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# caribbean — English to French

How English *caribbean* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations 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: caribbean (71 711), caribbeans (25). By style: everyday 6 · parliamentary 619 · legal and administrative 975 · UN documents 70 136.

## caraïbes

Used about 42 409 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 556 · legal and administrative ≈ 934 · UN documents ≈ 40 913).

- Aruba is a **Caribbean** island.
  Aruba est une île des **Caraïbes**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by SunnyMoon and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#11160556](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11160556) [\#12802339](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12802339))

- Haiti is a **Caribbean** country.
  Haïti est un pays des **Caraïbes**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1327600)

- Latin America and the **Caribbean**
  Amérique latine et **Caraïbes**
  ([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 1173758)

- My aunt travelled to the **Caribbean** last week.
  Ma tante a voyagé dans les **Caraïbes** la dernière semaine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13905257](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13905257) [\#13905259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13905259))

- There might be one in California, in Italy or in the **Caribbean**.
  Il y en aura peut-être en Californie, peut-être en Italie, peut-être dans les **Caraïbes**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1521830)

## afro

Used about 16 560 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 16 560).

- 32. Afro-**Caribbeans**, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis are the principal victims of such acts, followed by Indians, Chinese and other Asians.
  32. Les **Afro**-Antillais, les Bangladais et les Pakistanais sont les principales victimes de ces actes, suivis des Indiens, des Chinois et d &apos; autres Asiatiques.
  ([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 2963766)

- These cultures include a large and diverse Mayan population, Chibchan peoples and Afro-**Caribbeans**, in addition to the dominant culture in each of the countries.
  Ces cultures comptent une population maya vaste et diversifiée, des Chibcha et des **Afro**-caribéens qui s &apos; ajoutent à la culture dominante de chacun des pays.
  ([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 27080912)

- The police are alleged to harbour prejudices against the majority of Africans and Afro—**Caribbeans** whom they regard as drug dealers or pimps or, in any case, criminals.
  Les policiers nourriraient des préjugés selon lesquels la majorité des Africains et des **Afro**-Antillais sont soit des trafiquants de drogue, soit des proxénètes, en tout cas des criminels.
  ([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 2963729)

- Among these ethnic groups, a distinction has been made between Blacks (Afro-**Caribbeans**, Africans and other Blacks) and Asians (Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Chinese and other Asians).
  Parmi ces groupes ethniques une distinction a été établie entre les Noirs (**Afro**-Caribéens, Africains et autres Noirs) et les Asiatiques (Indiens, Pakistanais, Bangladais, Chinois et autres Asiatiques).
  ([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 2963673)

- Afro-**Caribbeans** 22.5 per cent
  **Afro**-Antillais 22,5 %
  ([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 2963702)

## latine

Used about 2 922 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 922).

- Economic Commission for Latin America and the **Caribbean**
  Commission économique pour l &apos; Amérique **latine**
  ([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 25507976)

- Economic and social development in Latin America and the **Caribbean**
  Développement économique et social en Amérique **latine**
  ([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 19723699)

- 4. Regional cooperation for development in Latin America and the **Caribbean**
  4. Coopération régionale pour le développement en Amérique **latine**
  ([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 1595784)

## More sentences

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

- Martinique, Guadeloupe and Guyana are outermost European regions and therefore the **Caribbean** as a whole has not been taken into account.
  La Martinique, la Guadeloupe et la Guyane sont des régions ultrapériphériques européennes, et à ce titre, la Caraïbe, globalement, n'a pas été prise en compte.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1231381)

- It is a prime objective in all the negotiations and within the framework of the implementation of EPAs with the African, **Caribbean** and Pacific (ACP) countries.
  C’est un objectif prioritaire dans toutes les négociations et dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre d’APE avec les pays ACP.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 793832)

- The challenge for the **Caribbean** countries, therefore, will be to make up the losses in customs revenue by increasing the volume of trade with the European Union.
  Le défi pour les pays de la Caraïbe sera donc de combler les pertes de revenus douaniers par l'accroissement des volumes d'échanges commerciaux avec 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 1231383)

## Grammar

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