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# called — English to French

How English *called* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: called (147 444), calleds (4). By style: everyday 922 · literary 119 · biblical 574 · parliamentary 12 752 · legal and administrative 6 685 · UN documents 126 396.

## appelle

Used about 11 833 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 384 · literary ≈ 35 · biblical ≈ 72 · parliamentary ≈ 1 063 · legal and administrative ≈ 557 · UN documents ≈ 9 723). Forms: appelle, appelé.

- I am **called** John.
  Je m'**appelle** John.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and Pharamp · checked, community translation · [\#253929](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/253929) [\#373419](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/373419))

- It is **called** Saint-Loup.
  Ça s'**appelle** Saint-Loup.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29104)

- One who plots to do evil will be **called** a schemer.
  Celui qui médite de faire le mal S’**appelle** un homme plein de malice.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 24:8)

- Parliament had **called** for a better mutual understanding between the two banks.
  Le Parlement avait **appelé** à une meilleure compréhension mutuelle entre les deux banques.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1382230)

- ‘Retro-reflecting device’ \[1\] Also **called** ‘retro-reflectors’.
  par «dispositif catadioptrique» \[1\] Également **appelé**(s) «catadioptre(s)».
  ([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 5450334)

## More sentences

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

- They **called** Tom "the mouse."
  Elles appelaient Tom "la souris".
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#12545689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12545689) [\#2914469](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2914469))

- I **called** my father.
  J'ai téléphoné à mon père.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CarpeLanam and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#6374555](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6374555) [\#6275806](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6275806))

- Tom could've **called** the police if he had wanted to.
  Tom aurait pu appeler la police s'il avait voulu.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Kadwallon · checked, community translation · [\#5907768](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5907768) [\#5908995](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5908995))

## 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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