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# element — English to French

How English *element* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: element (41 787), elements (104 193). By style: everyday 33 · literary 6 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 8 328 · legal and administrative 22 740 · UN documents 114 871.

## élément

Used about 115 746 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 27 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 6 073 · legal and administrative ≈ 19 898 · UN documents ≈ 89 743). Forms: élément, éléments.

- They share a common **element**.
  Ils partagent un **élément** commun.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1549674](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1549674) [\#1549676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1549676))

- The **elements** which constitute the consideration of the gamins for each other are very various.
  Les **éléments** qui constituent la considération des gamins entre eux sont très variés.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12715)

- looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the **elements** will melt with fervent heat?
  tandis que vous attendez et hâtez l’avènement du jour de Dieu, à cause duquel les cieux enflammés se dissoudront et les **éléments** embrasés se fondront!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2PE 3:12)

- In my opinion, this is an essential **element**.
  À mon avis, cet **élément** est primordial.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2032224)

- Name of the **element** (M)
  Nom de l'**élément** (M)
  ([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 4030720)

## More sentences

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

- They have us out-gunned, but we'll have the **element** of surprise.
  Ils ont une plus grande puissance de feu que nous, mais nous bénéficierons de l'effet de surprise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#669583](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/669583) [\#799529](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/799529))

- Wallowing is an important **element** of a good life in pigs.
  Le vautrement fait partie intégrante d'une bonne vie chez les porcs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#5405208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5405208) [\#9463732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9463732))

- Hard work is the main **element** of success.
  Le labeur est la principale composante du succès.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LittleBoy and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#18835](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18835) [\#1015782](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1015782))

## 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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