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# feed — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: feed (27 093), feeds (1 917). By style: everyday 183 · literary 1 · biblical 63 · parliamentary 2 144 · legal and administrative 19 954 · UN documents 6 665.

## aliments

Used about 17 337 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 916 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 005 · UN documents ≈ 417). Forms: alimentaires, alimentation, aliments.

- This applies equally to **feeds** and to meals.
  Cela vaut également pour les **aliments** et pour les farines.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1612642)

- General rules on **feeds**
  Règles générales applicables aux **aliments**
  ([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 1877555)

- Use of modern fuel **feed** systems;
  Utilisation de systèmes modernes d &apos; **alimentation** en combustible;
  ([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 25179763)

- Rapid alert is there for food but not for **feed**.
  L'alerte rapide existe pour les **aliments** et non pour les aliments pour animaux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2737)

- Manufacture of prepared animal **feeds**
  Fabrication d’**aliments** pour animaux
  ([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 5244862)

## animaux

Used about 1 667 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 67 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 247 · UN documents ≈ 347).

- Please do not **feed** the animals.
  S'il vous plaît, ne nourrissez pas les **animaux**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by whitefishglobal and Rockaround · checked, community translation · [\#4823953](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4823953) [\#7255250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7255250))

- We need to talk, too, very openly about the whole issue of the mixing of animal **feeds**.
  Nous devons également parler très ouvertement de la question globale des mélanges alimentaires pour **animaux**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1212221)

- Premixtures for farm animal **feeds**
  Prémélanges des types utilisés pour l'alimentation des **animaux** de ferme
  ([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 2419969)

- (nn) Prepared animal **feeds** manufacturing (Area Sources) - 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart D.
  nn) Fabrication d &apos; aliments pour **animaux** (sources diffuses) − C.F.R., titre 40, partie 63, section D.
  ([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 24556893)

- This sign says: "Don't **feed** the animals!"
  Ce panneau indique : « Ne pas donner à manger aux **animaux** ! »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by speedwell and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#3668552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3668552) [\#3661978](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3661978))

## nourrir

Used about 1 567 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 111 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 268 · UN documents ≈ 1 180). Forms: nourrir, nourrit.

- Who's going to **feed** him?
  Qui va le **nourrir** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and Rafik · checked, community translation · [\#11504289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11504289) [\#9520370](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9520370))

- You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to **feed** you there.”
  Tu boiras de l’eau du torrent, et j’ai ordonné aux corbeaux de te **nourrir** là.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 17:4)

- It will take more than pipe dreams to **feed** the poor properly.
  Aucun pauvre ne peut se **nourrir** de châteaux en Espagne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 366099)

- Markets themselves are a good that should **feed** and help to foster a country &apos; s development.
  Les marchés sont eux-mêmes un bien qui doit **nourrir** et favoriser le développement d &apos; un pays.
  ([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 7647205)

- Cattle **feed** on grass.
  Le bétail se **nourrit** d'herbe.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Barbiche0 · checked, community translation · [\#19492](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19492) [\#9235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9235))

## More sentences

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

- What should I **feed** my dog?
  Que devrais-je donner à manger à mon chien ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#898516](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/898516) [\#1339147](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1339147))

- How will we **feed** everyone if the world's population keeps rising?
  Comment nourrirons-nous tout le monde si la population mondiale continue à augmenter ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3387609](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3387609) [\#3394657](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3394657))

- **Feed** him to the sharks.
  Jetez-le aux requins.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3727314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3727314) [\#12759590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12759590))

## 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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