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# different — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: different (209 392), differents (3). By style: everyday 639 · literary 17 · biblical 17 · parliamentary 20 708 · legal and administrative 26 852 · UN documents 161 162.

## différentes

Used about 157 018 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 493 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 11 648 · legal and administrative ≈ 18 461 · UN documents ≈ 126 402). Forms: différent, différente, différentes, différents.

- It's very **different**.
  C'est fort **différent**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#5000866](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5000866) [\#6157177](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6157177))

- There have been twenty **different** phrases between these two extremes.
  Vingt locutions **différentes** ont passé entre ces deux extrêmes.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21488)

- Four great animals came up from the sea, **different** from one another.
  Et quatre grands animaux sortirent de la mer, **différents** l’un de l’autre.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 7:3)

- Of course, we all have **different** views on that.
  Bien sûr, nous avons tous des opinions **différentes** à ce sujet.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1278842)

- Mixtures of salts having **different** anions
  mélanges de sels ayant **différents** anions
  ([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 4168284)

## ont

Used about 9 925 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 431 · UN documents ≈ 9 480).

- They have a **different** opinion regarding your problem.
  En ce qui concerne votre problème, ils **ont** des opinions divergentes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rkqb and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1484985](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1484985) [\#3643151](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3643151))

- In representative actions, the latter have no separate interest **different** from that of the injured parties they represent.
  Dans les actions représentatives, ils n'**ont** aucun intérêt distinct en dehors de l'intérêt des parties lésées qu'ils représentent.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 922673)

- Twelve experts from **different** regions were invited.
  Douze experts de plusieurs régions **ont** été conviés à cette réunion.
  ([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 13804134)

- Then the revised versions 2.0 were agreed for two **different** power to mass ratio classes (up to 22 kW/t and &gt; 22 kW/t up to 34 kW/t).
  Les versions 2.0 révisées **ont** alors été acceptées pour deux classes d &apos; indices puissancemasse (jusqu &apos; à 22 kW/t et de 22 kW/t à 34 kW/t).
  ([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 28155426)

- In addition, the conference assessed **different** domestic policies and strategies in countries affected by desertification. The conference integrated a rich variety of cultural and ecological activities associated with deserts.
  Ils **ont** évalué les politiques et stratégies nationales adoptées dans les pays touchés et pris connaissance d &apos; une vaste gamme d &apos; activités culturelles et écologiques liées aux déserts.
  ([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 17569347)

## autre

Used about 4 200 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 53 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 3 020 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 119).

- Give me a **different** one.
  Donnez-m'en un **autre**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#8152524](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8152524) [\#8418529](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8418529))

- All these hopes were exchanged between the **different** groups in a sort of gay and formidable whisper which resembled the warlike hum of a hive of bees.
  Toutes ces espérances s'échangeaient d'un groupe à l'**autre** dans une sorte de chuchotement gai et redoutable qui ressemblait au bourdonnement de guerre d'une ruche d'abeilles.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25556)

- until there arose a **different** king who didn’t know Joseph.
  jusqu’à ce que parut un **autre** roi, qui n’avait pas connu Joseph.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 7:18)

- The reality is quite **different**.
  La réalité est tout **autre**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1405445)

- However the next day (30 September 2000) a demonstration of an entirely **different** nature was said to have taken place, with roads being blocked in Palermo and in other Provinces.
  Le lendemain (30 septembre 2000), toutefois, la manifestation devait se dérouler d'une tout **autre** manière, avec des barrages routiers à Palerme et dans d'autres provinces.
  ([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 824824)

## More sentences

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

- There are three **different** types of people in the world: those who can count, and those who can't.
  Il y a trois sortes de gens dans le monde : ceux qui savent compter et ceux qui ne le savent pas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tomkun01 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#539572](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/539572) [\#540201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/540201))

- Understand that everyone has **different** perspectives, so choose your words wisely to foster respect.
  Comprends que tout le monde a son point de vue, et choisis correctement tes mots pour instaurer le respect.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Nuel and genes1s · checked, community translation · [\#12127671](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12127671) [\#13330006](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13330006))

- Love and desire are two **different** things; not everything that is loved is wanted, nor is everything that is wanted loved.
  L'amour et le désir ne se confondent pas ; tout ce qui est aimé n'est pas désiré, et tout ce qui est désiré n'est pas aimé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#7802797](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7802797) [\#10694873](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10694873))

## 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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