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# signed — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: signed (106 482). By style: everyday 84 · literary 7 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 4 105 · legal and administrative 9 182 · UN documents 93 098.

## signé

Used about 79 982 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 65 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 822 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 269 · UN documents ≈ 69 823). Forms: signé, signée, signés.

- I **signed** a lease.
  J'ai **signé** un bail.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#4500129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4500129) [\#10228075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10228075))

- The letter was **signed** “Thénard.”
  La lettre était **signée** «Thénard».
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31428)

- In 2006, the International Tropical Timber Agreement was **signed**.
  En 2006, l'accord international sur les bois tropicaux a été **signé**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1135117)

- **Signed** for and on behalf of:
  **Signé** par et au nom de:
  ([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 2928709)

- (**Signed**) BAN Ki-moon
  (**Signé**) BAN Ki-moon
  ([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 26955513)

## vous

Used about 9 785 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 86 · UN documents ≈ 9 698).

- You shouldn't have **signed** a confession.
  **Vous** n'auriez pas dû signer d'aveu.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3825596](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3825596) [\#5843866](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5843866))

- You said that the Treaty would be **signed** within a month.
  **Vous** avez dit que le Traité serait ratifié d'ici un mois.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 144609)

- We request that the present letter be circulated as a document of the Council. (**Signed**) Stanislas Kamanzi
  Nous **vous** serions obligés de bien vouloir faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre comme document du Conseil de sécurité.
  ([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 12551468)

- I should be grateful if you would have this letter circulated as a document of the Security Council. (**Signed**) Nizar HAMDOON
  Je **vous** serais obligé de bien vouloir faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre comme document du Conseil de sécurité.
  ([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 418592)

- I should be grateful if you would have this letter circulated as a document of the Security Council. (**Signed**) Nizar HAMDOON
  Je **vous** serais obligé de bien vouloir faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre et de son annexe comme document du Conseil de sécurité.
  ([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 2147975)

## accord

Used about 1 001 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 428 · legal and administrative ≈ 574).

- The negotiations must therefore be driven forward until further agreements or renewed agreements are **signed**.
  Nous devons donc reprendre et intensifier les pourparlers en vue de la signature d'un nouvel **accord**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2025212)

- Expenditure shall be eligible from the date when the agreement referred to in paragraph 3 is **signed**.
  Les dépenses sont éligibles à compter de la date de la signature de l'**accord** visé au paragraphe 3.
  ([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 3146089)

- Mr KellettBowman makes reference to a memorandum of understanding to be **signed** by the two directors.
  M. Kellett-Bowman fait référence à la signature imminente d'un mémorandum d'**accord** entre les deux directeurs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1825690)

- The Agreement should be **signed** on behalf of the Union and the Final Act attached to this Decision approved.
  Il convient de signer l’**accord** au nom de l’Union et d’approuver l’acte final joint à la présente décision.
  ([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 3133675)

- Negotiations on the free trade area should start as soon as possible so that an ambitious agreement can be **signed** as soon as possible.
  Les négociations sur la zone de libre-échange doivent démarrer dès que possible, afin de pouvoir signer au plus vite un **accord** ambitieux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 998720)

## je

Used about 173 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 171).

- That's not what I **signed** up for.
  **Je** ne me suis pas inscrit pour ça.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#5877501](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5877501) [\#2291485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2291485))

- I would like to draw your attention to a letter **signed** by the Secretary-General, Julian Priestly, which we have received this morning.
  **Je** voudrais attirer votre attention sur un courrier que nous avons reçu ce matin à la signature de notre secrétaire général, Julian Priestley.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1829130)

- In another positive development, I also welcome the adoption of the Constitution of Montenegro only a few days after the SAA was **signed**.
  Au rang des autres développements positifs, **je** me réjouis aussi de l'adoption de la Constitution du Monténégro quelques jours après la signature de l'ASA.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1011655)

## contrat

Used about 6 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 2).

- Ziri **signed** the contract.
  Ziri signa le **contrat**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10225202](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10225202) [\#11837109](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11837109))

- I **signed** the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him.
  J’écrivis un **contrat**, que je cachetai, je pris des témoins, et je pesai l’argent dans une balance.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 32:10)

- The contract was **signed**.
  Le **contrat** a été conclu.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by halfb1t and adlerq · checked, community translation · [\#2047559](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2047559) [\#1139238](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1139238))

- and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who **signed** the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.
  et je remis le **contrat** d’acquisition à Baruc, fils de Nérija, fils de Machséja, en présence de Hanameel, fils de mon oncle, en présence des témoins qui avaient signé le contrat d’acquisition, et en présence de tous les juifs qui se trouvaient dans la cour de la prison.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 32:12)

## More sentences

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

- Tom **signed** the documents.
  Tom signa les documents.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and pititnatole · checked, community translation · [\#2644810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2644810) [\#5390632](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5390632))

- He **signed** the cheque.
  Il signa le chèque.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#11774250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11774250) [\#1718114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1718114))

- He **signed** the check.
  Il signa le chèque.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#299552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/299552) [\#1718114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1718114))

## Grammar

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