Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Translate** · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/)

This page as HTML: <https://translate.elamur.ai/free/en/en-fr/kind/>

# kind — English to French

How English *kind* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: kind (64 585), kinds (14 816). By style: everyday 1 258 · literary 13 · biblical 130 · parliamentary 12 449 · legal and administrative 12 477 · UN documents 53 074.

## types

Used about 20 995 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 131 · parliamentary ≈ 2 983 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 719 · UN documents ≈ 12 163). Forms: type, types.

- I read all **kinds** of books.
  J'ai lu plein de **types** de livres.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mamat and mamat · checked, community translation · [\#253185](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/253185) [\#477546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477546))

- What **kinds** of regimes will result?
  Quels **types** de régime en sortira-t-il?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1483950)

- Of a **kind** used for furnaces
  des **types** utilisés pour 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 3697883)

- Consumption of selected **kinds** of foods
  Consommation de certains **types** de produits alimentaires
  ([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 7985873)

- She likes all **kinds** of sports.
  Elle aime tous les **types** de sports.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Anthaus · checked, community translation · [\#1019950](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1019950) [\#2699613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2699613))

## nature

Used about 11 543 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 259 · legal and administrative ≈ 780 · UN documents ≈ 10 504).

- What **kind** of decisions will be taken in the future about our minority languages and cultures?
  Peut-il préciser la **nature** des décisions qui seront prises, à l'avenir, en ce qui concerne nos langues et cultures minoritaires?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1644099)

- ‘funds’ means financial assets and benefits of every **kind**, including, but not limited to:
  «fonds» les actifs financiers et les avantages économiques de toute **nature**, et notamment, mais pas exclusivement:
  ([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 3434541)

- 21. Voluntary contributions in **kind**
  Contributions volontaires en **nature**
  ([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 1606196)

- It would distort competition, because all the Member States with a nuclear energy programme are required to develop a solution of this **kind**.
  Cela constituerait une distorsion de la concurrence, car tous les États membres disposant d'un programme d'énergie nucléaire sont tenus de développer une solution de cette **nature**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1394861)

- ‘The authorising officer responsible may accept co-financing in **kind**, if considered necessary or appropriate.’
  «L’ordonnateur compétent peut accepter des cofinancements en **nature**, si ceux-ci sont jugés nécessaires ou appropriés.»
  ([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 1017157)

## sortes

Used about 6 659 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 236 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 1 297 · legal and administrative ≈ 130 · UN documents ≈ 4 976).

- How many **kinds** are there?
  Combien y a-t-il de **sortes** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2196902](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2196902) [\#2201485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2201485))

- and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all **kinds** of workmanship.
  de graver les pierres à enchâsser, de travailler le bois, et d’exécuter toutes **sortes** d’ouvrages.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 31:5)

- Secondly, balanced use must be made of different **kinds** of primary fuel.
  Ensuite, il convient d’utiliser de manière équilibrée les différentes **sortes** de combustibles primaires.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 699487)

- Applications of space-based systems for risk prevention and risk management and all **kinds** of emergency, enhancing convergence with non-space systems.
  Applications de systèmes spatiaux pour la prévention et la gestion des risques ainsi que de toutes **sortes** de situations d'urgence, en renforçant la convergence avec les systèmes non spatiaux.
  ([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 874136)

- The diaspora could provide two **kinds** of assistance.
  L &apos; apport de la diaspora peut être de deux **sortes**.
  ([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 11567120)

## genre

Used about 5 694 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 301 · parliamentary ≈ 1 686 · legal and administrative ≈ 390 · UN documents ≈ 3 317).

- You're **kind** of cute.
  Vous êtes mignons, dans votre **genre**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2214309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2214309) [\#2215104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2215104))

- It was the first of its **kind**.
  C’était la première du **genre**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 781639)

- Articles and accessories for billiards of all **kinds**
  Billards de tout **genre** et leurs accessoires
  ([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 186407)

- Response rates are normally lower for this **kind** of survey
  Les taux de réponse sont généralement moins élevés pour ce **genre** d &apos; enquête.
  ([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 21016552)

- What **kind** of poison was it?
  Quel **genre** de poison était-ce ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#8672800](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8672800) [\#8671851](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8671851))

## toutes

Used about 3 846 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 259 · legal and administrative ≈ 260 · UN documents ≈ 3 317).

- any **kind** of raven,
  le corbeau et **toutes** ses espèces;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 11:15)

- All **kinds** of analyses, all forecasts lead to the certain conclusion that energy dependency on external supply will increase significantly.
  **Toutes** les analyses et prévisions arrivent à la conclusion que la dépendance énergétique vis-à-vis de l'extérieur s'accroîtra sensiblement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1787577)

- Masspieces of all **kinds**; parts of massmeters
  Poids pour **toutes** balances; parties d'appareils ou instruments de pesage
  ([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 189931)

- PROTECTION OF THE OCEANS, ALL **KINDS** OF SEAS, INCLUDING
  PROTECTION DES OCÉANS ET DE **TOUTES** LES MERS — Y COMPRIS
  ([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 2017019)

- every raven of any **kind**,
  le corbeau et **toutes** ses espèces;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 14:14)

## More sentences

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

- You and I, we're two of a **kind**!
  Toi et moi, on sort du même moule !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12999787](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12999787) [\#12999794](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12999794))

- It's **kind** of creepy.
  C'est un peu flippant.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#1777416](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1777416) [\#9451739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9451739))

- You're the only person I know who doesn't take some **kind** of medicine at least once a week.
  Tu es la seule personne que je connaisse qui ne prend pas un médicament ou un autre au moins une fois par semaine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#954856](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/954856) [\#959347](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/959347))

## 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. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=en-fr&word=kind).


Every example is quoted under its source's licence and credited with it; the rest of the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.