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# tables — English to French

How English *tables* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation 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: tables (28 644). By style: everyday 20 · literary 5 · biblical 13 · parliamentary 304 · legal and administrative 3 780 · UN documents 24 522.

## tables

Used about 26 029 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 209 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 308 · UN documents ≈ 22 479). Forms: tableaux, tables.

- The **tables** are empty.
  Les **tables** sont vides.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11952267](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11952267) [\#11952276](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11952276))

- For, let us insist upon this point, masonry must not be thought to be powerful only in erecting the temple and in expressing the myth and sacerdotal symbolism; in inscribing in hieroglyphs upon its pages of stone the mysterious **tables** of the law.
  Car, insistons sur ce point, il ne faut pas croire que la maçonnerie ne soit puissante qu'à édifier le temple, qu'à exprimer le mythe et le symbolisme sacerdotal, qu'à transcrire en hiéroglyphes sur ses pages de pierre les **tables** mystérieuses de la loi.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2597)

- For all **tables** are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness.
  Toutes les **tables** sont pleines de vomissements, d’ordures; Il n’y a plus de place.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 28:8)

- Meanwhile we have the activity of the round **tables**.
  Des **tables** rondes fonctionnent entre-temps.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 78647)

- Note for completion of the **tables**:
  Note à propos des **tableaux**:
  ([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 1001397)

## More sentences

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

- She waits **tables** for a living.
  Elle gagne sa vie comme serveuse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#553381](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/553381) [\#571937](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/571937))

- I thought I had him in a corner, but then he pulled an unexpected move and completely turned the **tables** on me.
  Je pensais le tenir dans un coin, mais il fit alors un mouvement inattendu et renversa complètement la situation en ma défaveur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by contour and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#516575](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/516575) [\#545715](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/545715))

- He thought he had the upper hand, but I turned the **tables** on him.
  Il pensait avoir le dessus, mais j'ai renversé la situation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mccarras and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8977719](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8977719) [\#12828481](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12828481))

## 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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