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# various — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: various (248 172). By style: everyday 53 · literary 10 · biblical 28 · parliamentary 15 487 · legal and administrative 9 634 · UN documents 222 960.

## divers

Used about 125 378 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 4 194 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 018 · UN documents ≈ 116 125). Forms: divers, diverses.

- He touched on **various** topics.
  Il abordait **divers** sujets.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#13498938](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13498938) [\#2918681](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2918681))

- Having, through **various** causes, failed in his business, he had descended to the calling of a carter and a laborer.
  Ayant, pour des causes **diverses**, échoué dans ses affaires, de tabellion il était tombé charretier et manoeuvre.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11210)

- Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into **various** temptations,
  Mes frères, regardez comme un sujet de joie complète les **diverses** épreuves auxquelles vous pouvez être exposés,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JAM 1:2)

- The **various** speakers have also thanked the Commission.
  Les **divers** orateurs ont également remercié la Commission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 510187)

- **Various** items of the balance sheet
  Éléments **divers** du bilan
  ([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 4050871)

## différents

Used about 65 506 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 6 130 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 613 · UN documents ≈ 55 740). Forms: différentes, différents.

- Ziri gave Rima **various** gifts.
  Ziri des cadeaux **différents** à Rima.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and always · checked, community translation · [\#11050604](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11050604) [\#12184985](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12184985))

- They gave them drinks in golden vessels of **various** kinds, including royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.
  On servait à boire dans des vases d’or, de **différentes** espèces, et il y avait abondance de vin royal, grâce à la libéralité du roi.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EST 1:7)

- The **various** rapporteurs will now speak.
  Nous allons maintenant donner la parole aux **différents** rapporteurs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 95859)

- describe the **various** types of locks and bridges in relation to their operation;
  de décrire les **différents** types d’écluses et de ponts en liaison avec leur utilisation;
  ([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 5129455)

- (b) Compile documentation relating to the **various** disciplines affected by its activity;
  b) Constituer une documentation relative aux **différentes** disciplines touchées par sa mission;
  ([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 1018604)

## plusieurs

Used about 10 868 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 968 · legal and administrative ≈ 602 · UN documents ≈ 9 290).

- There are **various** ways we could handle this problem.
  Il existe **plusieurs** façons de traiter ce problème.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2662640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2662640) [\#10624887](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10624887))

- He owed gratitude in **various** quarters; he owed it on his father’s account, he owed it on his own.
  Il devait de la reconnaissance de **plusieurs** côtés; il en devait pour son père, il en devait pour lui-même.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29414)

- God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in **various** ways,
  Après avoir autrefois, à **plusieurs** reprises et de plusieurs manières, parlé à nos pères par les prophètes,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 1:1)

- I have paid visits to **various** Hindu, Islamic, Christian, Jain and Sikh shrines both in India and abroad.
  Je me suis rendu dans **plusieurs** temples hindous, musulmans, chrétiens, jaïns et sikhs, en Inde aussi bien qu'à l'étranger.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 251894)

- This appropriation covers **various** forms of action:
  Ce crédit couvre **plusieurs** types de réalisations:
  ([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 4474160)

## More sentences

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

- He had **various** experiences in his life.
  Il a eu des expériences variées dans sa vie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by buster\_blu and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#300475](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/300475) [\#130859](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/130859))

- The seaman is the entry-level rank of Navy crew members, serving aboard **various** types of ships.
  Le matelot est le grade de base des équipages de la Marine nationale, embarqué sur tous types de bâtiments.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362947](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362947) [\#13362946](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362946))

- She was mimicking the **various** people in our office.
  Elle imitait tout le monde au bureau.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Cemil and Amnafeq · checked, community translation · [\#1756961](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1756961) [\#12617401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12617401))

## 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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