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# names — English to French

How English *names* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation 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: names (41 326). By style: everyday 159 · literary 14 · biblical 82 · parliamentary 1 197 · legal and administrative 5 360 · UN documents 34 514.

## noms

Used about 31 420 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 119 · literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 77 · parliamentary ≈ 973 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 355 · UN documents ≈ 25 886). Forms: nom, noms.

- Tell me your **names**.
  Dites-moi vos **noms**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by catcher and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#3076183](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3076183) [\#5589079](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5589079))

- It was only a question of a trifling substitution of **names**.
  Ce fut l'affaire d'une toute petite substitution de **noms**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4496)

- These are the **names** of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
  Voici les **noms** des fils de Guerschom: Libni et Schimeï.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 6:17)

- Their **names** were arrayed on a large plaque.
  Leurs **noms** s'étalaient sur une grande plaque.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1482185)

- Insert **names** and concentrations.
  Insérer les **noms** et concentrations.
  ([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 2518008)

## More sentences

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

- He called her bad **names**.
  Il l'a injuriée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#302873](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/302873) [\#4711306](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4711306))

- These are my friends. Their **names** are Tom and Mary.
  Voici mes amis. Ils s'appellent Tom et Mary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ricardo14 and tras · checked, community translation · [\#7496144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7496144) [\#7497991](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7497991))

- Tom and Mary aren't actually our real **names**.
  Tom et Marie ne sont en fait pas nos vrais prénoms.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and genes1s · checked, community translation · [\#6770190](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6770190) [\#13326878](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13326878))

## 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/).

## About these examples

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