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# death — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: death (89 602), deaths (25 560). By style: everyday 647 · literary 90 · biblical 347 · parliamentary 7 265 · legal and administrative 2 037 · UN documents 104 776.

## décès

Used about 44 415 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 64 · parliamentary ≈ 1 816 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 061 · UN documents ≈ 41 474).

- No **deaths** were reported.
  Aucun **décès** n'a été déclaré.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4501750](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4501750) [\#7839222](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7839222))

- We hope to halve the number of **deaths** by 2010.
  Nous espérons réduire de moitié le nombre des **décès** d’ici à 2010.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 808441)

- **death** of a child: four days;
  **décès** d'un enfant: quatre jours;
  ([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 3024571)

- Baby **deaths** per 1,000 new-born
  **Décès** de nourrissons pour 1 000 nouveaux-nés
  ([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 972663)

- Ten years have gone by since his **death**.
  Dix ans se sont écoulés depuis son **décès**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#286503](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/286503) [\#499430](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/499430))

## mort

Used about 33 829 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 477 · literary ≈ 66 · biblical ≈ 291 · parliamentary ≈ 4 087 · legal and administrative ≈ 530 · UN documents ≈ 28 377). Forms: mort, morts.

- Tom faked his **death**.
  Tom a simulé sa **mort**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Maxence · checked, community translation · [\#1025822](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1025822) [\#7698872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7698872))

- **Death**, I make use of thee, but I hate thee.
  **Mort**, je me sers de toi, mais je te hais.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24249)

- “**Death**, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”
  O **mort**, où est ta victoire? O mort, où est ton aiguillon?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 15:55)

- When there have been a billion **deaths**?
  Quand le bilan s'élèvera à un million de **morts**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 878441)

- Dispositions of property upon **death** other than agreements as to succession
  Dispositions à cause de **mort** autres que les pactes successoraux
  ([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 2654767)

## nombre

Used about 2 451 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 151 · legal and administrative ≈ 106 · UN documents ≈ 2 183).

- Many of the victims either burnt to **death** or suffocated.
  Bon **nombre** des victimes moururent brûlées ou asphyxiées.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Arobaz and Arobaz · checked, community translation · [\#2121062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2121062) [\#2121063](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2121063))

- Amongst other things, you made reference to the lower number of **deaths** resulting from attacks, and the forthcoming elections.
  Vous avez mentionné, entre autres, la diminution du **nombre** de victimes d'attaques et les prochaines élections.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1326222)

- Variable 320204: Number of employees in enterprise **deaths**
  Variable 320204: **Nombre** de salariés dans les entreprises ayant cessé leur activité
  ([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 5245247)

- Annual number of maternal **deaths** divided by the annual number of live births, expressed per 100,000.
  **Nombre** annuel de parturientes décédées divisé par le nombre annuel de naissances vivantes, ramené à 100 000.
  ([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 11997756)

- We should leave no stone unturned to achieve the Community target of reducing **deaths** on the roads to 25 000 by 2010.
  Tout doit être tenté pour réaliser notre objectif commun qui est de réduire le **nombre** de victimes à 25.000 d'ici 2010.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1815816)

## cas

Used about 1 264 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 151 · legal and administrative ≈ 21 · UN documents ≈ 1 091).

- Yemen: **death** penalty against juvenile offenders, notably the case of Muhammed Taher Thabet Samoum (
  Yémen: poursuites contre des mineurs délinquants, notamment le **cas** de Muhammed Taher Thabet Samoum (
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1504293)

- Neonatal mortality includes an estimated 600000 infection-related **deaths** per year, a proportion of which may be addressed through maternal immunisation.
  On estime à 600000 par an les **cas** de mortalité néonatale liés à des maladies infectieuses, dont une partie pourrait être évitée grâce à la vaccination maternelle.
  ([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 3776114)

- In addition, difficulties were increasing for patients requiring emergency care to leave Gaza, sometimes resulting in the **death** of the patients concerned.
  Les patients ayant besoin de soins médicaux urgents ont de plus en plus de difficultés à quitter Gaza et en meurent dans certains **cas**.
  ([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 19959906)

- The rate of maternal mortality is among the highest in the world; that is also the case for **deaths** of infants and children.
  Le taux de mortalité maternelle compte parmi les plus élevés du globe. C’est également le **cas** de la mortalité néonatale et infantile.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 562057)

## peine

Used about 1 167 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 76 · UN documents ≈ 1 091).

- His colleague Lobsang Dhondup also faces a **death** penalty, without reprieve.
  Son assistant, Lobsang Dhondup, a été condamné à la **peine** capitale avec effet immédiat.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 406119)

- Since 1 January 2007, approval of the **death** penalty was entrusted to the Supreme People &apos; s Court alone.
  Depuis le 1er janvier 2007, l &apos; approbation de la **peine** capitale est confiée à la seule Cour populaire suprême.
  ([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 20425134)

## More sentences

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

- Her **death** was a great shock to me.
  Ce fut un grand choc pour moi lorsqu'elle mourut.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#309335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/309335) [\#133765](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/133765))

- Millions of people across the world are mourning the **death** of Nelson Mandela.
  Des millions de gens du monde entier pleurent la disparition de Nelson Mandela.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#2906579](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2906579) [\#2909099](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2909099))

- Many officials starved to **death**.
  Beaucoup d'officiels moururent de faim.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#10913120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10913120) [\#12969582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12969582))

## 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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