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# supply — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: supplies (42 706), supply (96 526). By style: everyday 87 · literary 4 · biblical 21 · parliamentary 7 212 · legal and administrative 25 468 · UN documents 106 440.

## approvisionnements

Used about 32 129 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 3 531 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 306 · UN documents ≈ 23 284). Forms: approvisionnement, approvisionnements.

- **Supplies** were no problem.
  Les **approvisionnements** ne posaient pas de problème.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#804280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/804280) [\#1156654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1156654))

- Without **supplies**, their health and their lives can be at risk.
  Sans **approvisionnement**, leur santé et leurs vies sont en danger.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 334022)

- For point 8 — In-flight **supplies**:
  Pour le point 8 — **Approvisionnements** de bord:
  ([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 2069191)

- (k) Water **supply** and sanitation.
  k) **Approvisionnement** en eau et assainissement.
  ([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 1225255)

- **Supplies** were no problem.
  Les **approvisionnements** ne posèrent pas de difficultés.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#804280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/804280) [\#1156662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1156662))

## fournitures

Used about 30 704 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 376 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 714 · UN documents ≈ 26 610).

- There's an urgent need for medical **supplies**.
  Il y a un besoin urgent de **fournitures** médicales.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2712618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2712618) [\#1385440](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1385440))

- The award of contracts, services and **supplies** by public tender accounts for more than 14% of European GDP.
  . (PT) La passation de marchés publics de travaux, services et **fournitures** par voie d'appel d'offres ouvert représente plus de 14% du PIB européen.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 478465)

- MINING EQUIPMENT AND **SUPPLIES**
  MATÉRIEL ET **FOURNITURES** D’EXTRACTION MINIÈRE
  ([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 2365157)

- Other **supplies** and services
  Autres **fournitures** et services
  ([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 16248362)

- There is an urgent need for medical **supplies**.
  Il y a un besoin urgent de **fournitures** médicales.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#903697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/903697) [\#1385440](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1385440))

## offre

Used about 12 079 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 451 · legal and administrative ≈ 531 · UN documents ≈ 11 088).

- Demand creates **supply**.
  La demande crée l'**offre**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mervert1 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2929866](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2929866) [\#1086908](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1086908))

- In this respect, extending **supply** does not, by definition, benefit agricultural incomes.
  À cet égard, étendre l’**offre** n’a, par définition, pas d’impact positif sur les revenus agricoles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 557387)

- Prices are driven by two major forces: the costs of production (‘COP’) and the **supply** and demand situation on the market.
  Les prix sont influencés par deux éléments essentiels: les coûts de production et la situation de l'**offre** et de la demande sur le marché.
  ([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 454394)

- Mercury **supply** and storage
  a) **Offre** et stockage du mercure
  ([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 21476049)

- Demand is outstripping **supply**.
  La demande dépasse l'**offre**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11004780](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11004780) [\#12372420](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12372420))

## services

Used about 4 973 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 150 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 714 · UN documents ≈ 1 109).

- For this reason, it is essential to **supply** products and services that will actually be bought.
  Il s'agit donc d'offrir des produits et des **services** qui seront achetés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1948570)

- (CROSS-BORDER **SUPPLY** OF SERVICES)
  (FOURNITURE TRANSFRONTALIÈRE DE **SERVICES**)
  ([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 319028)

- (b) body corporate that is related to a body corporate that **supplies** goods or services of that kind; or
  (b) body corporate that is related to a body corporate that supplies goods or **services** of that kind; or
  ([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 16111025)

- Value-added tax is also used as a policy instrument to control the **supply** and demand of goods/services, depending on the priorities adopted.
  La TVA sert également d'outil de gestion politique pour déterminer quels biens et **services** sont prioritaires ou non.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1627757)

- **Supply** of restaurant and catering services on board means of transport
  Prestations de **services** de restaurant et de restauration à bord de moyens de transport
  ([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 2356900)

## eau

Used about 4 435 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 301 · legal and administrative ≈ 796 · UN documents ≈ 3 326).

- We have a plentiful **supply** of water.
  Nous avons beaucoup d'**eau**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#23310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/23310) [\#4884703](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4884703))

- All at once, while he was scrutinizing the great city with that eye which nature, by a sort of compensation, had made so piercing that it could almost **supply** the other organs which Quasimodo lacked, it seemed to him that there was something singular about the Quay de la Vieille-Pelleterie, that there was a movement at that point, that the line of the parapet, standing out blackly against the whiteness of the water was not straight and tranquil, like that of the other quays, but that it undulated to the eye, like the waves of a river, or like the heads of a crowd in motion.
  Tout à coup, tandis qu'il scrutait la grande ville de cet oeil que la nature, par une sorte de compensation, avait fait si perçant qu'il pouvait presque suppléer aux autres organes qui manquaient à Quasimodo, il lui parut que la silhouette du quai de la Vieille-Pelleterie avait quelque chose de singulier, qu'il y avait un mouvement sur ce point, que la ligne du parapet détachée en noir sur la blancheur de l'**eau** n'était pas droite et tranquille semblablement à celle des autres quais, mais qu'elle ondulait au regard comme les vagues d'un fleuve ou comme les têtes d'une foule en marche.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6963)

- For, behold, the Lord, GOD of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah **supply** and support, the whole **supply** of bread, and the whole **supply** of water;
  Le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées, Va ôter de Jérusalem et de Juda Tout appui et toute ressource, Toute ressource de pain Et toute ressource d’**eau**,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 3:1)

- As things are at present, the Golan Heights account for between a third and a sixth of Israel's water **supply**.
  Dans la situation actuelle, le Golan fournit entre un tiers et un sixième de l' **eau** nécessaire à Israël.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 4097)

- Electricity, gas and water **supply**
  Production et distribution d’électricité, de gaz et d’**eau**
  ([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 1255323)

## More sentences

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

- Oil is a finite **supply** and **supplies** will eventually run dry.
  Les ressources pétrolières sont limitées et finiront par être épuisées.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dreamk33 and Dreamk33 · checked, community translation · [\#2142732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2142732) [\#2142735](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2142735))

- I don't **supply** my real name to any Internet site.
  Je ne fournis mon vrai nom à aucun site internet.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2657743](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2657743) [\#8453533](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8453533))

- Printing ink is in short **supply**.
  Il y a pénurie d'encre d'imprimerie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#27159](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/27159) [\#483322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/483322))

## 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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