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# near — English to French

How English *near* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: near (45 440), nears (112). By style: everyday 509 · literary 109 · biblical 318 · parliamentary 2 230 · legal and administrative 1 863 · UN documents 40 523.

## proche

Used about 11 193 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · biblical ≈ 53 · parliamentary ≈ 851 · legal and administrative ≈ 559 · UN documents ≈ 9 709).

- His house is **near** the tube.
  Sa maison est **proche** du métro.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11966103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11966103) [\#1293381](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1293381))

- Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that he is **near**, even at the doors.
  De même, quand vous verrez toutes ces choses, sachez que le Fils de l’homme est **proche**, à la porte.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 24:33)

- In French it is what we call the **Near** East.
  En français, elle est au **Proche**-Orient.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 505721)

- **Near** and Middle East, other countries of Asia.
  **Proche**- et Moyen-Orient, autres pays d'Asie.
  ([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 2216766)

- **Near** and Middle East
  **Proche** et Moyen-Orient
  ([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 23380869)

## approche

Used about 6 369 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 20 · UN documents ≈ 6 332).

- Don't go **near** the fire.
  Ne t'**approche** pas du feu.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#594937](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/594937) [\#7011244](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7011244))

- “Draw **near** and take my daughter!
  «**Approche** un peu me prendre ma fille!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8773)

- Yes, his soul draws **near** to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
  Son âme s’**approche** de la fosse, Et sa vie des messagers de la mort.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 33:22)

- As costs decline and the technology **nears** grid parity, so do the payments.
  Les paiements diminuent à mesure que les coûts diminuent et que la technologie **approche** de la parité avec le réseau.
  ([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 22866629)

- “Don’t come **near** me,” she cried, “or I’ll crush you.”
  --N'**approche** pas, va-t'en, cria-t-elle, ou je t'écroule!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17886)

## près

Used about 5 880 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 291 · literary ≈ 61 · biblical ≈ 80 · parliamentary ≈ 284 · legal and administrative ≈ 522 · UN documents ≈ 4 643).

- Is it **near** here?
  C'est **près** d'ici ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tanay and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3768330](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3768330) [\#7414757](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7414757))

- The cake fell very **near** the edge.
  Le gâteau tomba assez **près** du bord.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26547)

- and for his virgin sister who is **near** to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.
  et aussi pour sa sœur encore vierge, qui le touche de **près** lorsqu’elle n’est pas mariée.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 21:3)

- I live in a hunting family **near** the Dutch border.
  Je vis dans une famille de chasseurs, **près** de la frontière hollandaise.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1909724)

- Place of Birth: **near** Damascus
  Lieu de naissance: **près** de Damas
  ([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 2786292)

## avenir

Used about 41 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 41).

- However, as the first set of CFP reform proposals **nears** a conclusion, I find myself more cynical about the process and less optimistic about the future for Scotland's fishing-dependent communities than ever before.
  Pourtant, à l'heure où le premier paquet de propositions de réforme de la PCP approche de sa conclusion, je me sens plus cynique quant au processus et moins optimiste que jamais quant à l'**avenir** des communautés écossaises dépendantes de la pêche.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 386671)

## More sentences

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

- Tom sat down **near** Mary.
  Tom s'assit à côté de Mary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and jcgillet · checked, community translation · [\#5481162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5481162) [\#2045984](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2045984))

- Be careful **near** the edge of the cliff.
  Soyez prudente à proximité du bord de la falaise !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2047722](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2047722) [\#2048613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2048613))

- Are there any Chinese restaurants **near** here?
  Y a-t-il des restaurants chinois à proximité ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4663323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4663323) [\#5594097](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5594097))

## 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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