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# object — English to French

How English *object* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: object (27 941), objects (20 498). By style: everyday 111 · literary 22 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 1 355 · legal and administrative 6 631 · UN documents 40 316.

## objets

Used about 34 090 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 75 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 409 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 457 · UN documents ≈ 28 137). Forms: objet, objets.

- This **object** is beautiful.
  Cet **objet** est beau.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and madjidoumnia · checked, community translation · [\#13815934](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13815934) [\#10490101](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10490101))

- External **objects** produce decided effects upon the brain.
  Les **objets** extérieurs ont une action réelle sur le cerveau.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2209)

- For as I passed along and observed the **objects** of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.
  Car, en parcourant votre ville et en considérant les **objets** de votre dévotion, j’ai même découvert un autel avec cette inscription: A un dieu inconnu! Ce que vous révérez sans le connaître, c’est ce que je vous annonce.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 17:23)

- This means that we are **objects**, rather than subjects.
  Cela signifie que nous sommes des **objets** plutôt que des sujets.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1254383)

- safely stow movable **objects**,
  ranger en toute sécurité les **objets** mobiles;
  ([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 5129499)

## More sentences

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

- Do you **object** to my idea?
  Es-tu opposé à mon idée ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#69318](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/69318) [\#11234732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11234732))

- I have a foreign **object** in my left ear.
  J'ai un corps étranger dans l'oreille gauche.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#243560](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/243560) [\#1876370](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1876370))

- I don't mean to **object** to your proposal.
  Je n'ai pas l'intention de m'opposer à votre proposition.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#16980](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16980) [\#549366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/549366))

## 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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