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# girls — English to French

How English *girls* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations 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: girls (103 077). By style: everyday 382 · literary 36 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 783 · legal and administrative 1 933 · UN documents 99 939.

## filles

Used about 88 216 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 382 · literary ≈ 28 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 669 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 772 · UN documents ≈ 85 365). Forms: filles, fillettes.

- Are you **girls** all right?
  Ça va, les **filles** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3614720](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3614720) [\#3625598](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3625598))

- “Good evening, daddy,” yelped the **girls**.
  --Bonsoir, pèremuche! glapirent les **filles**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16994)

- But all the **girls**, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
  mais laissez en vie pour vous toutes les **filles** qui n’ont point connu la couche d’un homme.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 31:18)

- On our continent, women and **girls** are being sold like cattle.
  Sur notre continent, des femmes et des jeunes **filles** sont vendues comme du bétail.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 653562)

- Women’s or **girls**’
  Pour femmes ou **fillettes**
  ([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 171322)

## femmes

Used about 2 236 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 33 · legal and administrative ≈ 121 · UN documents ≈ 2 082).

- Early marriage and other entrenched customs mean that **girls** often drop out of school.
  Les mariages précoces et d' autres stéréotypes traditionnels empêchent les **femmes** d' achever leur scolarité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 291326)

- Lt Col Innocent Zimurinda was accused in the same complaint of responsibility for the rape of a large number of women and **girls**.
  Le lieutenant-colonel Zimurinda a également été accusé, à la même occasion, du viol d'un grand nombre de **femmes** et de filles.
  ([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 4153966)

- 47. To take measures to ensure the transparent, independent and impartial investigation of cases involving violence against women and **girls** (Norway);
  47. Prendre des mesures pour que les affaires concernant des violences contre des **femmes** ou des fillettes donnent lieu à des enquêtes transparentes, indépendantes et impartiales (Norvège);
  ([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 22145247)

- Tens of thousands of women and **girls** are bought and sold in China every year, many of them to the West.
  Des dizaines de milliers de **femmes** et d'enfants sont achetés et vendus en Chine chaque année, beaucoup sont destinés à l'Occident.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 145123)

- Several reports indicate that M23 fighters have carried out 46 rapes against women and **girls**, the youngest of which was 8 years old.
  Il ressort de plusieurs rapports que des combattants du M23 ont commis 46 viols de **femmes** et de filles, dont la plus jeune était âgée de 8 ans.
  ([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 3415304)

## enfants

Used about 2 082 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 082).

- According to the latest statistics (February 2006), the number of Palestinian child refugees in Lebanon aged under 18 stands at 126,834, taking boys and **girls** together.
  Selon les statistiques les plus récentes (février 2006), le Liban compte 126 834 **enfants** palestiniens réfugiés âgés de moins de 18 ans.
  ([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 15239148)

## garçons

Used about 34 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 33).

- The streets of the city will be full of boys and **girls** playing in its streets.”
  Les rues de la ville seront remplies de jeunes **garçons** et de jeunes filles, jouant dans les rues.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ZEC 8:5)

- Adolescent **girls** in Sub-Saharan Africa are 6 times more likely to be infected than boys of their age.
  Les adolescentes de l'Afrique sub-saharienne ont 6 fois plus de risques d'être infectées que les **garçons** du même âge.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2012747)

- That goes without saying but I have noticed that there are far more boys asking us for information than **girls**.
  Cela va de soi, certes, mais je remarque que ce sont davantage des **garçons** qui s'adressent à nous aujourd'hui pour obtenir des renseignements.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1731413)

## More sentences

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

- She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant **girls**.
  Elle se lève lorsqu’il est encore nuit, Et elle donne la nourriture à sa maison Et la tâche à ses servantes.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 31:15)

- There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant **girls**.
  Le lait des chèvres suffit à ta nourriture, à celle de ta maison, Et à l’entretien de tes servantes.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 27:27)

- “Good,” he said to himself, “those unhappy **girls** dropped it.”
  --Bon, dit-il, ces malheureuses auront laissé tomber cela!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15838)

## Grammar

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