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# male — English to French

How English *male* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: male (26 536), males (7 805). By style: everyday 71 · literary 3 · biblical 193 · parliamentary 536 · legal and administrative 1 628 · UN documents 31 910.

## hommes

Used about 15 558 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 225 · legal and administrative ≈ 34 · UN documents ≈ 15 290).

- Sami looked out the window and saw two black **males** running.
  Sami regarda par la fenêtre et vit deux **hommes** noirs courir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#6709236](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6709236) [\#6984581](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6984581))

- You shall put both **male** and female outside of the camp so that they don’t defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.”
  **Hommes** ou femmes, vous les renverrez, vous les renverrez hors du camp, afin qu’ils ne souillent pas le camp au milieu duquel j’ai ma demeure.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 5:3)

- The norm is able-bodied **males**.
  La norme, ce sont les **hommes** bien constitués.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1707848)

- Members of sole holder's family carrying out farm work for the holding: **male**
  Membres de la famille de l'exploitant individuel qui travaillent dans l'exploitation: **hommes**
  ([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 3670460)

- Age in completed years at time of death (**males**)
  Âge révolu au moment du décès (**hommes**)
  ([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 26089444)

## masculin

Used about 2 805 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 47 · legal and administrative ≈ 85 · UN documents ≈ 2 659).

- Tom needs a **male** role model.
  Tom a besoin d'un modèle **masculin**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and marioo · checked, community translation · [\#2957519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2957519) [\#8585220](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8585220))

- I can only draw the conclusion that the **male** candidate was appointed on a quota basis.
  Je ne peux que conclure que le candidat **masculin** a été favorisé.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 155075)

- Put M for **male** or F for female.
  Indiquer «M» pour «**masculin**» et «F» pour «féminin».
  ([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 823053)

- School type **Male** Female Total **Male** Female Total
  Type d &apos; établissement **Masculin** Féminin Total
  ([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 7997939)

- A boy is a **male** child.
  Un garçon est un enfant de sexe **masculin**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2951072](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2951072) [\#12262655](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12262655))

## mâles

Used about 2 521 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · biblical ≈ 103 · parliamentary ≈ 62 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 340 · UN documents ≈ 997). Forms: mâle, mâles.

- The ox is the **male** of the cow.
  Le bœuf est le **mâle** de la vache.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sifaks and Talwit · checked, community translation · [\#7245992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7245992) [\#7244542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7244542))

- Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy **males**.
  des fils de Bigvaï, Uthaï et Zabbud, et avec eux soixante-dix **mâles**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 8:14)

- We know, for example, that most experiments on animals are performed on **males**.
  Nous savons par exemple qu'une grande partie de l'expérimentation animale se fait sur des animaux **mâles**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1963517)

- Name of breed of donor **male**
  Race du **mâle** donneur
  ([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 5191099)

- Wistar rats (**male** and female,
  Rats Wistar (**mâles** et femelles,
  ([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 26928796)

## femmes

Used about 1 716 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 54 · UN documents ≈ 1 662).

- We want women no longer to earn something like 30% less than their **male** counterparts.
  Nous refusons le fait que les **femmes** gagnent toujours environ 30% de moins que leurs homologues masculins.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 893861)

- Similarly, **male** labour migration increases women &apos; s household and family responsibilities.
  De même, le mouvement migratoire qui touche la main-d &apos; œuvre masculine alourdit les responsabilités incombant aux **femmes** en ce qui concerne le ménage et la famille.
  ([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 11951502)

- Such opportunities must have at their core equality for women on a par with their **male** counterparts.
  La parfaite égalité entre les **femmes** et leurs homologues masculins doit être au cœur de ces perspectives.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 768266)

- Targeted skills development programmes help women and girls gain access to traditionally **male**-dominated occupations.
  Grâce à des programmes ciblés de développement des compétences, les **femmes** et les filles ont accès à des professions traditionnellement masculines.
  ([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 15726691)

- Depending on the country and sector, women earn up to 30% less than their **male** counterparts.
  Selon les pays ou les secteurs d'activités, les **femmes** gagnent jusqu'à 30 % de moins que leurs collègues masculins.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 103405)

## âge

Used about 665 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 665).

- For all purposes, the minimum age is 16 years for females and 18 years for **males**.
  Ces mêmes âges constituent l’**âge** minimum en toutes circonstances.
  ([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 6128319)

- 73. Percentage of female graduates at the primary, secondary and university levels by age group, compared with **male** graduates
  73. Pourcentage de filles diplômées dans le primaire, le secondaire et l &apos; université, par groupe d &apos; **âge** par rapport aux garçons
  ([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 27721296)

## femelles

Used about 19 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 17).

- **Males** are always more beautiful than females.
  Les mâles sont toujours plus beaux que les **femelles**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#9639654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9639654) [\#9639669](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9639669))

- Females maintain the capacity to develop **male** secondary sex characteristics, when they are exposed to androgenic chemicals in water.
  Les **femelles** conservent la capacité de développer des caractères sexuels secondaires masculins en cas d'exposition à des substances androgènes présentes dans l'eau.
  ([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 3937997)

- The boy has four rabbits, two **male** and two female ones.
  Le garçon a quatre lapins, deux males et deux **femelles**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Rockaround · checked, community translation · [\#3087314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3087314) [\#6943379](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6943379))

## sexe

Used about 17 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 17).

- Name: ZUPLJANIN Stojan (**male**)
  Nom: ZUPLJANIN Stojan (**sexe**: M)
  ([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 1139732)

## More sentences

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

- The suspect is a black **male**.
  Le suspect est un homme noir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1779776](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1779776) [\#1784714](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1784714))

- Do you think that **male** leggings are cool?
  Penses-tu que les collants pour homme soient chouettes ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1330442](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1330442) [\#1330729](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1330729))

- Nowadays, there are many **male** nurses.
  De nos jours, il y a beaucoup d'infirmiers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4476863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4476863) [\#8582518](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8582518))

## 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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