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# example — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: example (192 955), examples (43 146). By style: everyday 248 · literary 13 · biblical 17 · parliamentary 31 901 · legal and administrative 19 327 · UN documents 184 595.

## exemple

Used about 192 809 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 238 · literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 27 581 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 911 · UN documents ≈ 148 061). Forms: exemple, exemples.

- Give me an **example**.
  Donne-moi un **exemple**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Shishir and Goofy · checked, community translation · [\#594602](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/594602) [\#489580](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/489580))

- Rome sets the **example** for these things as well as for others.
  Pour ces choses-là comme pour d'autres, Rome donne l'**exemple**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27309)

- For I have given you an **example**, that you should also do as I have done to you.
  car je vous ai donné un **exemple**, afin que vous fassiez comme je vous ai fait.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 13:15)

- I will give some **examples**.
  Je vous donne quelques **exemples**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2013743)

- It includes, for **example**:
  Elle comprend, par **exemple**:
  ([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 739315)

## quelques

Used about 3 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3).

- Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for **examples**.
  **Quelques** vieillards, en se vantant continuellement de leur jeunesse, nous persuaderaient presque qu'ils n'étaient pas des idiots à cette époque ; mais malheureusement ils se sont laissés eux-mêmes comme preuves.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#411995](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/411995) [\#411999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/411999))

## donner

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- This was not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an **example** to you, that you should imitate us.
  Ce n’est pas que nous n’en eussions le droit, mais nous avons voulu vous **donner** en nous-mêmes un modèle à imiter.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2TH 3:9)

- In all things I gave you an **example**, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
  Je vous ai montré de toutes manières que c’est en travaillant ainsi qu’il faut soutenir les faibles, et se rappeler les paroles du Seigneur, qui a dit lui-même: Il y a plus de bonheur à **donner** qu’à recevoir.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 20:35)

## More sentences

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

- A straight line is a trivial **example** of a curve.
  Une ligne droite est un cas particulier de courbe.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MUIRIEL and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#482156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/482156) [\#552458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/552458))

- Some English words have two spellings - "gray" and "grey", for **example**.
  Certains mots anglais comme « gray » ou « grey » ont deux orthographes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and Quazel · checked, community translation · [\#26346](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/26346) [\#9853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9853))

- Pens and pencils are **examples** of writing tools.
  Stylos et crayons font partie des outils pour l'écriture.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Christophe · checked, community translation · [\#33785](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/33785) [\#1677581](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1677581))

## 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/).

## About these examples

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