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# ground — English to French

How English *ground* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [ground in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ground/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: ground (66 168), grounds (69 854). By style: everyday 240 · literary 57 · biblical 204 · parliamentary 7 519 · legal and administrative 17 460 · UN documents 110 542.

## motifs

Used about 24 272 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 392 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 456 · UN documents ≈ 18 424).

- In addition, persecutions on political and/or theological **grounds** continue to occur frequently.
  Par ailleurs, les persécutions pour des **motifs** politiques et/ou théologiques restent fréquentes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1129295)

- **GROUNDS** FOR INITIATING THE PROCEDURE
  **MOTIFS** JUSTIFIANT L’OUVERTURE DE LA PROCÉDURE
  ([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 1142444)

- C. **Grounds** for the termination of an
  C. **Motifs** pour la rupture du contrat de travail123-129
  ([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 5022886)

- They have a public duty to take up a complaint that has been laid before them on ostensibly justifiable **grounds**.
  Celui-ci a le devoir public de s'occuper d'une plainte dont il a été saisi pour des **motifs** prétendument valables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 472608)

- **Grounds** for initiating the formal investigation procedure
  **Motifs** de l'ouverture de la procédure formelle d'examen
  ([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 3864462)

## terrain

Used about 23 336 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 1 253 · legal and administrative ≈ 182 · UN documents ≈ 21 878).

- The **ground** was very uneven.
  Le **terrain** était très irrégulier.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2268164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2268164) [\#10779671](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10779671))

- “She swam across,” replied the recluse, defending her **ground** foot by foot.
  --Elle aura passé à la nage, répliqua la recluse défendant le **terrain** pied à pied.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8632)

- The situation on the **ground** is deteriorating by the day.
  La situation sur le **terrain** se détériore de jour en jour.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 909850)

- The Head of Mission shall coordinate, as appropriate, the actions of EUPOL RD Congo with other Union actors on the **ground**.
  Le chef de la mission assure, au besoin, une coordination des actions d'EUPOL RD Congo avec d'autres acteurs de l'UE sur le **terrain**.
  ([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 2015858)

- Reality on the **ground** 459 - 485 60
  Réalité sur le **terrain** 459−485 63
  ([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 22367076)

## sol

Used about 16 322 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 96 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 30 · parliamentary ≈ 313 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 365 · UN documents ≈ 11 515).

- The **ground** is frozen.
  Le **sol** est gelé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by maaster and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#9738355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9738355) [\#9978157](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9978157))

- The Icelandic huts are made of earth and turf, and the walls slope inward; they rather resemble roofs placed on the **ground**.
  Les huttes des Islandais sont faites de terre et de tourbe, et leurs murs inclinés en dedans; elles ressemblent à des toits posés sur le **sol**.
  ([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 860)

- Locusts will consume all of your trees and the fruit of your **ground**.
  Les insectes prendront possession de tous tes arbres et du fruit de ton **sol**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 28:42)

- Galileo is to comprise a network of 30 satellites and a **ground**-control infrastructure.
  Galileo se composera d'un réseau de trente satellites et d'une infrastructure de contrôle au **sol**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1112821)

- **Ground** Proximity Warning Systems;
  Systèmes d’alarme de proximité du **sol**;
  ([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 2449931)

## raisons

Used about 6 246 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · parliamentary ≈ 705 · legal and administrative ≈ 909 · UN documents ≈ 4 606).

- There are **grounds** for optimism.
  Il y a des **raisons** d'être optimiste.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and benl · checked, community translation · [\#5729826](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5729826) [\#5092810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5092810))

- I support the opt-out on two **grounds**.
  Je soutiens l'opt-out pour deux **raisons**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 254335)

- E. **GROUNDS** TO WITHDRAW THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNDERTAKING
  E. **RAISONS** DE RETIRER L'ACCEPTATION DE L'ENGAGEMENT
  ([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 3722703)

- 25. Is divorce available for women and men on the same **grounds**?
  Les femmes peuvent-elles divorcer pour les mêmes **raisons** que les hommes?
  ([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 15113146)

- Do you have any **grounds** for thinking so?
  Avez-vous des **raisons** de le penser ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#49753](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/49753) [\#9978493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9978493))

## More sentences

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

- Tom found a penny on the **ground**.
  Tom a trouvé un centime par terre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#10063550](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10063550) [\#11960822](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11960822))

- The leaves fall to the **ground** in autumn.
  Les feuilles tombent par terre en automne.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and BigMouse · checked, community translation · [\#266349](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/266349) [\#1594610](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1594610))

- I sat down on the **ground**.
  Je me suis assis par terre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5916349](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5916349) [\#8110894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8110894))

## 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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