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# close — English to French

How English *close* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: close (95 197), closes (603). By style: everyday 718 · literary 53 · biblical 43 · parliamentary 8 383 · legal and administrative 8 756 · UN documents 77 847.

## étroite

Used about 13 489 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 961 · legal and administrative ≈ 365 · UN documents ≈ 12 164).

- This work will be undertaken in **close** collaboration with Parliament.
  Ce travail sera entrepris en **étroite** collaboration avec le Parlement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1703535)

- These breakdowns will be decided in **close** cooperation with Member States.
  Ces ventilations seront arrêtées en **étroite** coopération avec les États membres.
  ([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 473928)

- We also count on **close** cooperation with UNDP country offices in the subregion.
  Nous escomptons également une coopération **étroite** avec les bureaux de pays du PNUD dans la sousrégion.
  ([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 10433196)

- From the outset, the European Parliament tried to work in **close** cooperation with the Council.
  Depuis le début, le Parlement européen a tenté d'amorcer une coopération **étroite** avec le Conseil.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 113794)

- It shall ensure **close** cooperation between the Agency and relevant stakeholders.
  Elle assure une coopération **étroite** entre l'Agence et les parties intéressées.
  ([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 1208438)

## ferme

Used about 8 612 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 277 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 834 · legal and administrative ≈ 821 · UN documents ≈ 5 676).

- The museum **closes** at 5.
  Le musée **ferme** à 17h.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by araneo and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#14016716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14016716) [\#14014012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14014012))

- “The slab which **closes** the vault?”
  --La pierre qui **ferme** le caveau?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11428)

- One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who **closes** his eyes will have many curses.
  Celui qui donne au pauvre n’éprouve pas la disette, Mais celui qui **ferme** les yeux est chargé de malédictions.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 28:27)

- It effectively **closes** off the pension markets of many Member States.
  Cela **ferme** littéralement le marché des pensions de nombreux États membres.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 176649)

- A door will not open or **close** properly.
  Une portière ne s’ouvre ou ne se **ferme** pas correctement.
  ([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 3209693)

## fin

Used about 7 126 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 524 · legal and administrative ≈ 912 · UN documents ≈ 5 676).

- The company **closes** its books at the end of March.
  L'entreprise clôture ses comptes à la **fin** du mois de mars.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#49036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/49036) [\#11377454](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11377454))

- It is this peril, possibly imminent towards the **close** of the eighteenth century, which the French Revolution, that immense act of probity, cut short.
  C'est à ce péril, imminent peut-être en Europe vers la **fin** du dix-huitième siècle, que vint couper court la Révolution française, cet immense acte de probité.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21605)

- So she stayed **close** to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
  Elle resta donc avec les servantes de Boaz, pour glaner, jusqu’à la **fin** de la moisson des orges et de la moisson du froment. Et elle demeurait avec sa belle-mère.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · RUT 2:23)

- The end of the presidency **closes** a difficult and stimulating phase of our membership of the European Union.
  La **fin** de la période de présidence clôt une phase difficile et exaltante de notre appartenance à 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 1612776)

- to **close** intervention buying-in at fixed price;
  de mettre **fin** aux achats à l'intervention à prix fixe;
  ([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 4020318)

## près

Used about 4 289 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · literary ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 87 · legal and administrative ≈ 91 · UN documents ≈ 4 055).

- She stood **close** to him.
  Elle se tint **près** de lui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#887412](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/887412) [\#1328847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1328847))

- The barrier was **close** at hand.
  La barrière était tout **près**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9353)

- The rings shall be **close** to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.
  Les anneaux seront **près** du rebord, et recevront les barres pour porter la table.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 25:27)

- Slaughter as **close** to the farm as possible is something I greatly support.
  C'est un point que je soutiens tout à fait : l'abattage le plus **près** possible de l'exploitation agricole.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 254857)

- External doorways shall be provided with handrails on both sides, fitted internally as **close** as practicable to the vehicle outer wall.
  Les portes extérieures doivent être munies de mains courantes des deux côtés, fixées à l'intérieur de la voiture le plus **près** possible de la paroi extérieure de celle-ci.
  ([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 3419827)

## More sentences

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

- "Are scientists **close** to cloning a human being?" "Not by a long shot."
  « Les scientifiques sont-ils sur le point de répliquer un être humain ? » « Loin de là. »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#747251](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/747251) [\#800221](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/800221))

- Does anyone in your **close** family have heart disease?
  Quelqu'un dans ta famille proche souffre-t-il d'une maladie cardiaque ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by NurseMeeks and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#9849613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9849613) [\#9934851](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9934851))

- The resolution to the problem was **close** at hand.
  La résolution du problème était à portée de main.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#43618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/43618) [\#12016621](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12016621))

## 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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