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# vote — English to French

How English *vote* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: vote (120 756), votes (21 422). By style: everyday 170 · literary 2 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 39 010 · legal and administrative 3 503 · UN documents 99 492.

## voix

Used about 64 071 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 251 · legal and administrative ≈ 693 · UN documents ≈ 60 110).

- How many **votes** did I get?
  Combien de **voix** ai-je obtenu ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2912550](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2912550) [\#4235255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4235255))

- “Put it to the **vote**!” said one of the councillors; “the crime is manifest, and it is late.”
  --Aux **voix**! dit un conseiller; le crime est patent, et il est tard.»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5125)

- That means, therefore, that two proposals should be put to the **vote**.
  Autrement dit, deux propositions doivent être mises aux **voix**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 725217)

- The blocking minority shall consist of 281 **votes**.
  La minorité de blocage est de 281 **voix**.
  ([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 1402736)

- Number of **votes** obtained:
  Nombre de **voix** obtenues :
  ([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 16296998)

## vote

Used about 63 143 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 88 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 29 664 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 299 · UN documents ≈ 31 091). Forms: vote, voter, votes.

- Let's put it to a **vote**.
  Soumettons-le au **vote**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1841605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1841605) [\#1843117](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1843117))

- I **vote** for the end of afflictions and sorrows.
  Je **vote** la fin des afflictions et des chagrins!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29720)

- Oral explanations of **vote**
  Explications de **vote** orales
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1308750)

- Unique identifier of **votes**
  Identifiant unique des **votes**
  ([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 4673376)

- A recorded **vote** was taken.
  Il est procédé au **vote** enregistré.
  ([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 11594119)

## résolution

Used about 2 073 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 073).

- This will be the basis upon which my delegation will cast its **votes** on the draft resolutions before us.
  C &apos; est sur cela que ma délégation se fondera pour voter sur les projets de **résolution** dont nous sommes saisis.
  ([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 3561645)

- The responsibility of that State was clearly established in General Assembly resolution 49/43 by an overwhelming **vote** on 9 December 1994.
  L &apos; Assemblée générale a clairement établi la responsabilité de cet État dans sa **résolution** 49/43, adoptée à une écrasante majorité le 9 décembre 1994.
  ([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 2151497)

## contre

Used about 1 451 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 406 · UN documents ≈ 1 036).

- Why did you **vote** against it?
  Pourquoi as-tu voté **contre** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#11201163](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11201163) [\#9990027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9990027))

- For that reason, I voted against Amendments Nos 6 and 22, which were however adopted (by, respectively, 382 ‘yes’ **votes**, 82 ‘no’ **votes** and 20 abstentions and 392 ‘yes’ **votes**, 71 ‘no’ **votes** and 33 abstentions).
  C’est pourquoi j’ai voté **contre** les amendements 6 et 22, qui ont toutefois été adoptés (par 382 "oui" contre 82 "non" et 20 abstentions, et 392 "oui" contre 71 "non" et 33 abstentions, respectivement).
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 544609)

- For the purpose of these rules, the phrase &quot; representatives present and voting &quot; means representatives casting an affirmative or negative **vote**.
  Aux fins du présent Règlement, l &apos; expression &lt; &lt; représentants présents et votants &gt; &gt; s &apos; entend des représentants votant pour ou **contre**.
  ([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 9239412)

- There were 215 **votes** for the motion and 15 **votes** against it.
  Il y eut deux-cent-quinze suffrages en faveur de la motion et quinze **contre**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1925380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1925380) [\#1927332](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1927332))

- There were 215 **votes** for the motion and 15 **votes** against it.
  Il y a eu deux-cent-quinze suffrages en faveur de la motion et quinze **contre**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1925380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1925380) [\#1927335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1927335))

## majorité

Used about 1 113 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 813 · legal and administrative ≈ 292).

- He was elected president with the overwhelming majority of **votes**.
  Il a été élu président à une écrasante **majorité** des voix.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8990335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8990335) [\#12462316](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12462316))

- The report before us seems to me to be a very workable compromise that should win a majority of **votes**.
  Le rapport que nous avons sous les yeux me semble constituer un compromis tout à fait acceptable qui mériterait de trouver une **majorité**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 451806)

- They shall be elected by a majority of the **votes** cast.
  Ils sont élus à la **majorité** des suffrages exprimés.
  ([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 3236293)

- A party has to have more than fifty percent of the **votes** in order to have the majority.
  Un parti doit avoir plus de cinquante pour cent des voix pour avoir la **majorité**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13917736](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13917736) [\#13917737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13917737))

- There are no young people and no women and not a single person who shares the views of the democratic majority which **votes** 'no' in EU referenda.
  Il n'y a aucun jeune, aucune femme et pas une seule personne représentant les idées exprimées par la **majorité** populaire qui dit "non" lors des référendums sur l'Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 213797)

## avec

Used about 3 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3).

- There's a tense wait for the outcome of the **vote**.
  L'issue de l'élection est attendue **avec** fébrilité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11090601](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11090601) [\#914262](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/914262))

## More sentences

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

- Who would you **vote** for?
  Pour qui voteriez-vous ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and pkill · checked, community translation · [\#3738429](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3738429) [\#10504243](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10504243))

- Who did you **vote** for?
  Pour qui as-tu voté ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1987969](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1987969) [\#1988319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1988319))

- I didn't **vote**.
  Je n'ai pas voté.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2245705](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2245705) [\#4693235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4693235))

## 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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