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# lack — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: lack (147 085), lacks (5 046). By style: everyday 170 · literary 12 · biblical 49 · parliamentary 10 731 · legal and administrative 4 694 · UN documents 136 475.

## manque

Used about 45 744 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 124 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 5 701 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 516 · UN documents ≈ 38 384).

- He **lacks** tact.
  Il **manque** de tact.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2321271](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2321271) [\#2321777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2321777))

- That which we **lack** attracts us.
  Ce qui nous **manque** nous attire.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14181)

- Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head **lack** oil.
  Qu’en tout temps tes vêtements soient blancs, et que l’huile ne **manque** point sur ta tête.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 9:8)

- What it **lacks** is the political will to do so.
  Il lui **manque** la volonté politique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 491898)

- No — **lack** of time
  Non, **manque** de temps
  ([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 3245352)

## n

Used about 21 018 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 224 · legal and administrative ≈ 880 · UN documents ≈ 19 903).

- She **lacks** common sense.
  Elle **n**'a pas assez de bon sens.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#312364](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/312364) [\#134130](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134130))

- For **lack** of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
  Faute de bois, le feu s’éteint; Et quand il **n**’y a point de rapporteur, la querelle s’apaise.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 26:20)

- Yet I know of no one whom I respect who **lacks** the courage to say what they think about Turkey.
  Mais je ne connais personne que je respecte qui **n**’ait le courage de dire ce qu’il ou elle pense sur la Turquie.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 634234)

- Engie argues that the Opening Decision **lacks** sufficient reasoning.
  Engie allègue que la décision d'ouverture **n**'est pas suffisamment motivée.
  ([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 4804897)

- 12. Gibraltar has no known natural resources and **lacks** agricultural land.
  Gibraltar **n** &apos; a ni ressources naturelles connues ni terres agricoles.
  ([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 8770913)

## absence

Used about 17 320 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 894 · legal and administrative ≈ 782 · UN documents ≈ 15 638).

- A **lack** of response is tantamount to acquiescence.
  L'**absence** de réponse équivaut à un consentement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11066145](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11066145) [\#11066158](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11066158))

- That is the real problem: a **lack** of openness, or banking secrecy.
  Voilà le coeur du problème: une **absence** de transparence ou le secret bancaire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1860463)

- Specific additional observations on the **lack** of State aid with regard to the State guarantees
  Observations complémentaires spécifiques sur l’**absence** d’aide d’État en ce qui concerne les garanties d’État
  ([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 5071305)

- Her action was dismissed on account of **lack** of standing.
  Sa demande a été rejetée au motif de l &apos; **absence** de qualité pour agir.
  ([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 2701823)

- The **lack** of evidence to the contrary is itself evidence that your theory is probably right.
  L'**absence** de preuve du contraire est elle-même la preuve que votre théorie est probablement vraie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#522315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/522315) [\#545248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/545248))

## pas

Used about 13 407 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 1 677 · legal and administrative ≈ 342 · UN documents ≈ 11 373).

- Children sometimes **lack** patience.
  Parfois, les enfants ne peuvent **pas** être patients.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and eS · checked, community translation · [\#245956](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/245956) [\#8146](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8146))

- My child will not die of that frightful malady, for **lack** of succor.
  Mon enfant ne mourra **pas** de cette affreuse maladie, faute de secours.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4111)

- The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no **lack** of gain.
  Le cœur de son mari a confiance en elle, Et les produits ne lui feront **pas** défaut.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 31:11)

- He **lacks** all credibility.
  Il n'est absolument **pas** crédible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1704382)

- it **lacks** an integrated, physical attached keyboard in its as-shipped configuration;
  il ne comporte **pas** de clavier physique intégré dans sa configuration d'usine;
  ([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 3851233)

## More sentences

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

- We **lack** wings, but we still have enough strength to fall.
  Les ailes nous manquent, mais nous avons toujours assez de force pour tomber.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ramen and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#2838081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2838081) [\#2837751](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2837751))

- By **lack** of attention, she hit the post with her car.
  Elle a heurté le poteau avec la voiture par inattention.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#471396](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/471396) [\#471287](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/471287))

- They **lack** an ideal, a reason to get up in the morning.
  Ils leur manquent un idéal, une raison de se lever le matin.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#840927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/840927) [\#764679](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/764679))

## 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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