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Forms: forme, formes, formulaire. - Tom filled out the **form**. Tom remplit le **formulaire**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2545817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2545817) [\#5800898](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5800898)) - He approached, it took on a **form**. Il approcha, cela prit une **forme**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24318) - The **form** of a man’s hand appeared here in the cherubim under their wings. On voyait aux chérubins une **forme** de main d’homme sous leurs ailes. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 10:8) - UKIP abhors and opposes terrorism in all **forms**. L'UKIP exècre et rejette le terrorisme sous toutes ses **formes**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 870890) - UNIFORM EU ETD **FORM** **FORMULAIRE** TVP UE TYPE ([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 4868853) ## toutes Used about 3 022 times in the texts (literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 3 017). - All civilizations are there in an abridged **form**, all barbarisms also. **Toutes** les civilisations y sont en abrégé, toutes les barbaries aussi. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12823) - So I went in and looked, and saw every **form** of creeping things, abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around on the wall. J’entrai, et je regardai; et voici, il y avait **toutes** sortes de figures de reptiles et de bêtes abominables, et toutes les idoles de la maison d’Israël, peintes sur la muraille tout autour. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 8:10) - A letter on this subject, including an information note and a nomination **form**, was addressed to all the permanent missions. Une lettre à ce sujet, accompagnée d ' une note d ' information et d ' une demande d ' inscription, a été adressée à **toutes** les missions permanentes. ([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 12457899) - This Maréchal then, being young, free, rich, ready for any **form** of tenderness, went by chance into the shop one day, having perhaps observed its pretty mistress. Donc, ce Maréchal, jeune, libre, riche, prêt à **toutes** les tendresses, était entré, un jour, par hasard, dans une boutique, ayant remarqué peut-être la jolie marchande. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 975) - Here she paused, fixed her dull eyes on Marius, and burst out laughing, saying, with an intonation which contained every **form** of anguish, stifled by every **form** of cynicism:— Ici elle s'arrêta, fixa sa prunelle éteinte sur Marius, et éclata de rire en disant avec une intonation qui contenait **toutes** les angoisses étouffées par tous les cynismes: ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16004) ## sous Used about 3 021 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 3 017). - Junior officers, namely second lieutenant, lieutenant, and captain, **form** the foundation of direct command. Les officiers subalternes, à savoir le **sous**-lieutenant, le lieutenant et le capitaine, constituent le socle du commandement de proximité ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362849) [\#13362840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362840)) - When one of these slippery steps shook under the heavier **form** of Hans, he said in his tranquil voice: Lorsqu'une de ces marches glissantes venait à s'ébranler **sous** le pas de Hans, il disait de sa voix tranquille: ([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 1485) - Some of these persons had attempted to return to areas under Federation control but had re-abandoned their homes following incidents of looting and other **forms** of intimidation. Certains avaient tenté de réemménager dans des zones **sous** contrôle de la Fédération mais étaient repartis à la suite de pillages et autres manoeuvres d ' intimidation. ([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 3996230) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Swimming is a **form** of exercise. C'est nager qui est une sorte d'exercice. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2163144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2163144) [\#2164954](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2164954)) - One day, Mary showed Tom her true **form**. She was one of the jinn. Un jour, Marie montra son véritable visage à Tom. Elle était l'une des djinns. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Sorgan · checked, community translation · [\#6203714](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6203714) [\#6203726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6203726)) - Attach a recent photograph to your application **form**. Joignez une photographie récente à votre demande. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Rockaround · checked, community translation · [\#70766](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/70766) [\#10284](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10284)) ## 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 Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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