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# heard — English to French

How English *heard* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: heard (49 220), heards (1). By style: everyday 1 249 · literary 138 · biblical 567 · parliamentary 6 765 · legal and administrative 1 791 · UN documents 38 711.

## entendu

Used about 21 965 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 937 · literary ≈ 35 · biblical ≈ 248 · parliamentary ≈ 4 087 · legal and administrative ≈ 858 · UN documents ≈ 15 800). Forms: entendre, entendu.

- He **heard** a noise.
  Il a **entendu** un bruit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Joseph and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3185992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3185992) [\#4706242](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4706242))

- At that moment, the sound of a footstep was **heard** on the staircase.
  En ce moment le bruit d'un pas se fit **entendre** dans l'escalier.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4267)

- Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be **heard**.
  Moab est brisé! Les petits font **entendre** leurs cris.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 48:4)

- I have **heard** positive comments in this respect.
  J'ai **entendu**, à ce propos, des commentaires positifs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1809657)

- General procedure for the right to be **heard**
  Procédure générale applicable au droit d’être **entendu**
  ([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 3755763)

## voix

Used about 1 473 times in the texts (literary ≈ 35 · biblical ≈ 47 · parliamentary ≈ 564 · legal and administrative ≈ 37 · UN documents ≈ 790).

- They **heard** a manly voice shout:—
  On entendit une **voix** mâle crier:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24694)

- But most certainly, God has listened. He has **heard** the voice of my prayer.
  Mais Dieu m’a exaucé, Il a été attentif à la **voix** de ma prière.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 66:19)

- We must ensure that their voices, as well as our own, are properly **heard**.
  Nous devons nous assurer que leurs **voix**, comme les nôtres, sont dûment entendues.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 390425)

- The voice of all relevant stakeholders should be **heard**.
  La **voix** de l’ensemble des parties prenantes pertinentes devrait être entendue.
  ([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 2600636)

- However, we note with regret that the voices of the United Nations and the international community have not been **heard** or have been only partially heeded.
  Cependant, nous constatons avec regret que la **voix** de l &apos; ONU et de la communauté internationale n &apos; a pas été entendue ou à peine.
  ([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 8740248)

## ai

Used about 332 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · biblical ≈ 24 · parliamentary ≈ 282).

- That's one of the funniest jokes I've ever **heard**.
  C'est l'une des blagues les plus drôles que j'**ai** jamais entendues.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6896540](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6896540) [\#9749105](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9749105))

- She said to the king, “It was a true report that I **heard** in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom.
  Hors d’elle-même, elle dit au roi: C’était donc vrai ce que j’**ai** appris dans mon pays au sujet de ta position et de ta sagesse!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 9:5)

- If it comes within the twenty minutes, without setting a precedent - and I have **heard** Mr Liikanen - I will allow a brief reply.
  Si les vingt minutes restantes le permettent, sans créer de précédent - j'**ai** écouté M. Liikanen -, j'autoriserai une réponse brève.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 409512)

- I have **heard** news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, “Gather yourselves together! Come against her! Rise up to the battle!”
  J’**ai** appris de l’Éternel une nouvelle, Et un messager a été envoyé parmi les nations: Assemblez-vous, et marchez contre elle! Levez-vous pour la guerre!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 49:14)

- I **heard** this afternoon that the captors have said that they will make no further effort to make contact after 7.30 p.m. our time.
  J’**ai** appris cet après-midi que les ravisseurs ont déclaré qu’une fois 19h30 heure de Bruxelles, ils ne feront aucun effort supplémentaire pour nouer des contacts.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 619013)

## More sentences

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

- Tom pulled a long face when he **heard** the story.
  Tom fit une de ces têtes lorsqu'il entendit l'histoire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#36990](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36990) [\#1692476](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1692476))

- Nothing has been **heard** from him since he left for America.
  Nous n'avons plus eu de nouvelles de cette personne depuis qu'elle est partie en Amérique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and alexisslay · checked, community translation · [\#68112](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/68112) [\#15277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15277))

- She **heard** him cry in the middle of the night.
  Elle l'entendit pleurer au milieu de la nuit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#887193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/887193) [\#936449](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/936449))

## 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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