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# oral — English to French

How English *oral* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: oral (30 035), orals (1). By style: everyday 12 · parliamentary 3 665 · legal and administrative 2 284 · UN documents 24 075.

## oral

Used about 19 809 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 3 283 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 285 · UN documents ≈ 15 231). Forms: oral, orale, orales.

- He had an **oral** exam.
  Il avait un examen **oral**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and mamat · checked, community translation · [\#454463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/454463) [\#454032](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/454032))

- **Oral** explanations of vote
  Explications de vote **orales**
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1209892)

- Acute **oral** and contact toxicity
  Toxicité aiguë **orale** ou de contact
  ([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 2394995)

- **Oral** decision by the Chairman
  Décision **orale** du Président
  ([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 17656524)

- We had an **oral** exam.
  Nous eûmes un examen **oral**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#248034](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/248034) [\#1580672](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1580672))

## oraux

Used about 3 349 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 305 · legal and administrative ≈ 95 · UN documents ≈ 2 948).

- Your **oral** dialogue is also at issue though, of course.
  Toutefois, vos échanges **oraux** sont également concernés, bien évidemment.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1304805)

- for the purchase of **oral** vaccine plus baits:
  pour l’achat de vaccins **oraux** et d’appâts
  ([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 2292356)

- **Oral** reports of the Chairman to the Security Council
  Rapports **oraux** du Président au Conseil de sécurité
  ([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 12498369)

- You must read them, otherwise they would not be **oral** amendments!
  - Vous devez les lire, sinon ce ne sont plus des amendements **oraux**!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 670652)

- for the distribution of **oral** vaccine plus baits EUR 0,35 per dose;
  pour la distribution de vaccins **oraux** et d’appâts 0,35 EUR par dose;
  ([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 2028843)

## président

Used about 3 072 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 76 · legal and administrative ≈ 48 · UN documents ≈ 2 948).

- Mr President, on a point of order under Rule 108, this was an **oral** question with six questions;
  - Monsieur le **Président**, il s’agit d’une motion de procédure conformément à l’article 108 du règlement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 771182)

- The **oral** proceedings shall be opened and directed by the President, who shall be responsible for the proper conduct of the hearing.
  Les débats sont ouverts et dirigés par le **président** qui exerce la police d'audience.
  ([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 3566738)

- Following the **oral** briefing, the Chairman will give a briefing to the press.
  À l &apos; issue de cette réunion, le **Président** tiendra une réunion d &apos; information pour la presse.
  ([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 12393178)

- Following the **oral** briefing to members of the United Nations, the Chairman will give a briefing to the press.
  À la suite de la réunion, le **Président** tiendra une réunion d &apos; information pour la presse.
  ([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 7382861)

- At its 390th meeting, on 19 August 1996, the Chairman of the Committee provided an **oral** report on the results of the aforementioned consultations.
  32. À sa 390e séance, le 19 août 1996, le **Président** a fait rapport oralement au Comité sur les consultations susmentionnées.
  ([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 2403955)

## More sentences

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

- Having good **oral** hygiene is important.
  Il est important d'avoir une bonne hygiène bucco-dentaire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#1360490](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1360490) [\#12263137](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12263137))

- White spots on the tongue are one of the symptoms of a possible **oral** cancer, primarily caused by smoking. Even if you escape death, you risk losing part or all of your tongue.
  Les taches blanches sur la langue sont l’un des symptômes d’un éventuel cancer de la bouche, surtout dû au tabagisme. Même si vous échappiez à la mort, vous risquez de perdre une partie ou la totalité de votre langue.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Objectivesea and Objectivesea · checked, community translation · [\#8223071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8223071) [\#8223070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8223070))

- Traditional herbal medicinal product for symptomatic treatment of minor inflammation of the **oral** mucosa.
  Médicament traditionnel à base de plantes utilisé pour le traitement symptomatique de l'inflammation mineure de la muqueuse buccale.
  ([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 3854630)

## 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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