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# same — English to French

How English *same* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: same (355 523), sames (2). By style: everyday 1 412 · literary 178 · biblical 218 · parliamentary 38 191 · legal and administrative 49 919 · UN documents 265 607.

## même

Used about 244 630 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 236 · literary ≈ 115 · biblical ≈ 136 · parliamentary ≈ 19 891 · legal and administrative ≈ 42 639 · UN documents ≈ 180 613). Forms: même, mêmes.

- The idea is the **same**.
  L'idée est la **même**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by josivangoncalves and josivangoncalves · checked, community translation · [\#8225631](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8225631) [\#8225831](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8225831))

- The **same** silence; the **same** immobility.
  **Même** silence, même immobilité.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3348)

- The LORD spoke to Moses that **same** day, saying,
  Ce **même** jour, l’Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 32:48)

- The **same** is true of the JPC recommendation.
  Il en va de **même** avec la recommandation CPM.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1822138)

- The **same** geometrical layout,
  La **même** disposition géométrique;
  ([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 5594879)

## temps

Used about 2 387 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 387).

- At the **same** time, the world is remaining silent.
  Pendant ce **temps**, le monde continue de se taire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1462321)

- But all of us here are saying the **same** thing: the time for procrastination is past, this is the time for action.
  Nous le disons tous ici, le **temps** n'est plus aux atermoiements, mais à l'action.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1652473)

- At the **same** time, other countries that form a majority, pay up – France and Germany, for example.
  Pendant ce **temps**, d’autres, majoritaires, paient: par exemple l’Allemagne, par exemple la France.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 509166)

## More sentences

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

- I'd rather stay home if it's all the **same** to you.
  J'aimerais autant rester à la maison si ça ne te fait rien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#741592](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/741592) [\#800418](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/800418))

- A platinum blonde is a woman whose hair is so blonde that it seems to have the **same** grey colour as platinum.
  Une blonde platinée est une femme dont les cheveux sont si clairs qu'ils ressemblent à la couleur grise du platine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hoffmania and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#3389086](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3389086) [\#5613298](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5613298))

- Things just haven't been the **same** since you left.
  Les choses n'ont simplement plus été pareilles depuis que vous êtes partie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2950113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2950113) [\#8362249](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8362249))

## 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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