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# contains — English to French

How English *contains* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: contains (57 234). By style: everyday 121 · literary 9 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 4 269 · legal and administrative 6 406 · UN documents 46 427.

## contient

Used about 33 348 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 76 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 046 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 137 · UN documents ≈ 27 082).

- This box **contains** five apples.
  Cette boîte **contient** cinq pommes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#57519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57519) [\#348563](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/348563))

- The second **contains** the question of salary.
  Le deuxième **contient** la question du salaire.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18277)

- “The Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink of your sister’s cup, which is deep and large. You will be ridiculed and held in derision. It **contains** much.
  Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Tu boiras la coupe de ta sœur, Tu la boiras large et profonde; Elle te rendra un objet de risée et de moquerie; Elle **contient** beaucoup.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 23:32)

- However, the report **contains** a few points which make it difficult to vote in its favour.
  Le rapport **contient** néanmoins quelques points qui rendent son vote difficile.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1210440)

- the product **contains** more than one active substance,
  le produit **contient** plus d’une substance active,
  ([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 2394998)

## annexe

Used about 3 169 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 267 · UN documents ≈ 2 902).

- “reportable cross-border arrangement” means any cross-border arrangement that **contains** at least one of the hallmarks set out in Annex IV.
  “dispositif transfrontière devant faire l'objet d'une déclaration” : tout dispositif transfrontière comportant au moins l'un des marqueurs figurant à l'**annexe** IV.
  ([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 4562234)

- The third document is an examination for translating Luganda into Arabic (see annex 37); it is interesting because of the nature of the questions it **contains**.
  Le troisième est un examen de traduction du luganda en arabe (voir **annexe** 37), dont l’intérêt réside dans la nature des questions posées.
  ([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 30174551)

- Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 **contains** active substances which have a more favourable environmental or human or animal health profile.
  L’**annexe** I du règlement (UE) no 528/2012 énumère les substances actives qui présentent des caractéristiques plus favorables pour l’environnement ou la santé humaine ou animale.
  ([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 5089583)

- The annex **contains** limit values for NOx, expressed as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) equivalents, and for hydrocarbons, most of which are VOCs.
  25. On trouvera dans l &apos; **annexe** des valeurs limites pour les NOx, exprimées en équivalents de dioxyde d &apos; azote (NO2), et pour les hydrocarbures, dont la plupart sont des COV.
  ([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 6228740)

- Supplementary information on significant variances is presented in annex II. Annex III **contains** information on planned and actual deployment of military and civilian personnel during the period under review.
  L &apos; **annexe** III précise le déploiement prévu et effectif du personnel militaire et du personnel civil pendant la période considérée.
  ([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 7704016)

## comporte

Used about 2 740 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 534 · legal and administrative ≈ 267 · UN documents ≈ 1 934).

- This sentence **contains** an error.
  Cette phrase **comporte** une erreur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1042469](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1042469) [\#1042462](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1042462))

- As far as I understood, it **contains** six points, and I will address them one by one.
  Si je ne me trompe, elle **comporte** six points, que je vais aborder un par un.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 863773)

- The complaint only **contains** an estimation of the injury elimination level for 2018 of 22 %.
  La plainte ne **comporte** qu’une estimation du niveau d’élimination du préjudice pour 2018, à savoir 22 %.
  ([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 5150402)

- (a) the proper shipping name of which **contains** the word &quot; STABILIZED &quot; ; and
  a) dont la désignation officielle de transport **comporte** la mention &quot; STABILISÉ &quot; ; et
  ([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 7486402)

- Your paper **contains** too many mistakes.
  Ton article **comporte** beaucoup trop d'erreurs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#70435](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/70435) [\#1486010](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1486010))

## More sentences

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

- The sentence **contains** two subjects, namely, Tom and Mary.
  Dans la phrase, il y a deux sujets : Tom et Marie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12965532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12965532) [\#12965505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12965505))

- Tatoeba now **contains** five hundred fifty-five Klingon sentences.
  Tatoeba a maintenant 555 phrases en Klingon.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Vortarulo and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#738872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/738872) [\#1675535](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1675535))

- The sentence **contains** two subjects, namely, Tom and Mary.
  La phrase a deux sujets, c.-à-d. Tom et Marie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12965532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12965532) [\#12965499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12965499))

## Grammar

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