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# telephone — English to French

How English *telephone* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: telephone (23 223), telephones (1 888). By style: everyday 283 · parliamentary 916 · legal and administrative 2 911 · UN documents 21 001.

## téléphone

Used about 19 790 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 241 · parliamentary ≈ 656 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 486 · UN documents ≈ 16 407). Forms: téléphone, téléphones, téléphoniques.

- I want this **telephone**.
  Je veux ce **téléphone**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kemushi69 and flopast · checked, community translation · [\#5150386](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5150386) [\#330692](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/330692))

- Then there are mobile **telephones**.
  Il y a ensuite les **téléphones** cellulaires.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1965169)

- d. **Telephone** call transactions; and
  d. par **téléphone**; et
  ([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 4440183)

- Name and **telephone** contact: \_
  Nom et no de **téléphone** du contact : \_
  ([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 21506296)

- The **telephone** doesn't work.
  Le **téléphone** ne marche pas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#279250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/279250) [\#537525](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/537525))

## numéro

Used about 269 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 10 · legal and administrative ≈ 30 · UN documents ≈ 219).

- Look up the number in the **telephone** book.
  Cherche le **numéro** dans le bottin.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#279363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/279363) [\#1688977](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1688977))

- Maybe we do not have this single **telephone** number, but if you make a comparison with the United States - in connection with climate protection, for example - who should we call?
  Nous n'avons pas de **numéro** unique, mais, pour dresser un parallèle avec les États-Unis - en matière de protection climatique, par exemple - qui sommes-nous censés appeler?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1334982)

- excursions must be registered with the Handhaving Voordelta registration centre at least 48 hours in advance (**telephone** number known to the above organisations).
  l'excursion sera annoncée au moins 48 heures à l'avance auprès du point de notification central Surveillance Voordelta (**numéro** connu chez les organisations ci-dessus).
  ([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 1413605)

- The Ministry of the Family had set up a free 24-hour **telephone** hotline.
  Le Ministère de la famille a quant à lui instauré un **numéro** d &apos; assistance téléphonique gratuit disponible vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatre.
  ([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 26111133)

- Check the number in the **telephone** directory.
  Vérifiez le **numéro** dans l'annuaire téléphonique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by pne and Wakano · checked, community translation · [\#2981473](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2981473) [\#2944634](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2944634))

## mobiles

Used about 91 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 91).

- Universal Mobile **Telephone** System (UMTS) services
  Services UMTS (Système de télécommunications **mobiles** universelles)
  ([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 1495953)

- for the manufacture or repair of mobile radio-**telephones** of subheading 85171200 \[1\]
  destinés à la fabrication ou réparation de postes radiotéléphoniques **mobiles** de la sous-position 85171200 \[1\]
  ([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 1104201)

- wholly of silicone or wholly of polycarbonate, including printed keys, for the manufacture or repair of mobile radio-**telephones** of subheading 85252020 \[1\]
  entièrement en silicone ou entièrement en polycarbonate, comprenant des touches imprimées, destinés à la fabrication ou à la réparation de postes radiotéléphoniques **mobiles** de la sous-position 85252020 \[1\]
  ([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 934411)

## réseaux

Used about 40 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 10 · legal and administrative ≈ 30).

- It is essential to guarantee a high level of protection for consumers, especially children, without hampering the operation of mobile **telephone** networks.
  Il est indispensable de garantir un haut niveau de protection des consommateurs, et des enfants en particulier, sans pour autant entraver le fonctionnement des **réseaux** de téléphonie mobile.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1247761)

- internet connection: mobile broadband connection via a portable device using mobile **telephone** networks (‘3G’ or ‘4G’),
  connexion internet: connexion mobile à large bande par un appareil portable utilisant les **réseaux** de téléphonie mobile (dite 3G ou 4G),
  ([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 2987089)

## More sentences

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

- He is waiting for a **telephone** call.
  Il attend un appel téléphonique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and suika · checked, community translation · [\#288248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/288248) [\#130554](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/130554))

- Please **telephone** me before you come.
  Je vous prie de téléphoner avant de venir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1972284](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1972284) [\#1973850](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1973850))

- Did you **telephone** him?
  Lui avez-vous téléphoné ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#285142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/285142) [\#3629467](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3629467))

## 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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