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# deep — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: deep (31 711), deeps (12). By style: everyday 217 · literary 34 · biblical 54 · parliamentary 1 951 · legal and administrative 1 821 · UN documents 27 646.

## profond

Used about 13 654 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 108 · literary ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 17 · parliamentary ≈ 935 · legal and administrative ≈ 728 · UN documents ≈ 11 848). Forms: profond, profonde, profondes.

- This lake is **deep**.
  Ce lac est **profond**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#59351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/59351) [\#3439322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3439322))

- Again she was silent; then with **deep** regret she said:
  Elle se tut encore, puis, avec un regret **profond**:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2199)

- That which is, is far off and exceedingly **deep**. Who can find it out?
  Ce qui est loin, ce qui est **profond**, profond, qui peut l’atteindre?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 7:24)

- **Deep**-sea drilling licences must be tightly controlled.
  Les licences de forage en eau **profonde** doivent être étroitement contrôlées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1407182)

- Lowland, **deep**, low alkalinity, clear
  Plaine, **profond**, alcalinité faible, clair
  ([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 1414068)

## eau

Used about 7 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 2).

- Still waters run **deep**.
  Il faut se méfier de l'**eau** qui dort.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Narda · checked, community translation · [\#25447](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25447) [\#1016267](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1016267))

- When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the **deep** and let down your nets for a catch.”
  Lorsqu’il eut cessé de parler, il dit à Simon: Avance en pleine **eau**, et jetez vos filets pour pêcher.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 5:4)

- The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The **deep** roared and lifted up its hands on high.
  A ton aspect, les montagnes tremblent; Des torrents d’**eau** se précipitent; L’abîme fait entendre sa voix, Il lève ses mains en haut.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HAB 3:10)

## More sentences

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

- My uncle has a **deep** interest in art.
  Mon oncle a un grand intérêt pour l'art.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and KotobaNiko · checked, community translation · [\#65066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/65066) [\#10816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10816))

- When I take a **deep** breath, a pain runs down the right side of my back.
  Lorsque j'inspire profondément, une douleur me lance le long du côté droit de mon dos.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1260111](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1260111) [\#1729083](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1729083))

- How **deep** is this well?
  Quelle est la profondeur de ce puits ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and pititnatole · checked, community translation · [\#3818573](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3818573) [\#5369241](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5369241))

## 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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