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# lives — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: lives (46 840). By style: everyday 855 · literary 19 · biblical 131 · parliamentary 5 687 · legal and administrative 451 · UN documents 39 697.

## vie

Used about 29 668 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 53 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 22 · parliamentary ≈ 4 502 · legal and administrative ≈ 272 · UN documents ≈ 24 811). Forms: vie, vies.

- That changes people's **lives**.
  Cela change la **vie** des gens.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12391288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12391288) [\#12390810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12390810))

- You save people’s **lives**, and you conceal it from them!
  Vous sauvez la **vie** aux gens, et vous le leur cachez!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31964)

- Flee! Save your **lives**! Be like the juniper bush in the wilderness.
  Fuyez, sauvez votre **vie**, Et soyez comme un misérable dans le désert!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 48:6)

- Their **lives** are in danger.
  Leur **vie** est en danger.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1960102)

- Safety of **Lives** at Sea IMO Convention
  Convention de l’OMI sur la sauvegarde de la **vie** humaine en mer
  ([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 2089490)

## vit

Used about 3 108 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 410 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 27 · parliamentary ≈ 118 · legal and administrative ≈ 66 · UN documents ≈ 2 481).

- Tom **lives** like a king.
  Tom **vit** comme un roi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#2821619](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2821619) [\#8731591](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8731591))

- "He **lives**! he **lives**!" he cried.
  «Il **vit**! il vit! s'écria-t-il.
  ([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 2478)

- But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she **lives**.
  Mais celle qui **vit** dans les plaisirs est morte, quoique vivante.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 5:6)

- The child is thoroughly confused and **lives** shut up in a cellar.
  L'enfant ne comprend plus rien et **vit** caché dans un sous-sol.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1622199)

- Other information: **lives** in the United Kingdom.’
  Renseignement complémentaire: **vit** au Royaume-Uni.»
  ([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 735276)

## More sentences

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

- She **lives** with him in a small house.
  Elle habite avec lui dans une petite maison.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sabretou and tras · checked, community translation · [\#7357075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7357075) [\#7357228](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7357228))

- My girlfriend **lives** near the post office.
  Ma petite amie habite aux alentours de la poste.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12245956](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12245956) [\#12246948](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12246948))

- She **lives** in New York.
  Elle habite à New York.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lukaszpp and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#456735](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/456735) [\#2020010](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2020010))

## Grammar

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