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# explained — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: explained (37 117), explaineds (1). By style: everyday 133 · literary 10 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 1 628 · legal and administrative 6 651 · UN documents 28 690.

## expliqué

Used about 16 253 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 89 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 017 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 018 · UN documents ≈ 11 125). Forms: expliquer, expliqué.

- He **explained** it to me.
  Il me l'a **expliqué**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#707293](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/707293) [\#8405323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8405323))

- We have already **explained** that the lanterns had not been lighted that night.
  Nous avons **expliqué** que les réverbères n'avaient pas été allumés cette nuit-là.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9862)

- You have not **explained** that, colleagues.
  Chers collègues, vous ne l'avez pas **expliqué**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1575658)

- Furthermore, the fluctuation of investments can be **explained** by the cyclical lifespan of certain machinery.
  Par ailleurs, la fluctuation des investissements peut s'**expliquer** par le cycle de vie de certains équipements.
  ([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 718455)

- This difference in the wages of men and women can only be **explained** as gender-related.
  Cette différence ne peut s’**expliquer** que par le sexe.
  ([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 4861403)

## More sentences

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

- My friend never **explained** anything to me.
  Mon ami ne donnait jamais d'explications.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#9114338](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9114338) [\#9114207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9114207))

- He **explained** to my son why it rains.
  Il expliqua à mon fils pourquoi il pleut.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#297935](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/297935) [\#1135232](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1135232))

- He **explained** the political background of the war on TV.
  Il expliqua l'arrière-plan politique de la guerre à la télé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#291881](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/291881) [\#131212](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/131212))

## 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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