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# sentence — English to French

How English *sentence* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: sentence (58 452), sentences (22 787). By style: everyday 1 097 · literary 15 · biblical 9 · parliamentary 1 956 · legal and administrative 6 557 · UN documents 71 605.

## peine

Used about 29 556 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 448 · legal and administrative ≈ 751 · UN documents ≈ 28 344). Forms: peine, peines.

- Will you please explain the meaning of this **sentence** to me?
  Pourriez-vous m'expliquer le sens de cette **peine** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#57235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57235) [\#802322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/802322))

- However, at the moment when Master Florian Barbedienne was reading the **sentence** in his turn, before signing it, the clerk felt himself moved with pity for the poor wretch of a prisoner, and, in the hope of obtaining some mitigation of the penalty, he approached as near the auditor’s ear as possible, and said, pointing to Quasimodo, “That man is deaf.”
  Cependant le greffier, au moment où maître Florian Barbedienne lisait à son tour le jugement pour le signer, se sentit ému de pitié pour le pauvre diable de condamné, et, dans l'espoir d'obtenir quelque diminution de **peine**, il s'approcha le plus près qu'il put de l'oreille de l'auditeur et lui dit en lui montrant Quasimodo: «Cet homme est sourd.»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2963)

- He has served his **sentence** and he should now be free.
  Il a purgé sa **peine** et devrait maintenant être libre.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 590897)

- The **sentences** were upheld by Iran's Supreme Court on 9/01/13.
  Les **peines** ont été confirmées par la Cour suprême iranienne le 9 janvier 2013.
  ([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 2779168)

- The **sentence** was confirmed.
  La **peine** a été confirmée.
  ([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 24156498)

## phrase

Used about 21 866 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 086 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 530 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 328 · UN documents ≈ 14 918). Forms: phrase, phrases.

- This **sentence** is true.
  Cette **phrase** est vraie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FlamingTofu and Sbgodin · checked, community translation · [\#1989555](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1989555) [\#1989563](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1989563))

- I had not finished my **sentence** when the Professor broke out into a cry, nay, a roar.
  Je n'avais pas achevé ma **phrase** que le professeur poussait un cri, mieux qu'un cri, un véritable rugissement!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 391)

- Let me explain the motion in three **sentences**.
  J'aimerais motiver cela par trois **phrases**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1731869)

- Article 79(r), first **sentence**
  Article 79, point r), première **phrase**
  ([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 1771748)

- The last **sentence** should read
  Lire comme suit la dernière **phrase** :
  ([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 1042058)

## sentence

Used about 14 279 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 102 · UN documents ≈ 14 172).

- And he signed the **sentence** thus modified.
  Et il signa la **sentence** ainsi modifiée.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2968)

- Because **sentence** against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
  Parce qu’une **sentence** contre les mauvaises actions ne s’exécute pas promptement, le cœur des fils de l’homme se remplit en eux du désir de faire le mal.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 8:11)

- However, the death **sentence** has not been carried out in the country since 1984.
  Aucune **sentence** capitale n' a cependant été mise à exécution dans le pays depuis 1984.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2014598)

- The **sentence** has been passed by the National Security Agency.
  The **sentence** has been passed by the National Security Agency.
  ([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 16739748)

- He was inordinately homely: the prettiest boot-stitcher of that day, Irma Boissy, enraged with his homeliness, pronounced **sentence** on him as follows: “Grantaire is impossible”; but Grantaire’s fatuity was not to be disconcerted.
  Il était laid démesurément; la plus jolie piqueuse de bottines de ce temps-là, Irma Boissy, indignée de sa laideur, avait rendu cette **sentence**: Grantaire est impossible; mais la fatuité de Grantaire ne se déconcertait pas.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14160)

## mort

Used about 2 037 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 408 · legal and administrative ≈ 137 · UN documents ≈ 1 492).

- Yes, we ourselves have had the **sentence** of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
  Et nous regardions comme certain notre arrêt de **mort**, afin de ne pas placer notre confiance en nous-mêmes, mais de la placer en Dieu, qui ressuscite les morts.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 1:9)

- We also demand that this death **sentence** not be carried out.
  Nous demandons également que cette peine de **mort** ne soit pas exécutée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2036889)

- This includes **sentences** attracting the death penalty, floggings and amputations.
  Cela inclut les condamnations à **mort**, les flagellations et les amputations.
  ([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 4931590)

- Such changes might also include significant measures taken to commute death **sentences**.
  Relèvent aussi de ces changements des mesures importantes prises pour commuer des condamnations à **mort**.
  ([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 5172205)

- Iran's judges routinely pass death **sentences** on homosexuals and teenagers.
  Les juges iraniens condamnent régulièrement à la peine de **mort** des homosexuels et des adolescents.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1026742)

## More sentences

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

- about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a **sentence** against him.
  contre lequel, lorsque j’étais à Jérusalem, les principaux sacrificateurs et les anciens des Juifs ont porté plainte, en demandant sa condamnation.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 25:15)

- Let my **sentence** come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.
  Que ma justice paraisse devant ta face, Que tes yeux contemplent mon intégrité!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 17:2)

- In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose **sentence** now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
  Par cupidité, ils trafiqueront de vous au moyen de paroles trompeuses, eux que menace depuis longtemps la condamnation, et dont la ruine ne sommeille point.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2PE 2:3)

## 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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