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# instrument — English to French

How English *instrument* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: instrument (81 435), instruments (160 494). By style: everyday 56 · literary 11 · biblical 49 · parliamentary 15 893 · legal and administrative 40 550 · UN documents 185 370.

## instruments

Used about 218 291 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 55 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 14 734 · legal and administrative ≈ 35 481 · UN documents ≈ 167 992). Forms: instrument, instruments.

- I don't play any **instrument**.
  Je ne joue d'aucun **instrument**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jhomel and sicerabibax · checked, community translation · [\#5070039](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5070039) [\#4811800](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4811800))

- God has his **instruments**.
  Dieu a ses **instruments**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30728)

- The Levites stood with David’s **instruments**, and the priests with the trumpets.
  Les Lévites prirent place avec les **instruments** de David, et les sacrificateurs avec les trompettes.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 29:26)

- This does not involve any military **instrument**.
  Aucun **instrument** militaire ne serait plus opportun.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1845665)

- **INSTRUMENTS**, DATA AND EQUIPMENT
  **INSTRUMENTS**, DONNÉES ET ÉQUIPEMENT
  ([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 4669912)

## More sentences

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

- The band is making all **instruments** in tune.
  Le groupe fait sa balance.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14064978](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14064978) [\#14064950](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14064950))

- Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing **instrument** with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.
  Voici, je fais de toi un traîneau aigu, tout neuf, Garni de pointes; Tu écraseras, tu broieras les montagnes, Et tu rendras les collines semblables à de la balle.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 41:15)

- For the dill isn’t threshed with a sharp **instrument**, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.
  On ne foule pas la nielle avec le traîneau, Et la roue du chariot ne passe pas sur le cumin; Mais on bat la nielle avec le bâton, Et le cumin avec la verge.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 28:27)

## 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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