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# played — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: played (32 804). By style: everyday 326 · literary 14 · biblical 26 · parliamentary 2 844 · legal and administrative 672 · UN documents 28 922.

## joué

Used about 18 335 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 163 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 481 · legal and administrative ≈ 420 · UN documents ≈ 16 269). Forms: joue, joué.

- Yesterday I **played** with Tony.
  J'ai **joué** hier avec Tony.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hinto4 and Quazel · checked, community translation · [\#4719103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4719103) [\#977371](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/977371))

- He had **played** in vaudeville at Saint-Mihiel.
  Il avait **joué** le vaudeville à Saint-Mihiel.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15677)

- and say, ‘We **played** the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’
  disent: Nous vous avons **joué** de la flûte, et vous n’avez pas dansé; nous avons chanté des complaintes, et vous ne vous êtes pas lamentés.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 11:17)

- Mr Piebalgs **played** a very important role here.
  M. Piebalgs a **joué** un rôle très important à cet égard.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1028723)

- Saleh **played** a key role in facilitating the Houthi military expansion.
  Saleh a **joué** un rôle essentiel dans l'expansion militaire des Houthistes, qu'il a facilitée.
  ([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 4163481)

## rôle

Used about 5 514 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 652 · legal and administrative ≈ 42 · UN documents ≈ 4 820).

- But then, nothing, or almost nothing, is said about the role **played** by the Member States.
  Mais ensuite, rien n'est dit, ou presque, du **rôle** des États membres.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 953324)

- However, this company **played** an increasing role on the Community EMD market as well.
  Toutefois, cette société jouait également un **rôle** de plus en plus important sur le marché communautaire des EMD.
  ([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 1282121)

- Gen. Kabarebe and Gen. Nziza have also **played** an instrumental role in sustaining the political activities of M23.
  James Kabarebe et Jacques Nziza jouent un **rôle** fondamental au regard des activités politiques du M23.
  ([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 26792471)

- Nor should we forget the part **played** by the national parliaments and governments.
  N'oublions pas non plus le **rôle** des parlements et des gouvernements nationaux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2004617)

- Moreover, there would also be a parallel decline in sales volumes, bearing in mind the central role **played** by captive banks in vehicle sales.
  Par ailleurs, une diminution parallèle des volumes vendus en aurait découlé, compte tenu du **rôle** central des banques captives pour les ventes automobiles.
  ([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 3875535)

## important

Used about 603 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 603).

- 20. The Special Rapporteur recognizes the important role **played** by the judiciary in the Republic of Korea in upholding the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
  20. The Special Rapporteur recognizes the **important** role played by the judiciary in the Republic of Korea in upholding the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
  ([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 23963990)

## jouait

Used about 56 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 3).

- He **played** with his cat.
  Il **jouait** avec sa chatte.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MUIRIEL and MUIRIEL · checked, community translation · [\#544938](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/544938) [\#523650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/523650))

- Although very old, she still **played** the harp, and did it very well.
  Quoique très vieille, elle **jouait** encore de la harpe, et fort bien.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10709)

- But now bring me a musician.” When the musician **played**, the LORD’s hand came on him.
  Maintenant, amenez-moi un joueur de harpe. Et comme le joueur de harpe **jouait**, la main de l’Éternel fut sur Élisée.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 3:15)

- Ziri **played** all day.
  Ziri **jouait** toute la journée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10216036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10216036) [\#11682272](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11682272))

- This splendid costume, on which the light **played**, seemed glazed with flame on every fold.
  Ce splendide costume, où se **jouait** la lumière, semblait glacé de flamme à tous ses plis.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7319)

## More sentences

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

- The band **played** several marches.
  La fanfare joua plusieurs marches.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#21254](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21254) [\#583266](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/583266))

- I didn't know that you **played** the oboe.
  J'ignorais que vous jouiez du hautbois.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#7516162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7516162) [\#5964187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5964187))

- We often **played** chess.
  Nous jouons souvent aux échecs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#5251733](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5251733) [\#425150](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/425150))

## Grammar

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