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# similar — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: similar (110 390), similars (1). By style: everyday 128 · literary 11 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 5 225 · legal and administrative 28 119 · UN documents 76 906.

## similaire

Used about 60 282 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 72 · parliamentary ≈ 1 851 · legal and administrative ≈ 22 261 · UN documents ≈ 36 099). Forms: similaire, similaires.

- Is the picture **similar**?
  L'image est-elle **similaire** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13738259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13738259) [\#13738257](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13738257))

- Now, something **similar** has happened.
  Aujourd'hui, quelque chose de **similaire** s'est produit.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1566629)

- Carbon paper and **similar** copying papers
  Papiers carbone et des papiers **similaires**
  ([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 353600)

- CAT made a **similar** observation.
  Le Comité contre la torture a fait une observation **similaire**.
  ([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 27533047)

- Tom has a **similar** problem.
  Tom a un problème **similaire**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#5079324](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5079324) [\#11938090](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11938090))

## même

Used about 11 428 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 435 · UN documents ≈ 10 987).

- We have a **similar** sense of humor.
  On a le **même** sens de l'humour.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5726172](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5726172) [\#12455458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12455458))

- He thought he was looking at himself, grown old; not absolutely the same in face, of course, but exactly **similar** in attitude and aspect, with his bristling hair, with that wild and uneasy eye, with that blouse, just as it was on the day when he entered D——, full of hatred, concealing his soul in that hideous mass of frightful thoughts which he had spent nineteen years in collecting on the floor of the prison.
  Il crut se voir lui-**même**, vieilli, non pas sans doute absolument semblable de visage, mais tout pareil d'attitude et d'aspect, avec ces cheveux hérissés, avec cette prunelle fauve et inquiète, avec cette blouse, tel qu'il était le jour où il entrait à Digne, plein de haine et cachant dans son âme ce hideux trésor de pensées affreuses qu'il avait mis dix-neuf ans à ramasser sur le pavé du bagne.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5935)

- A general obligation to reduce working hours will have a **similar** effect.
  Une obligation généralisée de réduire le temps de travail irait dans la **même** direction.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1632983)

- **Similar** programmes will be established in other towns in future.
  Des programmes du **même** type seront lancés dans d &apos; autres villes.
  ([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 20363278)

- It feels very **similar** to this one.
  On a la **même** sensation qu'avec celui-là.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1476194](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1476194) [\#1476762](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1476762))

## semblables

Used about 3 693 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 544 · UN documents ≈ 3 139).

- They look **similar** in some ways.
  Ils ont l'air **semblables** par certains aspects.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ryanwhiting and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1850460](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1850460) [\#1850641](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1850641))

- And in these two places, so **similar** yet so unlike, these two species of beings who were so very unlike, were undergoing the same work, expiation.
  Et dans ces deux endroits si **semblables** et si divers, ces deux espèces d'êtres si différents accomplissaient la même oeuvre, l'expiation.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12560)

- Then Jeremiah took another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many **similar** words were added to them.
  Jérémie prit un autre livre, et le donna à Baruc, fils de Nérija, le secrétaire. Baruc y écrivit, sous la dictée de Jérémie, toutes les paroles du livre qu’avait brûlé au feu Jojakim, roi de Juda. Beaucoup d’autres paroles **semblables** y furent encore ajoutées.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 36:32)

- The concerns you raised seem to be quite **similar** to those expressed at the very start of the single CMO project.
  Les préoccupations que vous avez exprimées semblent fort **semblables** à celles exprimées tout au début du projet d'OCM unique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1168754)

- 40 - 50 projects in new municipalities **similar** to Tororo municipality pilot
  40 à 50 projets **semblables** au projet pilote de la municipalité de Tororo exécutés dans de nouvelles municipalités
  ([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 24882865)

## autres

Used about 2 088 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 327 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 757).

- Some of these people look really **similar** to each other.
  Certaines de ces personnes ont vraiment l'air identiques aux **autres**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by frpzzd and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#13408589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13408589) [\#13452483](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13452483))

- I remember that a **similar** phenomenon has been observed in many places; amongst others on the internal surface of the gallery of the dome of St. Paul's in London, and especially in the midst of the curious caverns among the quarries near Syracuse, the most wonderful of which is called Dionysius' Ear.
  Je me souvins qu'en maint endroit ce phénomène fut observé, entre **autres**, dans la galerie intérieure du dôme de Saint-Paul à Londres, et surtout au milieu de curieuses cavernes de Sicile, ces latomies situées près de Syracuse, dont la plus merveilleuse en ce genre est connue sous le nom d'Oreille de Denys.
  ([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 2467)

- I could give you **similar** examples in Portugal.
  Je pourrais vous donner d’**autres** exemples du même type au Portugal.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 666235)

- Statuettes and other ornamental articles of plastic (including photograph; picture and **similar** frames)
  Statuettes et **autres** objets d'ornementation en matières plastiques
  ([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 947640)

- The average yields of flax and hemp are very **similar** across Europe, in the North as well as the South.
  Les rendements moyens du lin et du chanvre sont très proches les uns des **autres** dans toute l' Europe, que ce soit dans le nord ou dans le sud.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 47927)

## More sentences

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

- Your purse is **similar** to mine.
  Ton porte-monnaie ressemble au mien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#70650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/70650) [\#5661773](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5661773))

- I had a **similar** experience.
  J'ai fait une expérience semblable.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2331627](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2331627) [\#2429252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2429252))

- Death is **similar** to sleep.
  La mort ressemble au sommeil.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#632373](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/632373) [\#3704358](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3704358))

## 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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