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# point — English to French

How English *point* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: point (251 927), points (120 457). By style: everyday 549 · literary 144 · biblical 12 · parliamentary 56 975 · legal and administrative 134 133 · UN documents 180 571.

## point

Used about 255 860 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 269 · literary ≈ 62 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 24 927 · legal and administrative ≈ 127 147 · UN documents ≈ 103 452). Forms: point, points.

- That's your strong **point**.
  C’est là ton **point** fort.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#51045](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/51045) [\#7825142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7825142))

- Not a **point** of support.
  Pas de **point** d'appui.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2124)

- A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the **point** of death.
  Un centenier avait un serviteur auquel il était très attaché, et qui se trouvait malade, sur le **point** de mourir.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 7:2)

- I want to make three clear **points**.
  Je voudrais souligner trois **points**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1910677)

- Annex I, **points** 3.2 to 3.5
  Annexe I, **points** 3.2 à 3.5
  ([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 2057203)

## More sentences

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

- I'll come straight to the **point**. You're fired.
  Je vais être direct. Vous êtes viré.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dorenda and GeeZ · checked, community translation · [\#393808](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/393808) [\#955927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/955927))

- From my **point** of view, Australia is one of the best countries in the world.
  Selon moi, l'Australie est l'un des meilleurs pays du monde.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#250993](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/250993) [\#1189650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1189650))

- This is a turning **point** in history.
  Nous sommes à un tournant de l'histoire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by szilviez and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6007905](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6007905) [\#12248237](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12248237))

## 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/).

## About these examples

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