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# closure — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: closure (24 425), closures (4 293). By style: everyday 8 · parliamentary 1 639 · legal and administrative 4 245 · UN documents 22 826.

## fermeture

Used about 13 191 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 1 110 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 565 · UN documents ≈ 9 511). Forms: fermeture, fermetures.

- The road **closure** was due to a flash flood.
  La **fermeture** de la route était due à une crue soudaine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mhattick and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2588482](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2588482) [\#9964995](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9964995))

- For them, this is the second year of **closure**.
  Pour eux, cette année est la deuxième année de **fermeture**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 152560)

- the type of **closure**,
  le type de **fermeture**,
  ([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 2395463)

- II. Iron ore mining projects: **closures** and capacity 34
  II. Projets d &apos; extraction de minerai de fer : **fermetures** et réduction
  ([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 2231400)

- The workers united together to fight against the **closure** of the factory.
  Les ouvriers se sont solidarisés pour lutter contre la **fermeture** de l'usine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11669770](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11669770) [\#9013028](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9013028))

## clôture

Used about 8 395 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 68 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 194 · UN documents ≈ 7 133).

- It mentions all of the remaining weak areas that are currently preventing the **closure** of the last remaining open negotiating chapter.
  Elle mentionne toutes les lacunes qui empêchent actuellement la **clôture** du dernier chapitre de négociation ouvert.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1499531)

- **Closure** of Party accounts
  **Clôture** de comptes de Partie
  ([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 521315)

- **Closure** of the session
  **Clôture** de la session
  ([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 24352153)

- I am therefore in favour of postponing the **closure** of accounts for the financial year 2009 so that further management checks can be carried out.
  Je préconise par conséquent un report de la **clôture** des comptes pour l'exercice 2009 tant que de nouvelles vérifications de la gestion n'auront pas été effectuées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1549884)

- **Closure** of aircraft operator holding accounts
  **Clôture** de comptes de dépôt d’exploitant d’aéronef
  ([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 2917601)

## emballage

Used about 133 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 133).

- Base metal **closures**, stoppers, caps and lids (excluding lead, crown corks, aluminium **closures**, stoppers, caps and lids of a diameter 愦灭;gt; 21 mm)
  Articles de bouchage et surbouchage et accessoires d'**emballage** en métaux communs du SH 8309 n.c.a.
  ([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 948265)

- Base metal **closures**, stoppers, caps and lids (excluding of lead, crown corks, aluminium **closures**, stoppers, caps and lids of a diameter 愦灭;gt; 21 mm)
  Articles de bouchage et surbouchage et accessoires d'**emballage** en métaux communs du SH 83.09 n.c.a.
  ([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 2086223)

## bouchons

Used about 44 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 44).

- Base metal **closures**, stoppers, caps and lids (excluding of lead, crown corks, aluminium **closures**, stoppers, caps and lids of a diameter 愦灭;gt; 21 mm)
  Articles de bouchage ou de surbouchage en métaux communs (à l’exclusion des **bouchons**-couronnes et des articles en plomb ou en aluminium d’un diamètre 愦灭;gt; 21 mm)
  ([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 4427523)

## More sentences

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

- The school's **closure** was due to the snow.
  L'école a été fermé à cause de la neige.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by bekindtoall and valhentai · checked, community translation · [\#21565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21565) [\#8580377](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8580377))

- It's hard to get a sense of **closure** when your ex doesn't want to speak to you.
  C'est difficile de tourner la page quand ton ex ne veut pas te parler.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2337157](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2337157) [\#9965002](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9965002))

- **Closure** of the sitting
  Levée de la séance
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1356814)

## 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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