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# place — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: place (308 718), places (49 226). By style: everyday 1 245 · literary 232 · biblical 924 · parliamentary 33 016 · legal and administrative 40 576 · UN documents 281 951.

## lieu

Used about 100 434 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 182 · literary ≈ 47 · biblical ≈ 452 · parliamentary ≈ 8 598 · legal and administrative ≈ 14 793 · UN documents ≈ 76 362). Forms: lieu, lieux.

- Do you know these **places**?
  Est-ce que tu connais ces **lieux** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#8825351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8825351) [\#9002685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9002685))

- “And the sacrifice will take **place**—”
  --Et ce sacrifice aura **lieu**?...
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 840)

- God went up from him in the **place** where he spoke with him.
  Dieu s’éleva au-dessus de lui, dans le **lieu** où il lui avait parlé.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 35:13)

- The vote will take **place** at 12 noon.
  Le vote aura **lieu** à 12 heures.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1592077)

- **Place** of birth: 愦灭※
  **Lieu** de naissance: 愦灭※
  ([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 4730738)

## place

Used about 74 476 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 156 · literary ≈ 50 · biblical ≈ 164 · parliamentary ≈ 2 751 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 804 · UN documents ≈ 67 551).

- This is my **place**.
  C'est ma **place**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#1898102](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1898102) [\#9515643](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9515643))

- “This is my **place**, sir.”
  --Monsieur, c'est ma **place**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13513)

- Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his **place**, and strengthened himself against Israel.
  Josaphat, son fils, régna à sa **place**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 17:1)

- So how to put in **place** common minimum rules where none exist at present?
  Dès lors, comment mettre en **place** des règles minimales communes là où il n'en existe aucune actuellement?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1095541)

- The market was convinced that the loan was in **place**.
  Le marché a été convaincu que l'avance était en **place**.
  ([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 826358)

## endroits

Used about 10 616 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 363 · literary ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 3 095 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 268 · UN documents ≈ 5 874).

- What **places** do you enjoy?
  Quels **endroits** te plaisent ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and mamat · checked, community translation · [\#36610](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36610) [\#487953](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/487953))

- Of these divers **places** he is voyer, high, middle, and low, justiciary, full seigneur.”
  De ces divers **endroits** il est voyer, haut, moyen et bas justicier, plein seigneur.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7594)

- In many **places** it is right.
  En beaucoup d'**endroits**, c'est exact.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1247817)

- when relevant, all **places** likely to enable the survival of the vectors of the relevant category A disease in the establishment.
  le cas échéant, tous les **endroits** susceptibles de permettre la survie des vecteurs de la maladie de catégorie A concernée dans l’établissement.
  ([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 5198505)

- The majority of his people were forced to relocate to **places** with which they were unfamiliar.
  La majorité de son peuple avait été réinstallé de force dans des **endroits** qu &apos; il ne connaissait pas.
  ([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 6368644)

## où

Used about 6 996 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 52 · literary ≈ 19 · biblical ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 1 032 · UN documents ≈ 5 874).

- I'm looking for a **place** to stay.
  Je cherche un endroit **où** loger.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#7990266](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7990266) [\#12899489](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12899489))

- And so we arrived at a **place** where the shore was much narrowed.
  Nous arrivâmes ainsi à un endroit **où** le rivage se resserrait.
  ([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 3557)

- In the morning, Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high **places** of Baal; and he saw from there part of the people.
  Le matin, Balak prit Balaam, et le fit monter à Bamoth-Baal, d’**où** Balaam vit une partie du peuple.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 22:41)

- Where do its strengths lie, and why has little consolidation taken **place** in Europe?
  **Où** ses points forts se trouvent-ils et pourquoi la consolidation est-elle si faible en Europe?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 832750)

- The **place** where the sentence should be served, if, God forbid, they are convicted, should be the same **place** as the trial.
  La peine devrait être purgée, si, à Dieu ne plaise, ils venaient à être reconnus coupables, là même **où** le procès se déroulera.
  ([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 4609865)

## More sentences

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

- Scientific discoveries don't always make the world a better **place**.
  Les découvertes scientifiques ne rendent pas toujours le monde meilleur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Luornu and TRANG · checked, community translation · [\#23968](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/23968) [\#342150](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/342150))

- Fancy to eat at my **place**?
  Ça vous dirait de manger chez moi ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lukaszpp and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#434722](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/434722) [\#6891446](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6891446))

- Is this your **place**?
  C'est chez toi ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2648102](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2648102) [\#11181076](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11181076))

## 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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