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# followed — English to French

How English *followed* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: followed (66 076), followeds (1). By style: everyday 192 · literary 65 · biblical 120 · parliamentary 3 694 · legal and administrative 7 758 · UN documents 54 248.

## suivi

Used about 27 031 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 124 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 1 616 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 334 · UN documents ≈ 19 928). Forms: suivi, suivie.

- The dog **followed** me.
  Le chien m'a **suivi**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#65934](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/65934) [\#3643688](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3643688))

- “For having **followed** you!”
  --Pour vous avoir **suivi**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4664)

- David was the youngest; and the three oldest **followed** Saul.
  David était le plus jeune. Et lorsque les trois aînés eurent **suivi** Saül,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 17:14)

- I **followed** the whip.
  J'ai **suivi** les consignes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1021368)

- Alentejo whether or not **followed** by Reguengos
  Alentejo **suivie** ou non de Reguengos
  ([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 97244)

## More sentences

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

- She **followed** me into the kitchen and picked up a knife.
  Elle me suivit dans la cuisine et prit un couteau.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1950149](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1950149) [\#1950445](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1950445))

- Bruno **followed** the professor intently.
  Bruno suivait le professeur avec attention.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and always · checked, community translation · [\#11679013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11679013) [\#12495143](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12495143))

- There are rules to be **followed**.
  Il y a des règles à respecter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#6392025](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6392025) [\#1073122](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1073122))

## 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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