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# examine — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: examine (42 758), examines (4 371). By style: everyday 34 · literary 6 · biblical 39 · parliamentary 3 198 · legal and administrative 4 212 · UN documents 39 640.

## examine

Used about 30 178 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 25 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 065 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 896 · UN documents ≈ 25 188). Forms: examine, examiner.

- I have to **examine** you.
  Je dois t'**examiner**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MarijnKp and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#895173](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/895173) [\#9436403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9436403))

- A novelty, a revolution, a catastrophe had just taken place in the depths of his being; and he had something upon which to **examine** himself.
  Une nouveauté, une révolution, une catastrophe, venait de se passer au fond de lui-même; et il y avait de quoi s'**examiner**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28532)

- But let each man **examine** his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.
  Que chacun **examine** ses propres œuvres, et alors il aura sujet de se glorifier pour lui seul, et non par rapport à autrui;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 6:4)

- Parliament **examines** three reports every year.
  Le Parlement **examine** trois rapports chaque année.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 368694)

- That report shall, inter alia, **examine**:
  Ce rapport **examine**, entre autres:
  ([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 2635071)

## More sentences

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

- I'll **examine** it for myself.
  Je l'examinerai moi-même.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#2544288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2544288) [\#3862624](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3862624))

- You should have a doctor **examine** your condition.
  Vous devriez voir un docteur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Christiane · checked, community translation · [\#239024](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239024) [\#740016](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/740016))

- Dentists **examine** teeth with x-rays.
  Les dentistes examinent les dents au moyen de rayons X.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sam\_m and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1580258](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1580258) [\#1580336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1580336))

## 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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