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# side — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: side (64 879), sides (24 297). By style: everyday 426 · literary 116 · biblical 303 · parliamentary 9 305 · legal and administrative 10 979 · UN documents 68 047.

## deux

Used about 23 027 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 40 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 582 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 830 · UN documents ≈ 20 556).

- There are two **sides** to everything.
  Chaque chose a **deux** faces.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#11157070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11157070) [\#13478998](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13478998))

- That was, in fact,—when, after having long groped one’s way up the dark spiral which perpendicularly pierces the thick wall of the belfries, one emerged, at last abruptly, upon one of the lofty platforms inundated with light and air,—that was, in fact, a fine picture which spread out, on all **sides** at once, before the eye; a spectacle sui generis, of which those of our readers who have had the good fortune to see a Gothic city entire, complete, homogeneous,—a few of which still remain, Nuremberg in Bavaria and Vittoria in Spain,—can readily form an idea; or even smaller specimens, provided that they are well preserved,—Vitré in Brittany, Nordhausen in Prussia.
  C'était en effet, quand, après avoir tâtonné longtemps dans la ténébreuse spirale qui perce perpendiculairement l'épaisse muraille des clochers, on débouchait enfin brusquement sur l'une des **deux** hautes plates-formes, inondées de jour et d'air, c'était un beau tableau que celui qui se déroulait à la fois de toutes parts sous vos yeux; un spectacle sui generis, dont peuvent aisément se faire une idée ceux de nos lecteurs qui ont eu le bonheur de voir une ville gothique entière, complète, homogène, comme il en reste encore quelques-unes, Nuremberg en Bavière, Vittoria en Espagne; ou même de plus petits échantillons, pourvu qu'ils soient bien conservés, Vitré en Bretagne, Nordhausen en Prusse.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1794)

- You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far **side**.
  Tu feras **deux** planches pour les angles du tabernacle, dans le fond;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 26:23)

- You can understand both **sides**.
  Les **deux** points de vue sont compréhensibles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1265715)

- coated on both **sides** with a layer of epoxy acrylic resin,
  recouvert sur les **deux** faces d'une couche de résine epoxy acrylique,
  ([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 4760189)

## côté

Used about 20 597 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 244 · literary ≈ 79 · biblical ≈ 170 · parliamentary ≈ 2 520 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 117 · UN documents ≈ 13 468). Forms: côté, côtés.

- He's on our **side**.
  Il est de notre **côté**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2722516](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2722516) [\#4949210](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4949210))

- Pressure on both **sides**.
  Scie des deux **côtés**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2761)

- For the east **side** eastward fifty cubits,
  Du **côté** de l’orient, sur les cinquante coudées de largeur,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 38:13)

- In other words, no abuse from either **side**.
  En d'autres mots, aucun abus, de quelque **côté** que ce soit.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1580187)

- Right **side** of the system/vehicle
  **Côté** droit du système ou du véhicule
  ([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 5423833)

## parties

Used about 4 932 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 27 · parliamentary ≈ 1 842 · legal and administrative ≈ 229 · UN documents ≈ 2 835).

- The two **sides** negotiated for days.
  Les deux **parties** négocièrent durant des jours.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#807200](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/807200) [\#1085853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1085853))

- Both **sides** will benefit from this Directive.
  Les deux **parties** bénéficieront de cette directive.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1189364)

- The provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding may be modified by written agreement between the **Sides**.
  Les dispositions du présent protocole d’accord peuvent être modifiées par accord écrit entre les **parties**.
  ([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 2004734)

- The **sides** agreed to continue consultations in autumn 2012.
  Les **parties** sont convenues de poursuivre leurs consultations à l &apos; automne 2012.
  ([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 25575395)

- The two **sides** signed a peace treaty.
  Les deux **parties** signèrent un traité de paix.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#805472](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/805472) [\#8042639](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8042639))

## autre

Used about 4 527 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 15 · parliamentary ≈ 388 · legal and administrative ≈ 572 · UN documents ≈ 3 544).

- He peeped out from the other **side** of the corridor.
  Il a regardé de l'**autre** coté du couloir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Nuel and Amnafeq · checked, community translation · [\#11807655](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11807655) [\#12625622](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12625622))

- The disciples came to the other **side** and had forgotten to take bread.
  Les disciples, en passant à l’**autre** bord, avaient oublié de prendre des pains.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 16:5)

- Both **sides** want a genuine strategic partnership that merits its name.
  De part et d’**autre**, nous voulons un véritable partenariat stratégique digne de ce nom.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 848786)

- covered on the other **side** with a protective poly(ethylene terephthalate) film
  dont l’**autre** face est recouverte d’un film de protection en poly(éthylène téréphtalate),
  ([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 4120149)

- To succeed, leadership is required on both **sides** of the economic divide.
  Pour réussir, nous devons, de part et d &apos; **autre**, jouer un rôle de chef de file.
  ([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 16564071)

## More sentences

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

- Tomatoes may be served hot or cold, as a starter or as a **side** dish.
  Les tomates peuvent être servies chaudes ou froides, comme entrée ou comme accompagnement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by niceguydave and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1250814](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1250814) [\#895378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/895378))

- He leans to the left **side** of the political spectrum.
  Il penche vers la gauche de l'échiquier politique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aengelberg and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3379253](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3379253) [\#10522047](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10522047))

- I have a slight pain in my **side**.
  J'ai un peu mal au flanc.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#326586](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/326586) [\#15640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15640))

## 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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