Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Translate** · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/)

This page as HTML: <https://translate.elamur.ai/free/en/en-fr/occurred/>

# occurred — English to French

How English *occurred* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: occurred (37 822). By style: everyday 78 · literary 21 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 1 626 · legal and administrative 3 100 · UN documents 32 996.

## eu

Used about 7 995 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 237 · legal and administrative ≈ 194 · UN documents ≈ 7 562).

- A splendid idea **occurred** to John.
  John a **eu** une merveilleuse idée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CP and mari36 · checked, community translation · [\#51854](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/51854) [\#761428](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/761428))

- An idea had **occurred** to Gavroche which had brought him to a decision, but he had not mentioned it for fear that Marius might offer some objection to it.
  Gavroche avait **eu** une idée qui l'avait déterminé, mais qu'il n'avait pas dite, de peur que Marius n'y fît quelque objection.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24922)

- Has individuation **occurred** or not?
  L'individuation a-t-elle déjà **eu** lieu ou non ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 448361)

- whether data are complete and whether data gaps or double counting have **occurred**;
  si les données sont complètes et s'il y a **eu** des lacunes dans les données ou un double comptage;
  ([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 4757190)

- This flight **occurred** in an area controlled by the Bosnian Serbs.
  Le vol a **eu** lieu dans une zone contrôlée par les Serbes de Bosnie.
  ([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 405969)

## lieu

Used about 174 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 34 · legal and administrative ≈ 129).

- A big earthquake **occurred** in Tokyo.
  Un violent tremblement de terre a eu **lieu** à Tokyo.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Sisyphe · checked, community translation · [\#279728](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/279728) [\#3091886](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3091886))

- No prosecutions of any complaints **occurred**.
  Aucune des plaintes n'a donné **lieu** à des poursuites.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 400187)

- if death **occurred** on Estonian territory, a certificate for the purposes of the claim must be attached to the death
  si le décès a **lieu** sur le territoire estonien, un certificat pour la demande d'allocation doit être annexé au certificat de
  ([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 784885)

- A big earthquake **occurred** in India yesterday.
  Un gros tremblement de terre a eu **lieu** en Inde hier.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and GeeZ · checked, community translation · [\#244366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/244366) [\#1540271](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1540271))

- Events which **occurred** before the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 shall not give rise to any measures in accordance with this Regulation.
  Les événements survenus avant la date d'entrée en vigueur du règlement (CE) no 391/2009 ne donnent **lieu** à aucune mesure conformément au présent règlement.
  ([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 3360165)

## More sentences

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

- Where were you when the fire **occurred**?
  Où vous trouviez-vous lorsque le feu s'est déclenché ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3730336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3730336) [\#4134401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4134401))

- Evidently something very momentous had **occurred** that afternoon.
  De toute évidence, quelque chose de très important s'est produit cet après-midi-là.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8828666](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8828666) [\#11065017](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11065017))

- A bright idea **occurred** to me.
  Une idée brillante me vint à l'esprit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#51853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/51853) [\#1066725](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1066725))

## 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

Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=en-fr&word=occurred).


Every example is quoted under its source's licence and credited with it; the rest of the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.