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# order — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: order (607 587), orders (28 289). By style: everyday 610 · literary 135 · biblical 53 · parliamentary 40 616 · legal and administrative 90 058 · UN documents 504 404.

## ordre

Used about 119 154 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 286 · literary ≈ 51 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 8 462 · legal and administrative ≈ 26 267 · UN documents ≈ 84 067). Forms: ordre, ordres.

- That's an **order**.
  Il s'agit d'un **ordre**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1911855](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1911855) [\#1925492](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1925492))

- Good day, public **order**.”
  Bonjour, l'**ordre** public.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25290)

- Let all things be done decently and in **order**.
  Mais que tout se fasse avec bienséance et avec **ordre**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 14:40)

- They are of three **orders**.
  Ils sont de trois **ordres**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1170134)

- All decapod crustaceans (**order** Decapoda)
  Tous les crustacés décapodes (**ordre** des Decapoda)
  ([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 4738513)

## afin

Used about 54 444 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 5 077 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 824 · UN documents ≈ 31 525).

- I suggest that you start a behavioral therapy in **order** to cure yourself of your obsession with comas.
  Je suggère que tu entames une thérapie comportementale **afin** de te guérir de ton obsession des virgules.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1745522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1745522) [\#1131774](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1131774))

- In **order** to provide more arms, one man took the gun, the other the bayonet.
  **Afin** d'armer plus de monde, l'un prenait le fusil, l'autre la bayonnette.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23081)

- But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in **order** whenever I come.
  Si quelqu’un a faim, qu’il mange chez lui, **afin** que vous ne vous réunissiez pas pour attirer un jugement sur vous. Je réglerai les autres choses quand je serai arrivé.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 11:34)

- We were, however, obliged to support the Commission's proposal in **order** to avoid any further watering down.
  Nous avons cependant dû soutenir la proposition de la Commission **afin** d'éviter de nouvelles dilutions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 329303)

- In **order** to obtain the information it deems necessary for its investigation, the Commission will send a questionnaire to the applicant.
  **Afin** d'obtenir les informations qu'elle juge nécessaires à son enquête, la Commission enverra un questionnaire au requérant.
  ([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 1792185)

## commandes

Used about 37 753 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 25 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 5 077 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 886 · UN documents ≈ 15 763).

- You don't give **orders** here.
  Ce n'est pas toi qui **commandes**, ici !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#1286430](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1286430) [\#1511383](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1511383))

- No sooner had he fallen, than each pulled things to himself; the spirit of combat succeeded to the spirit of organization, bitterness to cordiality, hatred of one another to the benevolence of the founder towards all; the threads which M. Madeleine had set were tangled and broken, the methods were adulterated, the products were debased, confidence was killed; the market diminished, for lack of **orders**; salaries were reduced, the workshops stood still, bankruptcy arrived.
  Lui tombé, chacun tira à soi; l'esprit de lutte succéda à l'esprit d'organisation, l'âpreté à la cordialité, la haine de l'un contre l'autre à la bienveillance du fondateur pour tous; les fils noués par Mr Madeleine se brouillèrent et se rompirent; on falsifia les procédés, on avilit les produits, on tua la confiance; les débouchés diminuèrent, moins de **commandes**; le salaire baissa, les ateliers chômèrent, la faillite vint.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7809)

- Unfortunately, one third of cross-border **orders** are rejected in this way, according to Eurostat.
  Malheureusement, un tiers des **commandes** transfrontalières sont ainsi rejetées, selon Eurostat.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1584811)

- Have received **orders** via computer networks other than Internet
  réception de **commandes** par des réseaux informatiques autres qu’internet.
  ([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 699309)

- % **orders** delivered at port of entry at or within agreed target arrival dates
  Pourcentage de **commandes** livrées au port d &apos; entrée dans les délais prévus
  ([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 17465359)

## More sentences

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

- In **order** to grow well, these plants need soil that does not contain too much moisture.
  Pour bien pousser, ces plantes ont besoin d'un sol qui ne contient pas trop d'humidité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3000560](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3000560) [\#9868045](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9868045))

- I hurried in **order** to catch the first train.
  Je me dépêchai pour avoir le premier train.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#256110](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/256110) [\#333914](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/333914))

- It's cheaper to **order** things by the dozen.
  C'est moins cher de commander des choses à la douzaine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1409166](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1409166) [\#1409445](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1409445))

## 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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