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# states — English to French

How English *states* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: states (1 612 321). By style: everyday 297 · literary 3 · parliamentary 115 220 · legal and administrative 204 792 · UN documents 1 292 009.

## états

Used about 1 265 267 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 266 · parliamentary ≈ 98 417 · legal and administrative ≈ 170 660 · UN documents ≈ 995 924).

- They are from the United **States**.
  Elles sont des **États**-Unis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lukaszpp and mamat · checked, community translation · [\#463152](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/463152) [\#652177](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/652177))

- Member **States** can also impose fines.
  Des amendes peuvent aussi être infligées aux **États** membres.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 333213)

- UNITED **STATES** OF AMERICA
  **ÉTATS**-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE
  ([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 4821173)

- Micronesia (Federated **States** of)
  Micronésie (**États** fédérés de)
  ([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 26839413)

- What's your impression of the United **States**?
  Que penses-tu des **États**-Unis ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#67548](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67548) [\#139360](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/139360))

## membres

Used about 31 718 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 4 801 · UN documents ≈ 26 917).

- It is the most well-known in all our Member **States**.
  C'est la plus connue dans chacun de nos pays **membres**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 198332)

- (i) ECE member **States** and/or organizations identified in the Programme are invited to designate Focal Points.
  i) Les Etats **membres** de la CEE et/ou les organisations citées dans le Programme sont invités à désigner des organes de liaison.
  ([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 3957657)

- These security forces continue to threaten Iranian citizens who are living in the Member **States** and conducting legitimate political activities against the regime.
  Ces services de sûreté continuent à menacer des citoyens iraniens qui habitent dans les Etats **membres** et qui conduisent des activités politiques parfaitement légitimes contre leur régime.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1687570)

## unis

Used about 26 919 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 26 917).

- “The United **States**!” said Passepartout; “that’s just what I want!”
  «Les États-**Unis** d'Amérique! s'écria Passepartout, voilà justement mon affaire!...»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1883)

- (In thousands of United **States** dollars)
  (En milliers de dollars des Etats-**Unis**)
  ([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 3880573)

- Thus he learned that, after long persecutions, Smith reappeared in Illinois, and in 1839 founded a community at Nauvoo, on the Mississippi, numbering twenty-five thousand souls, of which he became mayor, chief justice, and general-in-chief; that he announced himself, in 1843, as a candidate for the Presidency of the United **States**; and that finally, being drawn into ambuscade at Carthage, he was thrown into prison, and assassinated by a band of men disguised in masks.
  Ce fut ainsi qu'il apprit «comment, après de longues persécutions, Smyth reparut dans l'Illinois et fonda en 1839, sur les bords du Mississippi, Nauvoo-la-Belle, dont la population s'éleva jusqu'à vingt-cinq mille âmes; comment Smyth en devint le maire, le juge suprême et le général en chef; comment, en 1843, il posa sa candidature à la présidence des États-**Unis**, et comment enfin, attiré dans un guet-apens, à Carthage, il fut jeté en prison et assassiné par une bande d'hommes masqués.»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2226)

## amérique

Used about 12 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12).

- As a matter of fact, he's going to the **States**.
  En fait, il va en **Amérique**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#265116](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/265116) [\#128234](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128234))

- We have really everything in common with the United **States** nowadays except, of course, language.
  Nous avons réellement, de nos jours, tout en commun avec l'**Amérique**, hormis, bien entendu, la langue.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AMIKEMA and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#1354851](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1354851) [\#939164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/939164))

## More sentences

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

- This sentence **states** exactly how the writer feels.
  Cette phrase indique précisément ce que ressent l'auteur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#57219](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57219) [\#11944860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11944860))

- The United **States** and Britain have different sign languages. Mexican Sign Language also differs from Spanish Sign Language.
  La langue des signes est différente aux USA et au Royaume-Uni. La langue des signes au Mexique est également différente de la langue des signes espagnole.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#712825](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/712825) [\#4431346](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4431346))

- In the justice system of the United **States**, there are twelve people on a jury.
  Dans le système judiciaire américain, il y a douze personnes dans un jury.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#67556](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67556) [\#139355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/139355))

## 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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