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# floor — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: floor (42 048), floors (2 010). By style: everyday 379 · literary 51 · biblical 45 · parliamentary 3 480 · legal and administrative 4 736 · UN documents 35 367.

## parole

Used about 13 458 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 2 026 · UN documents ≈ 11 421).

- I give you the **floor**.
  Je te donne la **parole**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#9550644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9550644) [\#9549199](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9549199))

- Mr Rübig has the **floor**.
  La **parole** est à M. Rübig.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 14145)

- I give the **floor** to the representative of Finland.
  Je donne la **parole** à la représentante de la Finlande.
  ([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 16040036)

- I give you the **floor**.
  Je vous donne la **parole**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#9550644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9550644) [\#9549197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9549197))

- Mrs Jackson has the **floor**.
  La **parole** est à Mme Jackson.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2048074)

## étage

Used about 12 546 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 181 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 416 · legal and administrative ≈ 148 · UN documents ≈ 11 789). Forms: étage, étages.

- What **floor** am I on?
  À quel **étage** suis-je ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rockaround · checked, community translation · [\#3413074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3413074) [\#8724910](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8724910))

- On arriving at the first **floor**, he paused.
  Parvenu au premier **étage**, il fit une pause.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28363)

- He built the **floors** all along the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timbers of cedar.
  Il donna cinq coudées de hauteur à chacun des **étages** qui entouraient toute la maison, et il les lia à la maison par des bois de cèdre.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 6:10)

- Those on the first and second **floors** are affected, but the ones above do have a view.
  Les bureaux situés au premier **étage**, au deuxième étage et au-dessus ont une vue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1615603)

- In the case of standing receptions, the space can accommodate about 300-350 people over the two **floors**.
  Lors de réceptions en configuration debout, Björtuloft peut recevoir de 300 à 350 personnes réparties sur les deux **étages**.
  ([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 5660560)

## sol

Used about 4 812 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 111 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 312 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 171 · UN documents ≈ 2 210). Forms: sol, sols.

- The **floor** is uneven.
  Le **sol** est irrégulier.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#4494876](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4494876) [\#10779625](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10779625))

- A row of very heavy stones kept this network down to the **floor** so that nothing could pass under it.
  Un cordon de grosses pierres fixait tout autour ce treillage sur le **sol**, de manière à ne rien laisser passer.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20847)

- He overlaid the **floor** of the house with gold, inside and outside.
  Il couvrit d’or le **sol** de la maison, à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 6:30)

- We are talking about linoleum **floors** with these effects.
  Nous parlons ici de **sols** en linoléum présentant ces effets.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 698093)

- Other, for mosaic **floors**
  autres, pour **sols** mosaïques
  ([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 4062362)

## donne

Used about 368 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 368).

- The distinguished Ambassador of Turkey has the **floor**.
  Je la **donne** à l &apos; Ambassadeur de Turquie.
  ([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 10377971)

## je

Used about 173 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 156).

- I'd rather sit on the **floor**.
  **Je** préfère m'asseoir par terre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by anthrax26 and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6392563](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6392563) [\#6392630](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6392630))

- “Croix-Dieu!” resumed Coppenole, thoroughly unhappy at being obliged to lower his voice thus, “I should like to sit down on the **floor**, with my legs crossed, like a hosier, as I do in my shop.”
  «Croix-Dieu! reprenait Coppenole tout malheureux d'être obligé de baisser ainsi la voix, l'envie me démange de m'asseoir à terre, jambes croisées, en chaussetier, comme **je** fais dans ma boutique.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7339)

- He said, “If the LORD doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From the threshing **floor**, or from the wine press?”
  Il répondit: Si l’Éternel ne te sauve pas, avec quoi te sauverais-**je**? Avec le produit de l’aire ou du pressoir?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 6:27)

- Madam President, I am very much obliged to Mr Spencer for giving me the **floor**.
  , président en exercice du Conseil. (NL) Madame le Président, **je** suis très reconnaissant à Monsieur Spencer de bien vouloir me céder sa place.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1728985)

- I prefer hardwood **floors** to carpet.
  **Je** préfère les parquets à la moquette.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#253306](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/253306) [\#11227167](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11227167))

## More sentences

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

- Her footsteps fell ponderously on the wooden **floor**.
  Ses pas tombèrent lourdement sur le plancher de bois.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2024729](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2024729) [\#2024734](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2024734))

- The **floor** has to be scrubbed.
  Il faut laver le plancher.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#2268136](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2268136) [\#3259245](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3259245))

- The plate slipped from her hand and crashed to the **floor**.
  L'assiette lui a échappé des mains et s'est écrasée par terre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#244965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/244965) [\#11931962](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11931962))

## 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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