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# leave — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: leave (61 429), leaves (9 118). By style: everyday 2 409 · literary 60 · biblical 144 · parliamentary 6 432 · legal and administrative 6 139 · UN documents 55 363.

## laisse

Used about 13 018 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 452 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 24 · parliamentary ≈ 2 278 · legal and administrative ≈ 448 · UN documents ≈ 9 804). Forms: laisse, laisser.

- Politics **leaves** him cold.
  La politique le **laisse** froid.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by blay\_paul and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#509205](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/509205) [\#1803333](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1803333))

- "**Leave** me, I tell you.
  —**Laisse**-moi, te dis-je!
  ([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 1842)

- Ephraim is joined to idols. **Leave** him alone!
  Éphraïm est attaché aux idoles: **laisse**-le!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HOS 4:17)

- He **leaves** a wife and three sons.
  Il **laisse** derrière lui une épouse et trois fils.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 972666)

- It is therefore preferable to **leave** them in their natal colony until they have become independent.
  Il est donc préférable de **laisser** les jeunes dans leur colonie natale jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient devenus indépendants.
  ([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 1178417)

## congé

Used about 12 071 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 536 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 151 · UN documents ≈ 10 381).

- M. de Quélen smiled and said, “What, my dear child, a day’s **leave** of absence!
  Mr de Quélen sourit et dit: Comment donc, ma chère enfant, un jour de **congé**!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10624)

- After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took **leave** of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
  Lorsque le tumulte eut cessé, Paul réunit les disciples, et, après les avoir exhortés, prit **congé** d’eux, et partit pour aller en Macédoine.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 20:1)

- This means in particular the right to paid maternity **leave** and to an earnings-based pension.
  Je pense en particulier au droit à des prestations de **congé** de maternité et à une retraite basée sur le salaire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1047177)

- Days of **leave** and sickness do not count as working days.
  Les jours de **congé** et d'arrêt maladie ne comptent pas comme jours de travail.
  ([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 4736967)

- (ii) **Leave** may be taken only when authorized.
  ii) Tout **congé** doit être autorisé.
  ([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 23301313)

## feuilles

Used about 7 901 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 577 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 16 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 686 · UN documents ≈ 4 614).

- All the **leaves** have fallen.
  Toutes les **feuilles** sont tombées.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#8969508](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8969508) [\#4868424](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4868424))

- The sound of the watering-pot on the **leaves** filled Father Mabeuf’s soul with ecstasy.
  Le bruit de l'arrosoir sur les **feuilles** remplissait l'âme du père Mabeuf de ravissement.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18962)

- Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig **leaves** together, and made coverings for themselves.
  Les yeux de l’un et de l’autre s’ouvrirent, ils connurent qu’ils étaient nus, et ayant cousu des **feuilles** de figuier, ils s’en firent des ceintures.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 3:7)

- Thyme and bay **leaves**
  Thym et **feuilles** de laurier
  ([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 55252)

- Plant: necrosis of **leaves** White mould
  Sur la plante: nécrose des **feuilles**
  ([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 17294996)

## More sentences

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

- I'll **leave** the decision to you.
  Je te laisserai la décision.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#238566](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/238566) [\#833937](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/833937))

- I would rather **leave** early than travel on rush-hour trains.
  Je préférerais partir tôt plutôt que prendre le train aux heures de pointe.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and Lulantis · checked, community translation · [\#29739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/29739) [\#13759](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13759))

- I **leave** for Paris tomorrow.
  Je pars pour Paris demain.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#252662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/252662) [\#7471](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7471))

## 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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