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# emergency — English to French

How English *emergency* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: emergencies (16 348), emergency (103 811). By style: everyday 102 · literary 1 · parliamentary 3 143 · legal and administrative 9 088 · UN documents 107 825.

## urgence

Used about 91 883 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 94 · parliamentary ≈ 2 685 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 236 · UN documents ≈ 80 869). Forms: urgence, urgences.

- I've got an **emergency**.
  J'ai une **urgence**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Maxence · checked, community translation · [\#2359630](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2359630) [\#7695446](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7695446))

- The **emergency** phase is over.
  La phase d'**urgence** est terminée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 244231)

- other in-flight **emergencies**.
  d’autres situations d’**urgence** en vol.
  ([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 1471778)

- Tenth **emergency** special session
  Dixième session extraordinaire d &apos; **urgence**
  ([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 14960809)

- We've got an **emergency**.
  On a une **urgence**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3310205](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3310205) [\#12629236](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12629236))

## secours

Used about 6 315 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 33 · legal and administrative ≈ 663 · UN documents ≈ 5 616).

- Where's the **emergency** exit?
  Où est la sortie de **secours** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#317955](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/317955) [\#390114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390114))

- Or should we go so far as to get rid of mobile phones and **emergency** telephones?
  Ou peut-être devons-nous aller jusqu'à supprimer les téléphones portables et les bornes de **secours**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1965207)

- **Emergency** exits signs missing or illegible.
  Signalisation des issues de **secours** manquante ou illisible
  ([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 2039625)

- 1/ 700 mm in the case of an **emergency** door.
  1/ 700 mm dans le cas d &apos; une porte de **secours**:
  ([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 21061628)

- That building has no **emergency** exit.
  Ce bâtiment n'a pas d'issue de **secours**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by adjusting and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#478190](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/478190) [\#478711](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/478711))

## situations

Used about 4 620 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 33 · legal and administrative ≈ 95 · UN documents ≈ 4 493).

- Sometimes there are what you might call neighbour disputes, but in **emergencies** like this we see the value of good neighbourliness.
  Les voisins ont parfois des problèmes, mais des **situations** de détresse telles que celle-ci révèlent également la valeur de l'aide qu'ils peuvent s'apporter.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 360708)

- the beneficiaries of grants in connection with humanitarian aid, civil protection **emergency** operations and the management of crisis situations, save in respect of payments of balances;
  les bénéficiaires de subventions en matière d’aide humanitaire, d’opérations urgentes de protection civile et de gestion des **situations** de crise, sauf pour les paiements de solde;
  ([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 2748316)

- Humanitarian **emergency** information and advocacy
  Information et mobilisation dans les **situations**
  ([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 19729159)

- **Emergencies** may occur on site at the facility or off site during transportation.
  Les **situations** d &apos; urgences peuvent intervenir sur le site de l &apos; installation ou hors du site, pendant le transport.
  ([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 12856289)

- Private sector enterprises also have a responsibility to provide information before and during **emergencies**.
  Il incombe aussi aux entreprises du secteur privé de communiquer des informations avant et durant les **situations** de crise.
  ([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 19074090)

## cas

Used about 3 471 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 98 · UN documents ≈ 3 370).

- I'm going to lay aside that money for **emergencies**.
  Je vais mettre cet argent de côté en **cas** de besoin.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CS and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#50596](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/50596) [\#986334](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/986334))

- One of the secret instructions of the police authorities to their agents contains this article: “Always have on hand a hackney-coach, in case of **emergency**.”
  Une des instructions secrètes de la police aux agents contient cet article:--«Avoir toujours à portée une voiture de place, en **cas**».
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27758)

- I received the answer, 'Everyone in the queue is an **emergency** case'.
  Sur quoi on m'a rétorqué : "tous les patients qui font la queue chez nous sont des **cas** aussi urgents les uns que les autres."
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 119108)

- The cases of Afghanistan and, more recently, Iraq, well illustrated the way in which communicable diseases could spread during **emergencies**.
  Le **cas** de l &apos; Afghanistan, et celui plus récent de l &apos; Iraq, illustrent bien le phénomène de la propagation des maladies transmissibles en période de crise.
  ([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 10623914)

- Therefore, a strong political will is needed for a more efficient and rapid response to **emergencies**.
  Une volonté politique ferme est donc nécessaire pour améliorer l'efficacité et la rapidité de notre réaction en **cas** de catastrophes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1453793)

## aide

Used about 1 123 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 123).

- The United Nations coordinated the provision of **emergency** assistance to those displaced by the fighting.
  L &apos; ONU a coordonné la fourniture d &apos; une **aide** humanitaire aux personnes déplacées par les combats.
  ([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 19528603)

## More sentences

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

- He pushed the **emergency** button.
  Il appuya sur le bouton de l'alarme.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#303008](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/303008) [\#1170482](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1170482))

- The database and information technology exists to establish the necessary communications between national and regional authorities, **emergency** response experts and the public.
  Les bases de données et la technologie de l'information permettent d'établir les communications nécessaires entre les autorités nationales et régionales, les experts et le public.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2004943)

- The **emergency** regime must not lead to an increase in infringements of fundamental freedoms.
  Le régime d’exception ne doit pas entraîner un accroissement des atteintes aux libertés fondamentales.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 528838)

## 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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