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# take — English to French

How English *take* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: take (488 087), takes (78 947). By style: everyday 4 743 · literary 189 · biblical 800 · parliamentary 67 478 · legal and administrative 60 797 · UN documents 433 027.

## prend

Used about 216 643 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 630 · literary ≈ 42 · biblical ≈ 133 · parliamentary ≈ 13 355 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 033 · UN documents ≈ 189 449). Forms: prend, prendre.

- I will **take** the lift.
  Je vais **prendre** l’ascenseur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#9957475](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9957475) [\#9971351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9971351))

- And he **takes** his pen.
  Et il **prend** sa plume.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14263)

- A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked **takes** his place.
  Le juste est délivré de la détresse, Et le méchant **prend** sa place.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 11:8)

- We have three commitments to **take** into account.
  Nous avons trois types d'engagements à **prendre** en considération.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 372662)

- It shall, in particular, **take** into account:
  Il **prend** notamment en compte:
  ([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 2453291)

## compte

Used about 47 592 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 49 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 8 435 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 033 · UN documents ≈ 27 064).

- He never **takes** into account the fact that I am very busy.
  Il ne tient jamais **compte** du fait que je sois très occupé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#303731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/303731) [\#133341](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/133341))

- It is sufficient that it may be the possible convent, that I should **take** notice of it.
  Il suffit que ce soit le couvent possible, pour que j'en doive tenir **compte**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11012)

- “**Take** a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;
  **Compte** aussi les fils de Guerschon, selon les maisons de leurs pères, selon leurs familles;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 4:22)

- And we want to **take** account of the new discoveries as they become available.
  Nous voulons en tenir **compte**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1788329)

- CET **takes** into account the change to Central European Summer Time.
  L'heure d'Europe centrale tient **compte** du passage à l'heure d'été d'Europe centrale.
  ([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 4576188)

## lieu

Used about 45 102 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 148 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 7 029 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 333 · UN documents ≈ 31 575).

- Where does the fair **take** place?
  Où la foire a-t-elle **lieu** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11253431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11253431) [\#11253436](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11253436))

- In the meanwhile, the public wealth flows away to the river, and leakage **takes** place.
  En attendant, la richesse publique s'en va à la rivière, et le coulage a **lieu**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27287)

- “‘“Adulterous wife, who **takes** strangers instead of her husband!
  tu as été la femme adultère, qui reçoit des étrangers au **lieu** de son mari.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 16:32)

- The vote will **take** place at 5.30 p.m.
  Le vote aura **lieu** à 17h30.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 393742)

- Record of the statement that the communication **takes** place for the purposes of a market sounding.
  Enregistrement de la déclaration précisant que la communication a **lieu** aux fins d'un sondage de 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 3994241)

## More sentences

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

- **Take** it down a notch, Bob.
  Baisse d'un ton, Robert.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1586688](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1586688) [\#1617340](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1617340))

- We'll **take** off in a few minutes.
  Nous allons décoller dans quelques minutes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3312119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3312119) [\#11163889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11163889))

- Don't **take** everything so literally.
  Ne prenez pas tout au pied de la lettre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#8343226](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8343226) [\#12954622](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12954622))

## 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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