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# definition — English to French

How English *definition* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: definition (78 590), definitions (32 786). By style: everyday 24 · literary 2 · parliamentary 4 936 · legal and administrative 21 503 · UN documents 84 911.

## définition

Used about 92 838 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 23 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 4 370 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 799 · UN documents ≈ 71 644). Forms: définition, définitions.

- What is the **definition**?
  Quelle est la **définition** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11541644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11541644) [\#11541649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11541649))

- The law of all is liberty, which ends where the liberty of others begins, according to Robespierre’s admirable **definition**.
  La loi de tous, c'est la liberté, qui finit où commence la liberté d'autrui, selon l'admirable **définition** de Robespierre.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21617)

- The new tax is, by **definition**, unfair.
  La nouvelle taxe est injuste par **définition**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 842270)

- **Definition** of Z-Z line
  **Définition** de la ligne Z - Z
  ([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 5529220)

- I. **Definition** of produce
  I. **Définition** du produit
  ([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 26318749)

## entend

Used about 5 801 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 4 032 · UN documents ≈ 1 769).

- The following **definitions** shall also apply:
  On **entend** également par:
  ([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 1549789)

- For the purpose of this regulation, the following **definitions** shall apply:
  Aux fins du présent Règlement, on **entend** par:
  ([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 26408621)

- For the purposes of this Agreement, the following **definitions** apply:
  Aux fins du présent accord, on **entend** par:
  ([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 353963)

- 2.1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following **definitions** shall apply:
  2.1 Aux fins du présent Règlement, on **entend** par:
  ([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 19259849)

- For the purposes of this Chapter, the following **definitions** apply:
  Aux fins du présent chapitre, on **entend** par:
  ([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 4006253)

## présent

Used about 51 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 51).

- Indeed, he has pointed out, as we well know, that the Convention is now entering its own critical moment of **definition**.
  En effet, il a indiqué, comme nous le savons bien, que la Convention entame à **présent** une étape cruciale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 458815)

## More sentences

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

- Bodybuilding is his hobby so he has a very firm tight body with lots of muscle **definition**.
  La musculation est son passe-temps c'est pourquoi il a un corps très ferme avec des muscles bien découpés.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#292743](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/292743) [\#131370](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/131370))

- We are at a crossroads in the **definition** of what the future reform of the common agricultural policy must be.
  par écrit. - Nous sommes à un moment charnière pour définir ce que devra être la future réforme de la politique agricole commune.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1405385)

- There is, however, no **definition** of such donations in the directive, and significant differences exist among the Member States as to what it really means in practice.
  Toutefois, la directive ne définit pas ces dons, alors que leur signification pratique varie fortement d'un État membre à l'autre.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1830725)

## 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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