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# citizens — English to French

How English *citizens* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: citizens (141 603). By style: everyday 47 · literary 4 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 39 881 · legal and administrative 5 296 · UN documents 96 371.

## citoyens

Used about 96 384 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 38 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 29 911 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 193 · UN documents ≈ 62 240).

- The police protects **citizens**.
  La police protège les **citoyens**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Smoky and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#8391991](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8391991) [\#8315062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8315062))

- Distrust the republicans, **citizens** of the laboring classes.”
  Défiez-vous des républicains, **citoyens** travailleurs.»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18379)

- That is why we also need feedback from the Union to the **citizens**.
  C'est pourquoi il faut aussi un retour de l'Union vers les **citoyens**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1191825)

- to improve **citizens**’ health security,
  améliorer la sécurité sanitaire des **citoyens**,
  ([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 1168621)

- **Citizens** and management in the knowledge society
  **Citoyens** et gestion de la société de la connaissance
  ([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 24499563)

## droit

Used about 4 015 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 015).

- National priority or target: To strengthen the rule of law, expand the exercise of democracy and improve security for the **citizens**.
  Priorité/ objectif national : Renforcement de l &apos; état de **droit**, accroissement de l &apos; exercice de la démocratie et amélioration de la sécurité publique
  ([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 15311007)

- 154. The Emigration Act grants the right to apply for an emigration passport exclusively to **citizens** of Georgia who have reached their majority (art. 7).
  154. La loi sur l &apos; émigration reconnaît le **droit** de demander un permis d &apos; émigration aux seuls ressortissants géorgiens majeurs (art. 7).
  ([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 4931054)

## leurs

Used about 3 780 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 662 · legal and administrative ≈ 110 · UN documents ≈ 2 008).

- My question is: why are the successors to Tony Blair and Marek Belka objecting to the Charter and depriving their fellow **citizens** of its benefits?
  Ma question est: pourquoi les successeurs de Tony Blair et de Marek Belka s'opposent à la Charte et privent **leurs** concitoyens de ses avantages?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1009692)

- Comments: The scheme has been designed in such a way as to enable private **citizens** to present ‘small chemical waste’ at a single location.
  Commentaires: le système a été conçu de manière à ce que des particuliers aient la possibilité de déposer **leurs** «petits déchets chimiques» à un seul endroit.
  ([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 545397)

- (a) persons who were **citizens** of Latvia on 17 June 1940 as well as descendants of these persons, except those who have acquired the citizenship of another country after 4 May 1990;
  a) Les personnes qui avaient la citoyenneté lettone au 17 juin 1940, ainsi que **leurs** descendants, sauf celles qui ont acquis la citoyenneté d &apos; un autre État après le 4 mai 1990;
  ([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 8935351)

- Our new fellow **citizens** obviously have no desire for their countries to form a kind of low-cost or cut-price Europe, which business communities long for.
  Nos nouveaux concitoyens, manifestement, n’ont aucune envie que **leurs** pays forment une sorte d’Europe , une Europe au rabais, dont rêvent les milieux d’affaires.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 818895)

## européens

Used about 1 662 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 662).

- It is the only way we can achieve the results which our fellow European **citizens** need.
  C'est le seul moyen pour que nous obtenions les résultats dont ont besoin nos concitoyens **européens**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 274737)

- Anyone who wishes to do so will have to stand accountable before the European partners, before their **citizens** and before the history of the integration process.
  Ceux qui voudront aller dans cette direction seront appelés à assumer leurs responsabilités face aux partenaires **européens**, face à leurs concitoyens et face à l’histoire du processus d’intégration.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 529248)

## More sentences

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

- Most Swiss **citizens** speak two or three languages.
  La plupart des Suisses parlent deux ou trois langues.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jeanne and sciuro · checked, community translation · [\#460315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/460315) [\#428964](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/428964))

- It's popular among senior **citizens**.
  C'est populaire chez les anciens.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1699402](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1699402) [\#1701270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1701270))

- This company created fake grassroots organizations to make it look like ordinary **citizens** were supporting its project.
  L'entreprise a créé de fausses associations citoyennes pour que ses projets semblent appuyés par la population.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3663706](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3663706) [\#3668048](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3668048))

## 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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