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# expand — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: expand (27 212), expands (1 201). By style: everyday 17 · literary 1 · parliamentary 917 · legal and administrative 778 · UN documents 26 700.

## élargir

Used about 7 231 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 162 · legal and administrative ≈ 114 · UN documents ≈ 6 953). Forms: élargir, élargit.

- The ray of reason must **expand** again.
  Le rayon de la raison doit à nouveau s'**élargir**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#4257301](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4257301) [\#4257302](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4257302))

- We are looking for new players to **expand** the base.
  Nous cherchons de nouveaux joueurs pour **élargir** la base.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1432661)

- The EPBD **expands** the scope of Member States' LTRSs.
  La DPEB **élargit** le champ d'application des SRLT des États membres.
  ([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 4851932)

- Nevertheless, it was able to **expand** its activities.
  Il a cependant pu **élargir** son champ d’action.
  ([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 5773521)

- Is it necessary to **expand** human knowledge with space exploration?
  Est-il nécessaire d'**élargir** la connaissance de l'Homme à travers l'exploration de l'espace ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by doswans and TRANG · checked, community translation · [\#330617](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/330617) [\#3963](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3963))

## développer

Used about 2 400 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 86 · legal and administrative ≈ 87 · UN documents ≈ 2 225).

- Could you please **expand** the topic?
  Pourriez-vous **développer** le sujet ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2883417](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2883417) [\#8587002](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8587002))

- The real economy of our countries needs new impetus to **expand**.
  L'économie réelle de nos pays nécessite de nouvelles impulsions afin de se **développer**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1994493)

- **expand** existing heat or cold generation capacity.
  **développer** les capacités de production de chaleur ou de froid existantes.
  ([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 4570572)

- (c) Continue its efforts to **expand** pre-school education;
  c) De poursuivre ses efforts pour **développer** l &apos; enseignement préscolaire;
  ([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 7922321)

- People want more money to **expand** educational institutions.
  Les gens veulent plus d'argent pour **développer** les institutions éducatives.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and SUZIE · checked, community translation · [\#19107](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19107) [\#9190](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9190))

## étendre

Used about 1 926 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 96 · legal and administrative ≈ 157 · UN documents ≈ 1 669).

- The company has decided to **expand** its business to Germany.
  L'entreprise a décidé d'**étendre** son activité en Allemagne.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3391013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3391013) [\#3392366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3392366))

- We support anything that improves and **expands** the internal market.
  Nous soutenons tout ce qui peut améliorer et **étendre** le marché intérieur.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1488958)

- **Expand** and improve transport infrastructures
  **Étendre** et améliorer les infrastructures de transports
  ([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 834973)

- To that end, it is proposed to **expand** the supply of housing with State participation.
  Il est prévu d &apos; **étendre** l &apos; offre de logements grâce à la participation de l &apos; État.
  ([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 29616154)

- The fire, which has been raging for over a week in eastern California, continues to **expand**.
  L'incendie, qui sévit depuis plus d'une semaine dans l'est de la Californie, continue de s'**étendre**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and RaspaKrusto · checked, community translation · [\#6693783](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6693783) [\#2706972](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2706972))

## More sentences

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

- The company shelved plans to **expand** into Asia.
  L'entreprise a abandonné ses projets d'expansion en Asie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3206146](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3206146) [\#11906920](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11906920))

- Humanity will **expand** to the stars.
  L'humanité se propagera vers les étoiles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11668582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11668582) [\#11838196](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11838196))

- It'd definitely be worth it to **expand** on your idea.
  Ton idée vaut sûrement le coup d'être explorée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by xellugis and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1241181](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1241181) [\#939232](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/939232))

## 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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