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# earth — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: earth (23 922), earths (387). By style: everyday 434 · literary 86 · biblical 781 · parliamentary 1 026 · legal and administrative 2 084 · UN documents 19 898.

## terre

Used about 9 329 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 362 · literary ≈ 72 · biblical ≈ 716 · parliamentary ≈ 394 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 064 · UN documents ≈ 6 722). Forms: terre, terres.

- The **earth** is round.
  La **Terre** est ronde.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#277121](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/277121) [\#831548](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/831548))

- “It will be given to the **earth**.”
  --On la portera en **terre**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11725)

- After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the **earth**.
  Sept jours après, les eaux du déluge furent sur la **terre**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 7:10)

- The **Earth**'s climate has waited long enough.
  Le climat de la **Terre** attend depuis trop longtemps.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1303230)

- Chamotte or dinas **earth**
  **Terres** de chamotte ou de dinas
  ([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 4991410)

## rares

Used about 4 951 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 379 · UN documents ≈ 4 571).

- Rare **earths** are a key element of the European economy.
  Les terres **rares** sont essentielles à l'économie européenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1513453)

- The valuable constituent is loparite containing more than 70% of all the rare **earths**.
  La composante utile est la loparite, contenant plus de 70 % de toutes les terres **rares**.
  ([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 5235089)

- Do we have a procedure at the WTO regarding rare **earths**?
  Disposons-nous d'une procédure à l'OMC sur les terres **rares**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1513280)

- China, the world &apos; s largest producer of rare **earths**, accounts for over 97.3 per cent, or 130,000 metric tons, of the global supplies.
  67. La Chine, premier producteur mondial de terres **rares**, représente plus de 97,3 % de l &apos; offre mondiale, soit 130 000 tonnes métriques.
  ([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 28621039)

- Thirdly, the recovery of rare **earths** from recycling.
  Troisièmement, je voudrais aborder la récupération de terres **rares** par le recyclage.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1513285)

## siliceuses

Used about 478 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 478).

- I. GOODS OF SILICEOUS FOSSIL MEALS OR OF SIMILAR SILICEOUS **EARTHS**, AND REFRACTORY GOODS
  I. PRODUITS EN FARINES **SILICEUSES** FOSSILES OU EN TERRES SILICEUSES ANALOGUES ET PRODUITS RÉFRACTAIRES
  ([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 4392621)

- Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals or **earth**
  Briques, dalles, carreaux et autres produits céramiques en farines **siliceuses** fossiles ou en terres siliceuses
  ([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 3406392)

- Non-refractory clay building bricks (excluding of siliceous fossil meals or **earths**)
  Briques de construction en céramique non réfractaire (à l'exclusion des briques en farines **siliceuses** fossiles ou en terres siliceuses)
  ([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 4082096)

- Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods, other than of siliceous fossil meals or **earths**
  Briques, dalles, carreaux et matériaux céramiques réfractaires de construction, autres que ceux en farines **siliceuses** fossiles ou en terres siliceuses
  ([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 3367612)

- Non-refractory clay flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like (excluding of siliceous fossil meals or **earths**)
  Hourdis, cache-poutrelles et articles similaires en céramique non réfractaire (à l’exclusion des produits en farines **siliceuses** fossiles ou en terres siliceuses)
  ([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 2995201)

## More sentences

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

- Paradise on **earth** is where I am.
  Le paradis terrestre est où je suis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#2885456](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2885456) [\#2885447](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2885447))

- Sodium is one of the most abundant elements in the **Earth**'s crust.
  Le sodium est l'un des éléments les plus abondants de la croûte terrestre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Vanilla and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3660652](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3660652) [\#8977171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8977171))

- What on **earth** do you think you're doing?
  Que crois-tu donc être en train de faire ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1079412](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1079412) [\#1370914](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1370914))

## 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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