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# search — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: search (28 320), searches (4 473). By style: everyday 106 · literary 21 · biblical 39 · parliamentary 1 290 · legal and administrative 2 917 · UN documents 28 420.

## recherche

Used about 10 229 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 51 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 726 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 155 · UN documents ≈ 8 289). Forms: recherche, recherches.

- What **search** engine do you use?
  Quel moteur de **recherche** utilises-tu ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5966549](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5966549) [\#11379268](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11379268))

- Fix started off in **search** of Passepartout.
  Cela dit, l'agent sortit et se mit à la **recherche** de Passepartout.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 391)

- that you inquire after my iniquity, and **search** after my sin?
  Pour que tu **recherches** mon iniquité, Pour que tu t’enquières de mon péché,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 10:6)

- Not all of them can, or should, go abroad in **search** of work.
  Toutes ces personnes ne peuvent ou ne doivent pas aller à l'étranger à la **recherche** de travail.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 982360)

- **Searches** by national offices
  **Recherches** par les offices nationaux
  ([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 692595)

## search

Used about 3 310 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 942 · UN documents ≈ 2 368).

- \[Advisor 4\], ‘Benchmark Company **Search** for European Management Companies for 2010-2012’, 5 February 2014.
  \[Advisor 4\], «Benchmark Company **Search** for European Management Companies for 2010-2012», 5 février 2014.
  ([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 4515099)

- **Search** for a New Vision, Kathmandu.
  **Search** for a New Vision, Katmandou.
  ([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 10413083)

- INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: www.interpol.int/en/notice/**search**/un/xxxx.
  Lien internet vers la notice spéciale Interpol-Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies: www.interpol.int/en/notice/**search**/un/xxxx.
  ([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 5070030)

- On 15 June 2010, police conducted its first **search** of Mr. Askarov &apos; s house.
  On 15 June 2010, police conducted its first **search** of Mr. Askarov &apos; s house.
  ([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 23923738)

- INTERPOL-UNSC Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/**search**/un/5782445
  Notice spéciale INTERPOL-Conseil de sécurité de l'Organisation des Nations unies site web: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/**search**/un/5782445
  ([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 4154298)

## More sentences

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

- We have a warrant to **search** your property.
  Nous disposons d'un mandat pour fouiller votre propriété.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3730248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3730248) [\#4142113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4142113))

- Full body scanners perform a virtual strip **search**.
  Les scanners corporels effectuent une fouille corporelle virtuelle.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2020455](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2020455) [\#2022289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2022289))

- The officer conducted a pat down **search**.
  Le policier a effectué une fouille par palpation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6457862](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6457862) [\#10127840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10127840))

## 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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