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# river — English to French

How English *river* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: river (21 252), rivers (4 873). By style: everyday 567 · literary 22 · biblical 166 · parliamentary 966 · legal and administrative 2 240 · UN documents 22 164.

## lacs

Used about 4 410 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 23 · UN documents ≈ 4 387).

- **rivers**, canals and lakes are equipped with RIS.
  les fleuves, les canaux et les **lacs** soient équipés de SIF.
  ([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 3079519)

- ECE/EB.AIR/WG.1/2012/6 (Effects of air pollution on **rivers** and lakes);
  ECE/EB.AIR/WG.1/2012/6 (Effets de la pollution atmosphérique sur les rivières et les **lacs**);
  ([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 26292946)

- Future pilot projects on transboundary **rivers**, lakes and groundwaters.
  b) Futurs projets pilotes sur les cours d &apos; eau, **lacs** et eaux souterraines transfrontières.
  ([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 20852949)

- ECE/EB.AIR/WG.1/2010/6 (Effects of air pollution on **rivers** and lakes)
  ECE/EB.AIR/WG.1/2010/6 (Effets de la pollution atmosphérique sur les cours d &apos; eau et les **lacs**)
  ([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 22719702)

- B. Assessment of transboundary **rivers**, lakes and groundwaters in the Caucasus
  B. Évaluation des cours d &apos; eau, **lacs** et eaux souterraines transfrontières dans le Caucase
  ([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 22737628)

## fleuve

Used about 4 193 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 130 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 136 · parliamentary ≈ 183 · legal and administrative ≈ 47 · UN documents ≈ 3 694). Forms: fleuve, fleuves.

- This **river** isn't polluted.
  Ce **fleuve** n'est pas pollué.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Pharamp · checked, community translation · [\#7492829](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7492829) [\#379176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/379176))

- In the beginning, the insurrection is a riot, just as a **river** is a torrent.
  Au commencement l'insurrection est émeute, de même que le **fleuve** est torrent.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22946)

- who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ and ‘I will dry up your **rivers**,’
  Je dis à l’abîme: Dessèche-toi, Je tarirai tes **fleuves**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 44:27)

- Subject: Diversion of the **River** Acheloos
  Objet: Détournement du **fleuve** Aheloos
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1618318)

- 0 Riparian mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia, along the great **rivers** (Ulmenion minoris)
  0 Forêts mixtes à Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis, Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior ou Fraxinus angustifolia, riveraines des grands **fleuves** (Ulmenion minoris)
  ([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 2846677)

## eau

Used about 3 017 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 112 · legal and administrative ≈ 117 · UN documents ≈ 2 771). Forms: eau, eaux.

- Two major **rivers**, the Tigris and Euphrates, run through Iraq.
  Deux principaux cours d'**eau**, le Tigre et l'Euphrate, traversent l'Irak.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#7011463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7011463) [\#7014795](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7014795))

- “Who is this who rises up like the Nile, like **rivers** whose waters surge?
  Qui est celui qui s’avance comme le Nil, Et dont les **eaux** sont agitées comme les torrents?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 46:7)

- on the environmental disaster caused by cyanide leaking from a Romanian goldmine into the Lepos, Somes, Tisza and Danube **Rivers**.
  sur la catastrophe environnementale dans les **eaux** du Danube.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 16846)

- The water catchment areas of the following **rivers** from their source to the sea:
  Les bassins versants des cours d'**eau** suivants, de leur source à la mer:
  ([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 583644)

- EVALUATION OF THE **RIVERS** PILOT PROJECTS:
  ÉVALUATION DES PROJETS PILOTES SUR LES COURS D &apos; **EAU**:
  ([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 10971927)

## rivières

Used about 2 667 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 414 · literary ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 356 · legal and administrative ≈ 957 · UN documents ≈ 924). Forms: rivière, rivières.

- We crossed the **river**.
  Nous traversâmes la **rivière**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12081370](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12081370) [\#12533508](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12533508))

- Recent rains had swollen the **river**.
  Les pluies avaient grossi la **rivière**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28741)

- The **rivers** will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
  Les **rivières** seront infectes, Les canaux de l’Égypte seront bas et desséchés, Les joncs et les roseaux se flétriront.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 19:6)

- Small streams make great **rivers**.
  Ce sont les petits ruisseaux qui font les grandes **rivières**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1464029)

- Cross-GIG Very Large **Rivers**
  Très grandes **rivières** pour tous les GIG
  ([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 4490690)

## bassin

Used about 1 909 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 10 · legal and administrative ≈ 513 · UN documents ≈ 1 385).

- The Danube flows through 10 European states, and as many as 17 states lie within the Danube **river** basin.
  Il traverse dix États européens et jusqu'à dix-sept pays sont situés dans son **bassin**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1332532)

- The Bianco **river** basin
  Le **bassin** versant du Bianco
  ([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 567587)

- Sub-basin of the Ktsia-Khrami **River**
  Sous-**bassin** du Ktsia-Khrami
  ([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 15477841)

- **River** Tartaro/Tioner basin
  Le **bassin** versant du Tartaro et du Tione
  ([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 583824)

- (c) Preparation and implementation of the Sava **River** Basin Management Plan.
  c) Élaborer et mettre en œuvre le plan national de gestion du **bassin** de la Save.
  ([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 27991176)

## More sentences

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

- The donkey is swept away by the **river** and you still want to add his pack-saddle.
  L'âne est emporté par les flots et vous voudriez encore le bâter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AmarMecheri and AmarMecheri · checked, community translation · [\#12302349](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12302349) [\#12302350](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12302350))

- The world has lost a very funny lady with the death of Joan **Rivers**.
  De par le décès de Joan Rivers, le monde a perdu une femme pleine d'humour.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#3472287](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3472287) [\#3472324](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3472324))

- Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the **river** were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
  Quand il m’eut ramené, voici, il y avait sur le bord du torrent beaucoup d’arbres de chaque côté.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 47:7)

## 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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