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# common — English to French

How English *common* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: common (233 137), commons (1 289). By style: everyday 270 · literary 12 · biblical 24 · parliamentary 34 538 · legal and administrative 57 151 · UN documents 142 431.

## commun

Used about 162 436 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 169 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 32 020 · legal and administrative ≈ 47 150 · UN documents ≈ 83 085). Forms: commun, commune, communes, communs.

- It's a **common** mistake.
  C'est une erreur **commune**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#20876](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20876) [\#580469](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/580469))

- He added:—“Nothing is more **common** than those originals.
  Il ajouta:--Rien n'est plus **commun** que ces originaux-là.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31021)

- All who believed were together, and had all things in **common**.
  Tous ceux qui croyaient étaient dans le même lieu, et ils avaient tout en **commun**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 2:44)

- You referred to the House of **Commons**.
  Vous avez fait référence à la Chambre des **Communes**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2046127)

- **Common** Name, Identification Numbers
  Nom **commun**, numéros d’identification
  ([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 2942683)

## More sentences

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

- Don't worry. It's a very **common** mistake.
  Ne t'inquiète pas. C'est une erreur très courante.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fpp and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#7917658](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7917658) [\#11753267](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11753267))

- Are bear attacks **common** around here?
  Est-ce que les attaques d'ours sont courantes par ici ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#6005515](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6005515) [\#8823443](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8823443))

- The story of a great flood is very **common** in world mythology.
  L'histoire d'une grande inondation est très répandue dans la mythologie mondiale.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#578849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/578849) [\#820429](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/820429))

## 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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