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# decree — English to French

How English *decree* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: decree (45 210), decrees (5 523). By style: everyday 2 · literary 4 · biblical 56 · parliamentary 471 · legal and administrative 2 934 · UN documents 47 266.

## décret

Used about 45 397 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 353 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 201 · UN documents ≈ 42 835). Forms: décret, décrets.

- Putin signed a **decree** about the appointment of a new government.
  Poutine a signé un **décret** portant sur la nomination d'un nouveau gouvernement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Nylez and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#9386502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9386502) [\#10490763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10490763))

- Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the **decree**.
  Là-dessus le roi Darius écrivit le **décret** et la défense.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 6:9)

- There are special hudud **decrees** for this purpose.
  Des **décrets** hudud spéciaux existent à cet effet.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 987634)

- A draft **decree** sets this proportion at 93 %.
  Un projet de **décret** fixe cette proportion à 93 %.
  ([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 2258691)

- Laws and **decrees**, including:
  Lois et **décret**, dont :
  ([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 29437503)

## no

Used about 1 015 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 31 · UN documents ≈ 985).

- BEF 27496000 (approximately EUR 681608) by way of a reduced tax fine (table G annexed to Royal **Decree** No 41),
  à titre d’amende fiscale réduite (tableau G annexé à l’AR **no** 41): 27496000 BEF, soit environ 681608 EUR,
  ([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 2248858)

- Regulations on special basic education, approved by Supreme **Decree** No. 002-2005-ED
  Règlement de l &apos; éducation de base spéciale, approuvé par D.S. **no** 0022005ED,
  ([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 13589729)

- - Presidential **Decree** No. 414 of 7 September 2007 on amendments and additions to certain Presidential **Decrees** regarding residential construction.
  - Presidential Decree **No**. 414 of 7 September 2007 on amendments and additions to certain Presidential Decrees regarding residential construction.
  ([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 22484365)

## More sentences

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

- There is a new prefectural **decree**.
  Il y a un nouvel arrêté préfectoral.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tjwhale and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#11032037](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11032037) [\#8660324](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8660324))

- Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a **decree**.
  Thathnaï, gouverneur de ce côté du fleuve, Schethar-Boznaï, et leurs collègues, se conformèrent ponctuellement à cet ordre que leur envoya le roi Darius.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 6:13)

- Therefore I made a **decree** to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
  J’ordonnai qu’on fît venir devant moi tous les sages de Babylone, afin qu’ils me donnassent l’explication du songe.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 4:6)

## Grammar

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