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# opinion — English to French

How English *opinion* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: opinion (136 634), opinions (24 820). By style: everyday 483 · literary 19 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 23 976 · legal and administrative 37 871 · UN documents 99 101.

## avis

Used about 72 589 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 106 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 9 740 · legal and administrative ≈ 35 899 · UN documents ≈ 26 840).

- That's his **opinion**.
  C'est son **avis**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zumley and Yemana · checked, community translation · [\#5650942](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5650942) [\#5654283](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5654283))

- "That is Poisson's **opinion**, my uncle, nothing more."
  —C'est l'**avis** de Poisson, mon oncle, voilà tout.
  ([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 509)

- This is not our **opinion** either.
  Ce n'est pas non plus notre **avis**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 240226)

- Content of **opinions** and reports
  Contenu des **avis** et des rapports
  ([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 1196254)

- It also delivers **opinions** and adopts recommendations.
  Il formule également des **avis** et adopte des recommandations.
  ([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 20633156)

## opinions

Used about 63 890 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 357 · literary ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 6 993 · legal and administrative ≈ 789 · UN documents ≈ 55 744). Forms: opinion, opinions.

- I wanted your **opinion**.
  Je voulais votre **opinion**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2033107](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2033107) [\#4692239](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4692239))

- “Tholomyès, your **opinions** fix the law.
  --Tholomyès, tes **opinions** font loi.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3126)

- Are you aware of that difference of **opinion**?
  Êtes-vous au courant de cette divergence d'**opinions** ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 444037)

- Other customers of the yard, Peter Dohle Schiffahrts–KG and Odfjell, expressed similar **opinions**.
  D'autres clients du chantier naval, Peter Dohle Schiffarts-KG et Odfjell, ont exprimé des **opinions** similaires.
  ([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 1965626)

- Their **opinions** cannot be pushed aside.
  Leurs **opinions** ne peuvent être écartées.
  ([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 7744145)

## More sentences

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

- In my **opinion**, permanent peace is nothing but illusion.
  À mes yeux, la paix permanente n'est qu'une illusion.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#250867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/250867) [\#10776661](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10776661))

- In my **opinion**, Twitter is a waste of time.
  Selon moi, Twitter est une perte de temps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#515319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/515319) [\#663100](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/663100))

- In my **opinion**, he's right.
  Je crois qu'il a raison.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by witbrock and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#430168](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/430168) [\#431332](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/431332))

## 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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