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# unique — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: unique (27 772), uniques (7). By style: everyday 52 · literary 1 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 1 484 · legal and administrative 4 028 · UN documents 22 212.

## unique

Used about 17 183 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 206 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 601 · UN documents ≈ 13 327). Forms: unique, uniques.

- This isn't **unique**.
  Ce n'est pas **unique**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5853124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5853124) [\#7109013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7109013))

- There was in the convent a book which has never been printed except as a **unique** copy, and which it is forbidden to read.
  Il y avait dans le couvent un livre qui n'a jamais été imprimé qu'à exemplaire **unique**, et qu'il est défendu de lire.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10607)

- “The Lord GOD says: ‘A disaster! A **unique** disaster! Behold, it comes.
  Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Un malheur, un malheur **unique**! Voici, il vient!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 7:5)

- Kosovo could not be a **unique** case ...
  Le Kosovo ne pouvait être un cas **unique** ...
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1119665)

- **Unique** Donation ID number
  numéro d’identification **unique** du don,
  ([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 904698)

## identifiant

Used about 1 259 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 259).

- **Unique** identifier of the request
  **Identifiant** unique de la demande
  ([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 4673129)

- **Unique** identifier of the confirmation
  **Identifiant** unique de la confirmation
  ([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 4673298)

- TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS RELATED TO THE **UNIQUE** IDENTIFIER
  SPÉCIFICATIONS TECHNIQUES RELATIVES À L'**IDENTIFIANT** UNIQUE
  ([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 4612323)

- Aggregated level **unique** identifier coded with:
  **Identifiant** unique au niveau de l'emballage agrégé codé conformément:
  ([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 4612767)

- **Unique** code identifying the reporting counterparty of the contract.
  Code unique **identifiant** la contrepartie qui effectue la déclaration.
  ([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 4245085)

## More sentences

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

- "What do you think about my painting?" "Well, it's certainly... **unique**..."
  « Que penses-tu de ma peinture ? » « Eh bien, elle est assurément... singulière... »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hecko and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#11266465](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11266465) [\#11442359](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11442359))

- I think this kind of custom is **unique** to Asian countries.
  Je pense que ce genre de coutume est propre aux pays asiatiques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Luornu and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#58618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/58618) [\#11481536](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11481536))

- The weather here has its own **unique** characteristics.
  Le temps ici a des particularités qui lui sont propres.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais2 and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#937980](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/937980) [\#8119632](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8119632))

## 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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