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([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 126895) - It foresees comprehensive action on three **fronts**. Il prévoit une action ambitieuse sur trois **fronts**. ([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 2260468) - We are winning on some of the **fronts**. Nous gagnons sur certains **fronts**. ([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 10189381) - Of course, the PKK has its political **fronts**. Bien sûr, le PKK possède ses propres **fronts** politiques. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1330953) - It has produced an extreme economic shock that requires an ambitious, coordinated and urgent reaction on all policy **fronts** to support businesses and workers at risk. Il a provoqué un choc économique extrême qui nécessite une réaction ambitieuse, coordonnée et urgente sur tous les **fronts** pour soutenir les entreprises et les travailleurs à risque. ([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 5076427) ## avant Used about 10 359 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 29 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 80 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 598 · UN documents ≈ 7 650). - He is sitting in the **front** seat. Il est assis à l'**avant** du véhicule. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by JonLDS and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2522632](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2522632) [\#13199656](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13199656)) - They went on in **front**, while Beausire, squaring himself on his little legs, gave his arm to Mme. Roland, who felt giddy at the gulf before her. Ils partirent en **avant**, tandis que Beausire, se raidissant sur ses courtes jambes, tendait son bras replié à Mme Roland étourdie par le vide. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1509) - They relate to safer car **fronts** and the very important issue of blood alcohol. Il s' agit de l'amélioration de la sécurité des faces **avant** de voitures et de la question très importante du taux d'alcoolémie. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 145640) - Adapted **front** wheel brake Frein de la roue **avant** adapté ([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 3552386) - Either **front** or rear axle Essieu **avant** ou essieu arrière ([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 29845826) ## devant Used about 1 983 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 298 · literary ≈ 53 · biblical ≈ 31 · parliamentary ≈ 241 · legal and administrative ≈ 84 · UN documents ≈ 1 275). - What's in **front** of you? Qu'y a-t-il **devant** toi ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#264764](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/264764) [\#4552007](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4552007)) - “On the **front**?” he asked. --Sur le **devant**? demanda-t-il. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15507) - He took them, and ate in **front** of them. Il en prit, et il mangea **devant** eux. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 24:43) - We have a challenging agenda in **front** of us. Nous avons un agenda chargé **devant** nous. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 690135) - If the approval is extended subsequent to the original approval the addition sign ‘+’ shall be placed in **front** of the ‘S’ or ‘SW’ to denote an extension to the approval. En cas d’extension ultérieure de l’homologation, le symbole «+» doit être inséré **devant** le S ou le SW pour indiquer une extension d’homologation. ([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 5448409) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Tom sits in the **front** row for a better view. Tom s'assied au premier rang pour mieux voir. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#6796175](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6796175) [\#6794392](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6794392)) - Wow, you're on the **front** page! Ouah, tu es en première page ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Catriona and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5158766](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5158766) [\#5289387](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5289387)) - Igor was in **front**. Igor était en face. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11826351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11826351) [\#11964257](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11964257)) ## 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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