Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Translate** · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/)

This page as HTML: <https://translate.elamur.ai/free/en/en-fr/something/>

# something — English to French

How English *something* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: something (29 392), somethings (1). By style: everyday 3 385 · literary 154 · biblical 45 · parliamentary 19 576 · legal and administrative 200 · UN documents 6 033.

## quelque

Used about 6 504 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 821 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 3 671).

- **Something** is watching me.
  **Quelque** chose m'observe.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by cntrational and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1120846](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1120846) [\#1121036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1121036))

- He listened to them, expecting to receive **something** from them.
  Et il les regardait attentivement, s’attendant à recevoir d’eux **quelque** chose.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 3:5)

- Surely this is **something** we need to discuss.
  C'est certainement **quelque** chose dont nous devons discuter.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1127695)

- I need to say **something**.
  Je dois dire **quelque** chose.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#2064662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2064662) [\#7157331](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7157331))

- For if a man thinks himself to be **something** when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  Si quelqu’un pense être **quelque** chose, quoiqu’il ne soit rien, il s’abuse lui-même.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 6:3)

## chose

Used about 2 488 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 282 · literary ≈ 99 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 816 · legal and administrative ≈ 54 · UN documents ≈ 1 231).

- I've done **something** unforgivable.
  J'ai fait une **chose** impardonnable.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3722459](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3722459) [\#12623589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12623589))

- “Will you do **something** for me?”
  --Veux-tu faire quelque **chose** pour moi?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24902)

- Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as **something** owed.
  Or, à celui qui fait une œuvre, le salaire est imputé, non comme une grâce, mais comme une **chose** due;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 4:4)

- However, you have forgotten **something**: you have forgotten about the people, you have forgotten about public opinion.
  Cependant, vous avez oublié une **chose**: vous avez oublié les citoyens, vous avez oublié l'opinion publique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 914835)

- Communication channels by which it is possible to gain access to someone or **something**.
  Canaux de communication permettant d’avoir accès à quelqu’un ou à quelque **chose**.
  ([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 3047745)

## More sentences

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

- Oh right, I have **something** tomorrow.
  Ah oui, j’ai un truc à faire demain.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#411269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/411269) [\#411271](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/411271))

- May I ask you about **something** totally unrelated?
  Je peux te demander un truc qui a absolument rien à voir ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and gillux · checked, community translation · [\#11159745](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11159745) [\#3900177](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3900177))

- It smells like **something**'s burning.
  Ça sent le brûlé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3287161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3287161) [\#5752773](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5752773))

## 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/).

## About these examples

Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=en-fr&word=something).


Every example is quoted under its source's licence and credited with it; the rest of the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.