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# final — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: final (141 971), finals (158). By style: everyday 98 · literary 10 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 10 087 · legal and administrative 24 293 · UN documents 107 639.

## final

Used about 93 400 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · parliamentary ≈ 4 863 · legal and administrative ≈ 18 979 · UN documents ≈ 69 517). Forms: final, finale, finales.

- This is the **final** struggle.
  C'est la lutte **finale**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#3704867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3704867) [\#3704865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3704865))

- We have abstained in the **final** vote.
  Nous nous sommes abstenus lors du vote **final**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1704015)

- semi-**finals** and **finals**;
  les demi-**finales** et les finales.
  ([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 1141359)

- (h) **Final** document(s).
  h) Document(s) **final**(s).
  ([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 10976351)

- He said it, and that's **final**.
  Il l'a déclaré, point **final**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and anzart · checked, community translation · [\#13867288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13867288) [\#12678274](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12678274))

## football

Used about 1 301 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 180 · UN documents ≈ 1 121).

- There is an endless succession of world cups, European cup **finals**, Grand Prix competitions, the Olympics of Helsinki and Sydney, football, tennis, races, car rallies and horse races.
  Les coupes du monde se multiplient, les coupes d'Europe, les grands prix, les jeux d'Helsinki, Sydney, Olympie, le **football**, le tennis, les courses, les autos, les chevaux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 88430)

- However, Kindergarten no. 136 is so overcrowded that the chances of getting there are practically nil, and &quot; Kazka &quot; - the other one - won &apos; t open since late 2007 due to lack of funds in the local budget (as city &apos; s financial resources have been earmarked for preparation for Euro Football **Finals** 2012) &quot; .
  However, Kindergarten no. 136 is so overcrowded that the chances of getting there are practically nil, and &quot; Kazka &quot; - the other one - won &apos; t open since late 2007 due to lack of funds in the local budget (as city &apos; s financial resources have been earmarked for preparation for Euro **Football** Finals 2012) &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 23946770)

## coupe

Used about 506 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 506).

- Football World Cup **Finals** Tournament (men)
  Le tour final de la **Coupe** du monde de football, équipes masculines
  ([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 1141392)

- Football World Cup **Finals** Tournament (men), live and in full;
  La **Coupe** du monde de football, équipes masculines, le tour final, en direct et en intégralité;
  ([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 1141321)

## More sentences

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

- What's your **final** destination?
  Quelle est votre ultime destination ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#3636399](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3636399) [\#1331617](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1331617))

- They said they would accept the committee's decision as **final**.
  Ils déclarèrent qu'ils accepteraient la décision du comité pour définitive.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#802821](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/802821) [\#1591838](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1591838))

- Give me a **final** answer.
  Donne-moi une réponse définitive.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1742263](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1742263) [\#1367312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1367312))

## 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/).

## About these examples

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