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# families — English to French

How English *families* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations 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: families (116 919). By style: everyday 48 · literary 5 · biblical 165 · parliamentary 3 861 · legal and administrative 1 264 · UN documents 111 576.

## familles

Used about 102 648 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 165 · parliamentary ≈ 3 539 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 264 · UN documents ≈ 97 629). Forms: famille, familles.

- They have **families**.
  Ils ont des **familles**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2252720](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2252720) [\#5317090](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5317090))

- It seems to be the instinct of certain wretched **families** to break the thread.
  Casser le fil semble être l'instinct de certaines **familles** misérables.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12915)

- The sons of Joseph after their **families**: Manasseh and Ephraim.
  Fils de Joseph, selon leurs **familles**: Manassé et Éphraïm.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 26:28)

- Our thoughts are with the victims and their **families**.
  Nos pensées vont aux victimes et à leurs **familles**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 954182)

- Pensioners and members of their **families**
  Titulaires de pension et membres de leur **famille**
  ([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 447947)

## leurs

Used about 2 407 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 80 · UN documents ≈ 2 325). Forms: leur, leurs.

- They have time to spend with their **families** or to enjoy their hobbies.
  Ils disposent de temps à passer en famille ou à jouir de **leurs** passe-temps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AMIKEMA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#24089](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24089) [\#1421816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1421816))

- It is on behalf of the whole House that I express our most sincere condolences and deepest sympathy to the **families** and friends of these people.
  C'est en votre nom que j'adresse à **leurs** proches nos condoléances les plus sincères ainsi que notre profonde sympathie.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 102721)

- Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their **Families** \[General Assembly resolution 45/158\]b
  Comité pour la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de **leur** familleb \[résolution 45/158 de l &apos; Assemblée générale\]
  ([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 11371685)

- They have time to spend with their **families** or to enjoy their hobbies.
  Elles disposent de temps à passer en famille ou à jouir de **leurs** passe-temps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AMIKEMA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#24089](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24089) [\#1421817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1421817))

## victimes

Used about 2 325 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 325).

- This certificate allows victims &apos; **families** to become permanent members of the Comprehensive Health Insurance.
  Munis de cette attestation, les proches des **victimes** peuvent bénéficier à titre permanent de l &apos; assurance maladie intégrale.
  ([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 18572263)

## More sentences

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

- One hundred thousand **families** and twelve million cattle are on the brink of starvation.
  Des centaines de milliers de foyers et douze millions de têtes de bétail sont menacés de famine.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 175295)

- A directive was issued recently which is successfully reuniting **families**.
  Une directive récemment promulguée favorise le regroupement familial.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 434260)

- Secondly, there is an urgent need to review the relationship between monetary policy and its impact on the real economy, **families**, investment and employment.
  Deuxièmement, il faut d'urgence revoir la relation entre la politique monétaire et ses conséquences sur l'économie réelle, les ménages, les investissements et l'emploi.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 960668)

## 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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