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# consumer — English to French

How English *consumer* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: consumer (38 884), consumers (29 133). By style: everyday 22 · literary 1 · parliamentary 23 335 · legal and administrative 16 240 · UN documents 28 419.

## consommateurs

Used about 53 952 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 21 877 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 702 · UN documents ≈ 18 354). Forms: consommateur, consommateurs.

- **Consumer** confidence is plummeting.
  La confiance des **consommateurs** s'effondre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5726033](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5726033) [\#10630311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10630311))

- This very small change had, in fact, prodigiously reduced the cost of the raw material, which had rendered it possible in the first place, to raise the price of manufacture, a benefit to the country; in the second place, to improve the workmanship, an advantage to the **consumer**; in the third place, to sell at a lower price, while trebling the profit, which was a benefit to the manufacturer.
  Ce tout petit changement en effet avait prodigieusement réduit le prix de la matière première, ce qui avait permis, premièrement, d'élever le prix de la main-d'oeuvre, bienfait pour le pays; deuxièmement, d'améliorer la fabrication, avantage pour le **consommateur**; troisièmement, de vendre à meilleur marché tout en triplant le bénéfice, profit pour le manufacturier.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3529)

- (HU) **Consumers** must know what they are eating.
  (HU) Les **consommateurs** doivent savoir ce qu'ils mangent.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1398022)

- Interest of users and **consumers**
  Intérêts des utilisateurs et des **consommateurs**
  ([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 1228593)

- . protection of **consumer** rights;
  La protection des droits du **consommateur**;
  ([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 14364184)

## consommation

Used about 6 356 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 729 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 184 · UN documents ≈ 4 440).

- America's **consumer** slump will hit those around it as well.
  La baisse de la **consommation** aux États-Unis d'Amérique affectera également leurs voisins.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by blay\_paul and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#508551](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/508551) [\#1803654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1803654))

- If we are to change this situation, it is essential that we try to strengthen **consumer** culture.
  Si nous voulons changer cette situation, il est essentiel que nous essayions de renforcer la culture de la **consommation**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 753594)

- After consulting the Scientific Committee on **Consumer** Products,
  après consultation du Comité scientifique des produits de **consommation**,
  ([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 616459)

- Electronic goods &amp; **consumer** durables
  Produits électroniques et biens de **consommation** durables
  ([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 14356113)

- The United States' **consumer** slump will hit those around it as well.
  La baisse de la **consommation** aux États-Unis d'Amérique affectera également leurs voisins.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AMIKEMA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1355003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1355003) [\#1803654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1803654))

## produits

Used about 412 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 243 · legal and administrative ≈ 169).

- Now we are suggesting that LSD and Ecstasy are **consumer** products that should be distributed like sweets.
  A présent, nous insinuons que le LSD et l'ecstasy sont des **produits** de consommation qui devraient être distribués comme des sucreries.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1840356)

- NACE 26.40: Manufacture of **consumer** electronics
  NACE 26.40: Fabrication de **produits** électroniques grand public
  ([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 2086453)

## prix

Used about 296 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 296).

- As there will be no further increases in cost to industry, no increased cost for **consumers** are expected.
  Comme les coûts ne subiront aucun accroissement supplémentaire, on ne s &apos; attend pas à ce que les **prix** augmentent.
  ([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 19701309)

## protection

Used about 296 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 296).

- Ms. Elzbieta MODZELEWSKA WACHEL, President, Office for Competition and **Consumer** Protection
  Ms. Elzbieta MODZELEWSKA WACHEL, President, Office for Competition and Consumer **Protection**
  ([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 7525124)

## More sentences

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

- Many **consumer** reviews on Amazon are fake.
  De nombreuses appréciations de clients sur Amazon sont fausses.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1799723](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1799723) [\#1800074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1800074))

- Among the manufacturers of so-called **consumer** electronics, there's ruthless, cut-throat competition.
  Entre les fabricants de ce que l'on nomme « l'électronique grand public » règne une concurrence impitoyable, à mort.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Objectivesea and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1625101](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1625101) [\#1631118](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1631118))

- How can we improve rational use of pharmaceuticals at the level of the health care prescriber and the **consumer**?
  Comment pouvons-nous améliorer l'utilisation rationnelle des médicaments du côté du prescripteur et du bénéficiaire de soins de santé?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 475399)

## Grammar

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