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# causes — English to French

How English *causes* 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: causes (52 426). By style: everyday 49 · literary 11 · biblical 40 · parliamentary 3 444 · legal and administrative 1 692 · UN documents 47 190.

## causes

Used about 44 677 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 2 368 · legal and administrative ≈ 987 · UN documents ≈ 41 291). Forms: cause, causes.

- What **causes** that?
  Qu'est-ce qui **cause** ça ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2254549](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2254549) [\#6322036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6322036))

- Having, through various **causes**, failed in his business, he had descended to the calling of a carter and a laborer.
  Ayant, pour des **causes** diverses, échoué dans ses affaires, de tabellion il était tombé charretier et manoeuvre.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11210)

- Lord, you have pleaded the **causes** of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
  Seigneur, tu as défendu la **cause** de mon âme, Tu as racheté ma vie.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LAM 3:58)

- Above all, the **causes** of the complaints must be addressed.
  Surtout, il faut aborder les **causes** de leurs plaintes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1158055)

- 4 **CAUSES** OF THE ACCIDENT
  **CAUSES** DE L'ACCIDENT
  ([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 1654009)

## More sentences

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

- When aircraft break the sound barrier, this **causes** the so-called sonic boom.
  Lorsque les avions passent le mur du son, ils causent ce qu'on appelle le bang supersonique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11157165](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11157165) [\#1300979](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1300979))

- Estrogen deficiency in men **causes** erectile dysfunction.
  Le déficit œstrogénique chez l'homme provoque des troubles de l'érection.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#14005908](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14005908) [\#14005906](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14005906))

- War necessarily **causes** unhappiness.
  La guerre apporte toujours le malheur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by orge and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#273317](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/273317) [\#181913](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181913))

## 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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