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# federal — English to French

How English *federal* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: federal (107 001), federals (1). By style: everyday 26 · parliamentary 1 939 · legal and administrative 3 888 · UN documents 101 149.

## fédéral

Used about 87 366 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 1 454 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 321 · UN documents ≈ 82 571). Forms: federal, fédéral, fédérale.

- Germany is a **federal** state.
  L'Allemagne est un État **fédéral**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Sakura13 · checked, community translation · [\#1761408](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1761408) [\#2714190](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2714190))

- There will be a ban on using the word '**federal**'.
  L'utilisation du mot "**fédéral**" sera bannie.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 446630)

- THE **FEDERAL** REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
  LA RÉPUBLIQUE **FÉDÉRALE** D'ALLEMAGNE,
  ([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 2771735)

- **Federal** Ministry of Environment
  **Federal** Ministry of Environment
  ([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 17472113)

- I live in a **federal** republic.
  J'habite dans une république **fédérale**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Leglaine and janTuki · checked, community translation · [\#13967737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13967737) [\#10842252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10842252))

## république

Used about 4 210 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 81 · UN documents ≈ 4 129).

- Agreement between the Czech and Slovak **Federal** Republic and the Kingdom of Denmark for the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments
  Accord entre la **République** fédérative tchèque et slovaque et le Royaume de Danemark pour la promotion et la protection réciproque des investissements
  ([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 333564)

- the **Federal** Republic of Yugoslavia &quot; , held at Belgrade on
  développement en **République** fédérative de Yougoslavie &quot;
  ([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 737961)

- The **Federal** Republic of Yugoslavia has, in fact, been prevented from applying and ratifying the international treaties in the field of environment.
  La **République** fédérative de Yougoslavie a, de fait, été empêchée d &apos; appliquer et de ratifier les traités internationaux relatifs à l &apos; environnement.
  ([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 863470)

## gouvernement

Used about 40 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 40).

- It should not founder on the blockade of the German **Federal** Government.
  Il ne peut s'échouer sur l'écueil du blocage du **gouvernement** allemand.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1776287)

## parlement

Used about 40 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 40).

- It is a pleasure for Parliament to welcome a group of Members of the Parliament of the **Federal** State of Mecklemburg-Western Pomerania, who are visiting our institution.
  - Le **Parlement** a le plaisir de souhaiter la bienvenue à une délégation de députés du Land de Mecklembourg-Poméranie, en visite auprès de notre institution.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 667976)

## More sentences

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

- The 2nd of May 2011 is the date of the Canadian **Federal** Elections: Don't forget to go vote!
  Le 2 mai 2011 est le jour des élections fédérales canadiennes: n'oubliez pas d'aller voter !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#870419](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/870419) [\#870417](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/870417))

- Bavaria is the largest **federal** state in Germany.
  La Bavière est le plus grand land en Allemagne.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13695321](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13695321) [\#13695318](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13695318))

- The biggest party governs in these **federal** lands.
  Le plus grand parti gouverne dans ces lands.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13917817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13917817) [\#13917819](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13917819))

## 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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