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# once — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: once (98 168). By style: everyday 1 025 · literary 217 · biblical 53 · parliamentary 18 255 · legal and administrative 8 694 · UN documents 69 924.

## fois

Used about 55 458 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 513 · literary ≈ 63 · biblical ≈ 29 · parliamentary ≈ 10 268 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 253 · UN documents ≈ 39 332).

- **Once** isn't enough.
  Une **fois** ne suffit pas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2249740](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2249740) [\#4546367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4546367))

- He set out on his way **once** more.
  Il se remit en route encore une **fois**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28000)

- Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die **once**, and after this, judgment,
  Et comme il est réservé aux hommes de mourir une seule **fois**, après quoi vient le jugement,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 9:27)

- **Once** again, congratulations on your report.
  Une **fois** encore, toutes mes félicitations pour votre rapport !
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 132522)

- The refund must be fixed **once** a month.
  La restitution doit être fixée une **fois** par mois.
  ([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 679337)

## une

Used about 6 877 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 64 · literary ≈ 14 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 521 · legal and administrative ≈ 906 · UN documents ≈ 4 370).

- This is a **once**-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
  Il s'agit d'**une** opportunité unique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and megamanenm · checked, community translation · [\#7735064](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7735064) [\#11509582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11509582))

- All at **once**, in the midst of his dejected ecstasy, he heard a familiar voice saying:—
  Tout à coup, au milieu de son extase accablée, il entendit **une** voix connue qui disait:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19013)

- For God speaks **once**, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
  Dieu parle cependant, tantôt d’**une** manière, Tantôt d’une autre, et l’on n’y prend point garde.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 33:14)

- We stand helpless, faced by a situation like we **once** faced in Afghanistan.
  Nous sommes impuissants face à **une** situation semblable à celle à laquelle nous avions été confrontés en Afghanistan.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1326174)

- **Once** the inspection has been completed, a copy of the report shall be issued to the master.
  À l'issue de chaque inspection, **une** copie du rapport est délivrée au capitaine.
  ([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 298543)

## an

Used about 4 370 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 370).

- One session per year **once** the Convention enters into force
  Une session par **an** après l &apos; entrée en vigueur de la Convention
  ([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 621597)

- EUROSTAT WG: Management Group PHARE, **once** a year (20-21 March 2003)
  Eurostat: Groupe de travail: Groupe de gestion du programme PHARE, une réunion par **an** (20 et 21 mars 2003).
  ([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 10452544)

- EUROSTAT: Meeting on Vineyards + Fruit Trees + Crop products, **once** a year (9.11 July 2003)
  Eurostat: Réunion sur les vignes + les arbres fruitiers + la production végétale, une réunion par **an** (9 au 11 juillet 2003).
  ([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 10453268)

## encore

Used about 1 847 times in the texts (literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 380 · UN documents ≈ 1 457).

- Then all was silent **once** more.
  Puis tout se tut **encore**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 994)

- For this is what the LORD of Armies says: ‘Yet **once** more, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;
  Car ainsi parle l’Éternel des armées: **Encore** un peu de temps, Et j’ébranlerai les cieux et la terre, La mer et le sec;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HAG 2:6)

- The desirability of this model was **once** again underlined this evening by Mr Blokland, among others.
  Il a **encore** été souligné ce soir qu' un tel modèle était souhaitable, notamment par M. Blokland.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 40804)

- **Once** again, BDE-47 was predominant, followed by BDE-99 and BDE-100.
  Là **encore**, le BDE-47 était prédominant, suivi par les BDE 99 et 100.
  ([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 16205552)

- She tried to smile **once** more and expired.
  Elle essaya **encore** de sourire et expira.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24839)

## More sentences

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

- You ought to do it at **once**.
  Il vous faut le faire immédiatement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#16657](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16657) [\#3566796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3566796))

- You'll understand **once** you come of age.
  L'âge aidant, tu comprendras.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#435454](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/435454) [\#1642814](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1642814))

- People **once** believed the world was flat.
  Dans le temps, les gens croyaient que le monde était plat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and gall · checked, community translation · [\#270410](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/270410) [\#426195](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/426195))

## 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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