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# needs — English to French

How English *needs* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: needs (259 395). By style: everyday 779 · literary 6 · biblical 10 · parliamentary 21 188 · legal and administrative 12 762 · UN documents 224 650.

## besoin

Used about 169 022 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 584 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 10 153 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 508 · UN documents ≈ 149 767). Forms: besoin, besoins.

- Tom **needs** a cab.
  Tom a **besoin** d'un taxi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and mervert1 · checked, community translation · [\#2870357](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2870357) [\#3431438](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3431438))

- At that moment of his existence when a man **needs** his pride, because he **needs** love, he felt that he was jeered at because he was badly dressed, and ridiculous because he was poor.
  À ce moment de l'existence où l'homme a **besoin** d'orgueil parce qu'il a besoin d'amour, il se sentit moqué parce qu'il était mal vêtu, et ridicule parce qu'il était pauvre.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14740)

- They said, “The Lord **needs** it.”
  Ils répondirent: Le Seigneur en a **besoin**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 19:34)

- That is something that Europe **needs**.
  Voilà ce dont l'Europe a **besoin**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1581540)

- meet **needs** on grounds of the protection of human health and the environment,
  répondent à des **besoins** de protection de la santé humaine et de l’environnement,
  ([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 5094144)

## doit

Used about 16 600 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 81 · parliamentary ≈ 5 297 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 861 · UN documents ≈ 9 360).

- The gate **needs** to be closed.
  Le portail **doit** être fermé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4665730](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4665730) [\#5939124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5939124))

- This is where the Commission **needs** to act as promptly as possible.
  C'est en cela que la Commission **doit** agir le plus rapidement possible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 872936)

- The definition of the European electronic toll service **needs** to address that concern.
  La définition du service européen de télépéage **doit** répondre à ce souci.
  ([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 425886)

- 58. The process of creating global core lists has several limitations and **needs** to be improved.
  La méthode d &apos; établissement des listes mondiales de base présente d &apos; importantes limites et **doit** être améliorée.
  ([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 29881223)

- This question **needs** to be asked.
  Cette question **doit** être posée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and BobbyLee · checked, community translation · [\#9623014](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9623014) [\#9401446](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9401446))

## faut

Used about 6 386 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 114 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 324 · legal and administrative ≈ 266 · UN documents ≈ 4 680).

- She **needs** a coat.
  Il lui **faut** un manteau.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lukaszpp and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#462376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/462376) [\#586572](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/586572))

- We must **needs** tell, since this is a matter of history.
  Il **faut** bien que nous le disions, puisque ceci est de l'histoire.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24050)

- Attention still **needs** to be given to how the public are to be provided with information.
  Il **faut** toujours accorder de l’attention à la façon d’informer le public.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 506562)

- In addition, the current minimum level of information provision to members and beneficiaries **needs** to be increased.
  Par ailleurs, il **faut** accroître le niveau minimum d'information fourni aux affiliés et aux bénéficiaires.
  ([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 3906818)

- This complex problem **needs** further research.
  Il **faut** examiner plus à fond ce problème complexe.
  ([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 7495161)

## More sentences

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

- and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body **needs**, what good is it?
  et que l’un d’entre vous leur dise: Allez en paix, chauffez-vous et vous rassasiez! Et que vous ne leur donniez pas ce qui est nécessaire au corps, à quoi cela sert-il?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JAM 2:16)

- The silence was now so profound in the quarter whence the attack must **needs** come, that Enjolras had each man resume his post of battle.
  Le silence était maintenant si profond du côté d'où l'attaque devait venir qu'Enjolras fit reprendre à chacun le poste de combat.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25901)

- Cosette rose, slowly made the tour of the garden, walking on the grass drenched in dew, and saying to herself, through the species of melancholy somnambulism in which she was plunged: “Really, one **needs** wooden shoes for the garden at this hour.
  Cosette se leva, fit lentement le tour du jardin, marchant dans l'herbe inondée de rosée et se disant à travers l'espèce de somnambulisme mélancolique où elle était plongée:--Il faudrait vraiment des sabots pour le jardin à cette heure-ci.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20116)

## Grammar

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