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# like — English to French

How English *like* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: like (252 509), likes (1 432). By style: everyday 13 138 · literary 423 · biblical 864 · parliamentary 103 854 · legal and administrative 13 601 · UN documents 122 061.

## aime

Used about 37 447 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 474 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 15 145 · legal and administrative ≈ 272 · UN documents ≈ 16 529).

- No one **likes** Tom.
  Personne n'**aime** Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and tras · checked, community translation · [\#3734662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3734662) [\#7778151](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7778151))

- “I **like** this better,” said M. Gillenormand.
  --J'**aime** mieux ça, dit M. Gillenormand.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13825)

- “Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? He whom the LORD loves will do what he **likes** to Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
  Vous tous, assemblez-vous, et écoutez! Qui d’entre eux a annoncé ces choses? Celui que l’Éternel **aime** exécutera sa volonté contre Babylone, Et son bras s’appesantira sur les Chaldéens.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 48:14)

- Of course, everybody **likes** to say we must help the young farmers.
  Bien sûr, tout le monde **aime** à dire qu'il faut aider les jeunes agriculteurs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 141661)

- number of visitors on the website or **likes** on their Facebook-site;
  le nombre de visiteurs enregistrés sur le site internet ou de mentions «J'**aime**» obtenues sur leur page Facebook,
  ([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 3708224)

## comme

Used about 27 042 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 505 · literary ≈ 256 · biblical ≈ 547 · parliamentary ≈ 7 573 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 904 · UN documents ≈ 15 258).

- You're **like** an old woman.
  Tu es **comme** une vieille femme.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#5430730](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5430730) [\#6814436](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6814436))

- “In order to speak **like** you, reverend Mother.”
  --Pour dire **comme** vous, révérende mère.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11494)

- I fade away **like** an evening shadow. I am shaken off **like** a locust.
  Je m’en vais **comme** l’ombre à son déclin, Je suis chassé comme la sauterelle.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 109:23)

- **Like** Parliament, I wish it well.
  Je lui souhaite bonne chance, tout **comme** je l’ai fait pour le Parlement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 600694)

- The analysers must be calibrated **like** the analysers for the measurement of the gaseous emissions.
  Les analyseurs doivent être étalonnés **comme** ceux servant à la mesure des émissions gazeuses.
  ([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 5422713)

## More sentences

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

- A few people mentioned they would **like** to attend some sessions later in the day on the Technical Session Agenda.
  Certaines personnes ont mentionné qu'elles aimeraient assister à certaines sessions plus tard dans la journée sur l'Ordre du jour des Sessions Techniques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#271033](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/271033) [\#790015](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/790015))

- You don't look **like** a millionaire.
  Vous n'avez pas l'air d'un millionnaire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2096085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2096085) [\#2096647](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2096647))

- Choose the color you **like** the best.
  Choisis la couleur que tu préfères.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dawnbreaksopen and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#17851](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17851) [\#477483](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477483))

## 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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