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# fish — English to French

How English *fish* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: fish (32 806), fishes (238). By style: everyday 603 · literary 8 · biblical 54 · parliamentary 3 488 · legal and administrative 14 718 · UN documents 14 173.

## poissons

Used about 21 849 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 581 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 51 · parliamentary ≈ 1 621 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 732 · UN documents ≈ 8 858). Forms: poisson, poissons.

- It's a **fish**.
  C'est un **poisson**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and carloseperola · checked, community translation · [\#2182342](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2182342) [\#4228826](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4228826))

- "To be sure," said I; "and why should not these waters yield to us **fishes** of unknown species?"
  —Bon! pourquoi ces eaux ne donneraient-elles pas asile à quelques **poissons** d'une espèce inconnue?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2689)

- Or if he asks for a **fish**, who will give him a serpent?
  Ou, s’il demande un **poisson**, lui donnera-t-il un serpent?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 7:10)

- They do not want our **fish**.
  Ils ne veulent pas de nos **poissons**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 380871)

- Number of unit of **fishes**
  Nombre d'unités de **poissons**
  ([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 1249421)

## fishes

Used about 3 759 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 840 · UN documents ≈ 1 919).

- Marine **fishes** n.e.i.
  Marine **fishes** n.e.i. Crabes
  ([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 1811323)

- Bread and **Fishes**, Sweden - 11 113 11 113
  Bread &amp; **Fishes** (Suède)
  ([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 24568)

- Flying **fishes** n.e.i.
  Flying **fishes** n.e.i. Bécunes
  ([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 1811203)

- Perfluorinated chemicals in blood of **fishes** and waterfowl from the Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea.
  Perfluorinated chemicals in blood of **fishes** and waterfowl from the Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea.
  ([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 16201244)

- Wolf-**fishes** n.e.i.
  Wolf-**fishes** n.e.i. Loup atlantique
  ([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 1812908)

## pêche

Used about 3 145 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 884 · legal and administrative ≈ 613 · UN documents ≈ 1 624).

- He **fishes** in a mountain stream.
  Il **pêche** dans un torrent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by honestlang and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5135926](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5135926) [\#9764810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9764810))

- This being bawls and scoffs and ridicules and fights, has rags like a baby and tatters like a philosopher, **fishes** in the sewer, hunts in the cesspool, extracts mirth from foulness, whips up the squares with his wit, grins and bites, whistles and sings, shouts, and shrieks, tempers Alleluia with Matanturlurette, chants every rhythm from the De Profundis to the Jack-pudding, finds without seeking, knows what he is ignorant of, is a Spartan to the point of thieving, is mad to wisdom, is lyrical to filth, would crouch down on Olympus, wallows in the dunghill and emerges from it covered with stars.
  Cet être braille, raille, gouaille, bataille, a des chiffons comme un bambin et des guenilles comme un philosophe, **pêche** dans l'égout, chasse dans le cloaque, extrait la gaîté de l'immondice, fouaille de sa verve les carrefours, ricane et mord, siffle et chante, acclame et engueule, tempère Alleluia par Matanturlurette, psalmodie tous les rythmes depuis le De Profundis jusqu'à la Chienlit, trouve sans chercher, sait ce qu'il ignore, est spartiate jusqu'à la filouterie, est fou jusqu'à la sagesse, est lyrique jusqu'à l'ordure, s'accroupirait sur l'Olympe, se vautre dans le fumier et en sort couvert d'étoiles.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12617)

- For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of **fish** which they had caught;
  Car l’épouvante l’avait saisi, lui et tous ceux qui étaient avec lui, à cause de la **pêche** qu’ils avaient faite.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 5:9)

- In Germany we say Friday is **fish** day.
  En Allemagne, on dit que le vendredi est le jour de la **pêche**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1804087)

- the release, when practicable, of sea turtles entangled in **Fish** Aggregating Devices (FADs) and other fishing gear is encouraged;
  il est souhaitable de relâcher, si possible, les tortues de mer prises dans des DCP et d'autres engins de **pêche**;
  ([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 1475877)

## stocks

Used about 738 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 147 · UN documents ≈ 591).

- **Fish** stocks in the Irish Sea at the present time are at a precariously low level.
  À l'heure actuelle, les **stocks** halieutiques présents en mer d'Irlande sont à un niveau dangereusement bas.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 386539)

- Highly migratory **fish** stocks
  **Stocks** de grands migrateurs
  ([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 14956740)

- My second point is that it is up to every State to carry out its own evaluation of **fish** stocks in its own waters.
  Deuxième élément. Il revient à cet État de faire l'évaluation des **stocks** dans ses propres eaux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1738088)

- on Straddling **Fish** Stocks and Highly Migratory **Fish**
  Nations Unies sur les **stocks** chevauchants et les stocks
  ([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 560375)

- The protection of juveniles is a priority for guaranteeing the conservation of **fish** stocks and their long-term sustainability.
  La protection des juvéniles est une priorité pour garantir la conservation des **stocks** halieutiques et leur durabilité à long terme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 465326)

## eaux

Used about 296 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 147 · UN documents ≈ 148).

- The fishermen will lament, and all those who **fish** in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
  Les pêcheurs gémiront, Tous ceux qui jettent l’hameçon dans le fleuve se lamenteront, Et ceux qui étendent des filets sur les **eaux** seront désolés.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 19:8)

- The Community fleet which **fishes** in this fishing ground, Commissioner, has been decreasing agreement after agreement in terms of the number of ships and fishermen.
  La flotte communautaire qui opère dans ces **eaux**, Monsieur le Commissaire, a vu son nombre de bateaux et de pêcheurs se réduire accord après accord.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2024847)

- (iv) Develop and disseminate environmentally sound water resources development and management methodologies for the intensification of **fish** yield from inland waters;
  iv) Élaborer et diffuser des méthodes rationnelles d &apos; exploitation et de gestion des ressources hydriques afin d &apos; intensifier le rendement ichtyologique des **eaux** intérieures;
  ([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 2017231)

- As has also been said, European Union vessels **fish** in those waters for tuna, shrimp, demersal species and, on an experimental basis, some pelagic species.
  Comme cela a été rappelé, les bateaux de l'Union européenne pêchent dans ces **eaux** du thon, des crevettes, des espèces démersales et, à titre expérimental, certaines espèces pélagiques.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 396218)

- Thus the question I ask the Minister is as follows: the proposal we know about from Morocco would in principle seem to entail cutting the fleet from Galicia, Andalusia, the Canaries, and also Portugal, that **fishes** in Moroccan waters, down to 25% at least.
  À cet effet, la question que je poserai à M. le Ministre est la suivante : la proposition émanant du Maroc vise, en principe, à réduire de 25 % au moins la flotte en provenance de Galice, d'Andalousie, des Canaries et du Portugal qui exercent dans les **eaux** marocaines.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 116915)

## More sentences

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

- “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the LORD, “and they will **fish** them up. Afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
  Voici, j’envoie une multitude de pêcheurs, dit l’Éternel, et ils les pêcheront; Et après cela j’enverrai une multitude de chasseurs, et ils les chasseront De toutes les montagnes et de toutes les collines, Et des fentes des rochers.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 16:16)

- At the end of a month they **fish** up your man in the nets at Saint-Cloud.
  Au bout d'un mois, on vous repêche l'homme aux filets de Saint-Cloud.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28146)

- We have also made several changes to the technical measures, in order to help guarantee the sustainable use of **fish** resources.
  Par ailleurs, nous avons introduit dans les conditions techniques plusieurs modifications de nature à favoriser une exploitation durable des ressources halieutiques.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 305349)

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