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Il n'y avait pas assez de **combustible**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#806929](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/806929) [\#5899395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5899395)) - Spent **fuel** and radioactive waste ( **Combustible** usé et déchets radioactifs ( ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1584619) - **Fuel** gases; Petroleum gas Gaz **combustibles**; gaz de pétrole ([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 1083837) - Solid **fuels** > 1 MWth - 5 MWth **Combustibles** solides > 1 à 5 MWth ([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 28007430) - Petrol is used as **fuel**. L'essence est utilisée comme **combustible**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11434027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11434027) [\#1336827](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1336827)) ## carburant Used about 33 608 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 1 993 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 232 · UN documents ≈ 25 362). Forms: carburant, carburants. - Beer is my **fuel**. La bière est mon **carburant**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#5685823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5685823) [\#6858030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6858030)) - We no longer want to use fossil **fuels**. Nous ne voulons plus utiliser les **carburants** fossiles. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1539266) - calorific value of the **fuel** in MJ/m3 capacité calorifique du **carburant** en MJ/m3 ([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 5535528) - **Fuel** mass flow rate Débit massique du **carburant** ([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 20927540) - I ran out of **fuel**. Je suis tombé en panne de **carburant**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#1510279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1510279) [\#12237726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12237726)) ## gaz Used about 402 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 402). - Gas, coal, lignite, **fuel** oil, electricity, biomass, etc.’ **Gaz**, charbon, lignite, fioul, biomasse, etc.» ([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 962025) - Iron or steel gas domestic cooking appliances and plate warmers, with an oven (including those with subsidiary boilers for central heating, separate ovens for both gas and other **fuels**) Appareils de cuisson et chauffe-plats à **gaz** ou mixtes (fonte, fer, acier), avec fours ([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 2683370) ## fossiles Used about 86 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 81). - Fossil **fuel** prices shot through the roof. Le prix des carburants **fossiles** s'envole. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and superbolo · checked, community translation · [\#25343](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25343) [\#181755](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181755)) - Faced with the issue of climate, there are obviously alternatives to fossil **fuels**. Or, face à cette problématique du climat, il y a, effectivement, des alternatives aux énergies **fossiles**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1857690) - This vast continent is abundant in fossil **fuels**. Ce vaste continent regorge de combustibles **fossiles**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#47992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/47992) [\#8976894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8976894)) - The growing use of fossil **fuel** energy sources will increase emissions by 5 million tonnes annually. L'utilisation croissante des sources d'énergie **fossiles** augmentera les émissions de 5 millions de tonnes chaque année. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1175198) - Fossil **fuels** are the main causes of global warming. Les combustibles **fossiles** sont les principaux responsables du réchauffement climatique. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LanguageExpert and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#1846542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1846542) [\#13223307](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13223307)) ## énergie Used about 81 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 81). - Peat is a biomass **fuel** with a slow renewability rate. Il s' agit d' une **énergie** de biomasse à renouvellement lent. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 146854) - I would draw your attention to a few figures: at present, we use the equivalent of ten billion tons of oil, 90% of which is fossil **fuel**. Je rappelle quelques chiffres: 10 milliards de tonnes équivalent pétrole aujourd’hui, dont 90% d’**énergie** fossile. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 543279) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Pollutants like this derive mainly from the combustion of **fuel** in car engines. Les polluants comme celui-ci viennent principalement de la combustion de l'essence dans les moteurs de voiture. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by timmartin and Lulantis · checked, community translation · [\#58620](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/58620) [\#11377](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11377)) - The **fuel** gauge is broken. La jauge d'essence est pétée. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1545434](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1545434) [\#1546230](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1546230)) - Your stupid remark just added **fuel** to the flames. Ta remarque idiote n'a fait qu'attiser les flammes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#597352](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/597352) [\#819552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/819552)) ## 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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