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# plant — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: plant (40 175), plants (29 905). By style: everyday 231 · literary 12 · biblical 51 · parliamentary 4 209 · legal and administrative 36 575 · UN documents 29 002.

## plantes

Used about 13 313 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 147 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 482 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 715 · UN documents ≈ 6 948). Forms: plante, plantes.

- It's a **plant**.
  Il s'agit d'une **plante**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2167387](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2167387) [\#7694704](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7694704))

- It is indigence which produces these melancholy human **plants**.
  C'est l'indigence qui fait ces tristes **plantes** humaines.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16184)

- yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a **plant**.
  Il reverdit à l’approche de l’eau, Il pousse des branches comme une jeune **plante**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 14:9)

- Neither **plants** nor animals survive.
  Il ne laisse ni **plantes**, ni bêtes derrière lui.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 424661)

- Flowers and ornamental **plants**
  Fleurs et **plantes** ornementales
  ([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 310000)

## centrale

Used about 9 310 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 1 798 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 667 · UN documents ≈ 4 834). Forms: centrale, centrales.

- Here is an atomic power **plant**.
  Voici une **centrale** nucléaire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Clavain · checked, community translation · [\#61764](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61764) [\#452693](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/452693))

- It is Europe's largest power **plant**.
  C'est la plus grande **centrale** d'Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1594032)

- Furnace, steam **plant**, drying equipment and nuclear reactors
  Chaudières, **centrales** thermiques à vapeur, équipement de séchage et réacteurs nucléaires
  ([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 254443)

- Renovation project of the Narva power **plant**
  Rénovation de la **centrale** de Narva
  ([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 12108586)

- Nuclear power **plants** don't appeal to everybody.
  Les **centrales** nucléaires n'enchantent pas tout le monde.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hecko and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#239472](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239472) [\#136097](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/136097))

## produits

Used about 7 862 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 175 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 477 · UN documents ≈ 1 208).

- sow fields, **plant** vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
  Ils ensemencent des champs, plantent des vignes, Et ils en recueillent les **produits**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 107:37)

- By means of national action plans, the Member States must ensure that **plant** protection products are used sustainably.
  À l'aide de plans d'action nationaux, les États membres doivent s'assurer que les **produits** phytopharmaceutiques sont utilisés de manière durable.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 976741)

- Re-evaluation of **plant** protection products
  Réévaluation des **produits** phytopharmaceutiques
  ([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 2985510)

- - Improve the health and environmental qualities of **plant** protection products (Directive 91/414/EEC)
  - Amélioration des propriétés sanitaires et écologiques des **produits** phyto-pharmaceutiques (Directive 91/414/CEE)
  ([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 2189876)

- (DE) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, **plant** protection products were, and still are, essential agricultural resources.
  (DE) Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, les **produits** phytopharmaceutiques étaient, et sont toujours, des ressources agricoles essentielles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1190863)

## installations

Used about 7 751 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 395 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 429 · UN documents ≈ 3 927).

- These limits, however, only apply from 2016 to new and existing **plants**.
  Ces limites ne s'appliqueront toutefois aux nouvelles **installations** et aux installations existantes qu'à compter de 2016.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 233298)

- 1B231 Tritium facilities or **plants**, and equipment therefor, as follows:
  1B231 **Installations** ou unités, et équipements concernant le tritium, comme suit:
  ([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 5039533)

- Waste water treatment **plants**.
  90. **Installations** de traitement des eaux résiduaires.
  ([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 9557402)

- If a third of old **plants** were replaced by cutting-edge facilities, fuel consumption could be reduced by 30%.
  Si un tiers des vieilles usines étaient remplacées par des **installations** de pointe, la consommation de carburant pourrait être réduite de 30 %.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 977821)

- May not be generally applicable to existing farms/**plants**.
  N'est pas nécessairement applicable d'une manière générale aux **installations** d'élevage/unités existantes.
  ([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 4150224)

## More sentences

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

- He will **plant** a pine tree.
  Il plantera un sapin.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and martin9 · checked, community translation · [\#8343188](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8343188) [\#5266211](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5266211))

- I'm going to **plant** a shrub.
  Je vais planter un arbuste.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5282389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5282389) [\#9919187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9919187))

- The **plant** is likely to be closed next week.
  L'usine sera vraisemblablement fermée la semaine prochaine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ldegraaf and lechaz · checked, community translation · [\#8967608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8967608) [\#522408](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/522408))

## 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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