.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#256309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/256309) [\#2225116](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2225116))

- Jesus was **born** in Bethlehem.
  Jésus naquit à Bethléem.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#3711895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3711895) [\#13194099](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13194099))

- I wish I'd been **born** a Canadian.
  J’aurais voulu naître canadien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and gillux · checked, community translation · [\#3122883](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3122883) [\#3983981](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3983981))

## 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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