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# needed — English to French

How English *needed* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: needed (139 153), neededs (3). By style: everyday 470 · literary 8 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 11 665 · legal and administrative 9 099 · UN documents 117 908.

## nécessaire

Used about 46 144 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 645 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 497 · UN documents ≈ 36 991). Forms: nécessaire, nécessaires.

- Time is pressing, and quick action is **needed**.
  Le temps presse et une action rapide est **nécessaire**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2796055](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2796055) [\#8473496](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8473496))

- but one thing is **needed**. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
  Une seule chose est **nécessaire**. Marie a choisi la bonne part, qui ne lui sera point ôtée.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 10:42)

- I **needed**, however, to clarify what is really happening.
  Mais il était **nécessaire** que je clarifie ce qui est réellement en train de se passer.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 384505)

- the applicant produces the main raw material **needed** to produce the product under investigation; and,
  le requérant produit lui-même la principale matière première **nécessaire** à la fabrication du produit soumis à l’enquête, et
  ([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 2152830)

- The filter shall be changed as **needed**.
  Il doit être changé dès que **nécessaire**.
  ([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 29840703)

## besoin

Used about 14 707 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 333 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 2 430 · legal and administrative ≈ 379 · UN documents ≈ 11 560).

- He **needed** to rest.
  Il avait **besoin** de se reposer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and TRANG · checked, community translation · [\#295190](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/295190) [\#332341](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/332341))

- “I think that Basque **needed** the chairs for the drawing-room.”
  --Je crois que Basque avait **besoin** des fauteuils pour le salon.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31172)

- They also honored us with many honors; and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we **needed**.
  On nous rendit de grands honneurs, et, à notre départ, on nous fournit les choses dont nous avions **besoin**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 28:10)

- And that is most sorely **needed**.
  C'est de cela dont nous avons le plus **besoin**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 476749)

- Not applicable (no one in the household **needed**/had dental care)
  Sans objet (personne dans le ménage n’a eu **besoin**/n’a eu de soins dentaires)
  ([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 5296419)

## faut

Used about 8 881 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 944 · UN documents ≈ 6 936).

- “Then why is there a fire in my rooms, and everything that is **needed**?”
  --Alors pourquoi y a-t-il du feu chez moi et tout ce qu'il **faut**?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19315)

- If this is so, then action is **needed** urgently.
  Dans l'affirmative, il **faut** alors prendre des mesures de toute urgence.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1307082)

- Urgent action was **needed** in order to prevent an even more disastrous human tragedy.
  Il **faut** prendre d &apos; urgence des mesures pour éviter une tragédie humaine encore plus désastreuse.
  ([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 18352199)

- Commissioner Kroes has already expressed her concern, but I think that more is **needed**.
  La commissaire Kroes a déjà exprimé son inquiétude, mais je pense qu'il **faut** aller plus loin.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1275321)

- This example is sufficient to illustrate the scale of the effort still **needed**.
  Cet exemple suffit pour nous montrer l &apos; ampleur de l &apos; effort qu &apos; il **faut** encore développer.
  ([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 1059714)

## faire

Used about 6 986 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 49 · biblical ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 6 936).

- Tom said that he **needed** to go shopping.
  Tom a dit qu'il devait **faire** les courses.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#7372041](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7372041) [\#7410885](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7410885))

- Whatever more will be **needed** for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.
  Tu tireras de la maison des trésors du roi ce qu’il faudra pour les autres dépenses que tu auras à **faire** concernant la maison de ton Dieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 7:20)

- Other countries, however, felt that the proposal **needed** further study before it could be introduced.
  D &apos; autres pays étaient toutefois d &apos; avis que cette proposition devait d &apos; abord **faire** l &apos; objet d &apos; un examen plus poussé.
  ([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 4379885)

- We didn't know what **needed** to be done.
  Nous ne savions pas ce qu'il fallait **faire**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5990250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5990250) [\#11071159](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11071159))

- 21. The Associate Administrator took note of the positive comments on the strategic plan, but acknowledginged that more work **neededs** to be done in to sharpening the focus in areas where UNDP can substantively contribute substantively to development.
  L &apos; Administrateur associé a pris note des commentaires positifs concernant le plan stratégique, en reconnaissant qu &apos; il restait beaucoup à **faire** pour affiner l &apos; objectif dans les domaines où le PNUD peut apporter une importante contribution au développement.
  ([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 17089563)

## More sentences

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

- I made a list of things I **needed** to bring with me.
  Je dressai une liste des choses qu'il me fallait emporter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2380385](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2380385) [\#2382187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2382187))

- Sam **needed** to prove that.
  Sami devait prouver ça.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#10515986](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10515986) [\#7347036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7347036))

- I had everything I **needed** to be happy.
  J'avais tout pour être heureuse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by maydoo and marafon · checked, community translation · [\#4377641](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4377641) [\#4313849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4313849))

## Grammar

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