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# true — English to French

How English *true* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: true (38 525). By style: everyday 1 122 · literary 79 · biblical 69 · parliamentary 10 279 · legal and administrative 2 550 · UN documents 24 426.

## vrai

Used about 10 608 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 748 · literary ≈ 59 · biblical ≈ 32 · parliamentary ≈ 3 640 · legal and administrative ≈ 531 · UN documents ≈ 5 598).

- It isn't **true**.
  Ce n'est pas **vrai**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and slist · checked, community translation · [\#2248752](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2248752) [\#433123](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/433123))

- “That is not **true**.
  --Ce n'est pas **vrai**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30882)

- “I am the **true** vine, and my Father is the farmer.
  Je suis le **vrai** cep, et mon Père est le vigneron.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 15:1)

- It is not **true**.
  Ce n’est pas **vrai**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 504060)

- IF 愦灭;lt;e-AD Rejected flag愦灭;gt; is **True**
  SI l’ est **vrai**
  ([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 3948858)

## véritable

Used about 6 806 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 47 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 1 499 · legal and administrative ≈ 159 · UN documents ≈ 5 089).

- Laurie is a **true** friend.
  Laurie est une **véritable** amie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Mutusen · checked, community translation · [\#2863940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2863940) [\#4468374](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4468374))

- **True** history being a mixture of all things, the **true** historian mingles in everything.
  La vraie histoire étant mêlée à tout, le **véritable** historien se mêle de tout.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21357)

- The **true** light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
  Cette lumière était la **véritable** lumière, qui, en venant dans le monde, éclaire tout homme.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 1:9)

- First of all, it is a **true** institutional "first' .
  D'abord, parce qu'il s'agit d'une **véritable** «première» institutionnelle.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1876157)

- any other practice liable to mislead the consumer as to the **true** origin of the product.
  toute autre pratique susceptible d'induire le consommateur en erreur quant à la **véritable** origine du produit.
  ([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 3074803)

## More sentences

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

- I understood that the rumor was **true**.
  J'ai compris que la rumeur était fondée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by xhlulu and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#10712190](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10712190) [\#584755](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/584755))

- I'm afraid the rumor is **true**.
  Je crains que la rumeur soit avérée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mookeee and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1174249](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1174249) [\#1175582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1175582))

- It's like a dream come **true**.
  C'est comme un rêve devenu réalité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Akenaseryan · checked, community translation · [\#322763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/322763) [\#8410433](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8410433))

## 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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