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# received — English to French

How English *received* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: received (235 847), receiveds (3). By style: everyday 267 · literary 37 · biblical 134 · parliamentary 6 851 · legal and administrative 25 947 · UN documents 202 614.

## reçu

Used about 116 117 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 195 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 50 · parliamentary ≈ 3 568 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 974 · UN documents ≈ 99 321). Forms: reçu, reçues.

- I **received** your gift.
  J'ai **reçu** ton cadeau.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11266966](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11266966) [\#11266979](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11266979))

- “I have never had the honor of being **received** by M. de Chateaubriand.
  --Je n'ai jamais eu l'honneur d'être **reçu** chez monsieur de Chateaubriand.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31494)

- Five times I **received** forty stripes minus one from the Jews.
  cinq fois j’ai **reçu** des Juifs quarante coups moins un,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 11:24)

- However, at least we **received** them.
  Au moins, nous les avons **reçues**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1825279)

- No comments were **received**.
  Aucun commentaire n’a été **reçu**.
  ([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 799618)

## été

Used about 17 910 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 571 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 406 · UN documents ≈ 11 918).

- She **received** international acclaim for her research.
  Elle a **été** saluée au niveau international pour ses recherches.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by eo\_as and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#7801187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7801187) [\#11240033](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11240033))

- The hull had **received** no damage on the starboard, but some of the planks had been unnailed here and there, according to custom, to permit of air entering the hold.
  La coque n'avait pas **été** endommagée à tribord, mais quelques bordages y étaient décloués çà et là, selon l'usage, pour laisser pénétrer de l'air dans la carcasse.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7964)

- This treatment should be **received** in any Member State in which a person is a victim of a crime.
  Ce traitement doit leur être dispensé dans n'importe quel État membre sur le territoire duquel ils ont **été** victimes d'une infraction.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 129158)

- The three sampled exporting producers were duly sent questionnaires to complete and replies were **received** from them all.
  Des questionnaires à compléter ont **été** dûment envoyés aux trois producteurs-exportateurs inclus dans l'échantillon, qui y ont tous répondu.
  ([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 2925785)

- 10. A discussion was held, during which none of the options **received** sufficient support to be recommended.
  Aucune de ces options n’a recueilli, au cours de la discussion qui leur a **été** consacrée, un appui suffisant pour être recommandée.
  ([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 5953577)

## avait

Used about 11 937 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 11 · UN documents ≈ 11 918).

- The family had grave doubts regarding the explanation it **received** from the army.
  La famille **avait** de sérieux doutes quant aux explications fournies par l'armée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2100008](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2100008) [\#7811518](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7811518))

- Basque was in the courtyard at the appointed hour, as though he had **received** his orders.
  Basque se trouvait dans la cour à point nommé, et comme s'il **avait** eu des ordres.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30827)

- For he was counted with us, and **received** his portion in this ministry.
  Il était compté parmi nous, et il **avait** part au même ministère.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 1:17)

- It also noted with regret that no response had been **received** from the State party.
  Il a également noté avec regret que l &apos; État partie n &apos; **avait** pas répondu à sa demande.
  ([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 5032845)

- The Faubourg Saint-Antoine had also other causes to tremble; for it **received** the counter-shock of commercial crises, of failures, strikes, slack seasons, all inherent to great political disturbances.
  Le faubourg Saint-Antoine **avait** encore d'autres causes de tressaillement; car il reçoit le contre-coup des crises commerciales, des faillites, des grèves, des chômages, inhérents aux grands ébranlements politiques.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18537)

## n

Used about 5 208 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 143 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 081 · UN documents ≈ 3 973).

- Ziri **received** no response.
  Ziri **n**'a pas eu de réponse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and always · checked, community translation · [\#11212514](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11212514) [\#12495163](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12495163))

- He **received** hardly any immediate perception of them.
  Il **n**'en recevait presque aucune perception immédiate.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2193)

- Women **received** their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
  Des femmes recouvrèrent leurs morts par la résurrection; d’autres furent livrés aux tourments, et **n**’acceptèrent point de délivrance, afin d’obtenir une meilleure résurrection;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 11:35)

- The time has now finally come, but from the communication I **received** from the Cuban ambassador this morning, he clearly thinks it is all nonsense.
  Finalement, l'ambassadeur cubain m'a envoyé ce matin un document de travail dans lequel il me faisait savoir que ces assertions **n**'ont aucun sens.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1972004)

- In any event, Groupe Brandt could not have **received** State aid in the form of restructuring aid.
  Groupe Brandt **n**'aurait pu en tout état de cause pas recevoir d'aide d'État au titre des aides à la restructuration.
  ([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 3833044)

## conformément

Used about 143 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 143).

- Instead, we **received** a report on the fact that the EU will act in accordance with the principles of the UN Charter.
  Au lieu de cela, il nous a expliqué que l'UE devait agir **conformément** aux principes de la charte des Nations unies.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 158516)

## More sentences

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

- I **received** a lecture for neglecting to greet each individual.
  Je me suis pris une remarque pour avoir oublié de saluer tout le monde.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14038013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14038013) [\#14038010](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14038010))

- We **received** instructions on how to make a bamboo basket.
  Nous reçûmes des directives sur comment réaliser un panier en bambou.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#249068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/249068) [\#1619028](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1619028))

- His new book was well **received**.
  Son nouveau livre a eu un accueil favorable.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3335675](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3335675) [\#484723](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/484723))

## 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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