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# contrary — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: contrary (39 020). By style: everyday 40 · literary 6 · biblical 23 · parliamentary 5 044 · legal and administrative 4 844 · UN documents 29 063.

## contraire

Used about 25 438 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 35 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 4 098 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 734 · UN documents ≈ 17 559). Forms: contraire, contrairement.

- It is **contrary** to reason.
  C'est **contraire** à la raison.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by orcrist and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#42036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/42036) [\#549794](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/549794))

- “Quite possible, on the **contrary**,” returned Mr. Fogg.
  --Très possible, au **contraire**, répondit Mr. Fogg.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 142)

- saying, “This man persuades men to worship God **contrary** to the law.”
  en disant: Cet homme excite les gens à servir Dieu d’une manière **contraire** à la loi.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 18:13)

- On the **contrary**, it diminishes them.
  Au **contraire**, il les réduit.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 469731)

- Proof to the **contrary** may include registration.
  La preuve du **contraire** peut comprendre l'enregistrement.
  ([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 251808)

## More sentences

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

- "I think you like your job." "On the **contrary**, I hate it."
  « J'imagine que votre travail vous plaît. » « Pas du tout, je le déteste. »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#73973](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/73973) [\#126660](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/126660))

- The winds blow **contrary** to what ships wish.
  Le vent ne souffle pas au gré des navires.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and samir\_t · checked, community translation · [\#8721726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8721726) [\#8721640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8721640))

- As for me, on the **contrary**, I do not consider Japanese a difficult language.
  Moi, par contre, je ne trouve pas que le japonais soit une langue difficile.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ooneykcall and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#10728379](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10728379) [\#2838910](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2838910))

## 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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