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# well — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: well (646 043), wells (3 189). By style: everyday 2 642 · literary 314 · biblical 239 · parliamentary 43 579 · legal and administrative 40 564 · UN documents 561 894.

## puits

Used about 291 235 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 108 · literary ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 40 · parliamentary ≈ 13 737 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 944 · UN documents ≈ 263 388).

- I'm not digging your **wells**.
  Je ne creuse pas vos **puits**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#2621177](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2621177) [\#1944462](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1944462))

- This **well** where drank so many of the dead was destined to die itself.
  Ce **puits**, où burent tant de morts, devait mourir lui aussi.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6788)

- Therefore the **well** was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
  C’est pourquoi l’on a appelé ce **puits** le puits de Lachaï-roï; il est entre Kadès et Bared.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 16:14)

- Technically speaking there are vast sources of CO2 emissions and CO2 **wells**.
  D'un point de vue technique, il est bien sûr question de grandes sources et de grands **puits** de CO2.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 382352)

- Add 50 μl to all **wells** of the plate.
  Ajouter 50 µl dans tous les **puits** de la plaque.
  ([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 2095853)

## ainsi

Used about 122 399 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 895 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 296 · UN documents ≈ 111 208).

- We sink **wells** which, once exploited, go dry.
  Nous exploitons **ainsi** des nappes qui se vident petit à petit.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 891471)

- ATM/ANS, as **well** as personnel and organisations involved therein.
  à la GTA/SNA, **ainsi** qu’aux personnels et organismes y participant.
  ([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 1936590)

- Indicate also the expenses of the private sector, as **well** as programmes and services for children with disabilities
  Indiquer également les dépenses du secteur privé **ainsi** que les programmes et services destinés aux enfants handicapés.
  ([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 15222444)

- However, this requires an in-depth analysis of the commercial project as **well** as a risk assessment.
  Mais ceci exige cependant une analyse approfondie du projet commercial **ainsi** qu'une analyse de risque.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1485117)

- construction, expansion and modernisation of plants and buildings as **well** as landscaping \[34\];
  la construction, l’agrandissement et la modernisation d’installations et de bâtiments, **ainsi** que les aménagements paysagers \[34\],
  ([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 1398189)

## bien

Used about 90 354 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 995 · literary ≈ 203 · biblical ≈ 58 · parliamentary ≈ 9 474 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 535 · UN documents ≈ 76 090).

- **Well**, let's go.
  Eh **bien**, allons-y.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#410596](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/410596) [\#764750](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/764750))

- **Well**, sign it U. F.”
  Eh **bien**, signez U.F.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17618)

- However you did **well** that you shared in my affliction.
  Cependant vous avez **bien** fait de prendre part à ma détresse.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHI 4:14)

- Are you **well** prepared?
  Êtes-vous **bien** préparé ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 162777)

- Functional group: Vitamins, provitamins and chemically **well**-defined substances having similar effect.
  Groupe fonctionnel: vitamines, provitamines et substances à effet analogue chimiquement **bien** définies
  ([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 4959283)

## eau

Used about 5 871 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 18 · UN documents ≈ 5 853).

- Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the **wells** of salvation.
  Vous puiserez de l’**eau** avec joie Aux sources du salut,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 12:3)

- (c) Third objective: 20 l/day per capita to be supplied by **wells** situated less than 500 m from users.
  c) Troisième objectif : 20 l/habitant/jour pour les points d &apos; **eau** situés à moins de 500 m des usagers.
  ([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 3793681)

- David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the **well** of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
  David eut un désir, et il dit: Qui me fera boire de l’**eau** de la citerne qui est à la porte de Bethléhem?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2SA 23:15)

- David longed, and said, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the **well** of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
  David eut un désir, et il dit: Qui me fera boire de l’**eau** de la citerne qui est à la porte de Bethléhem?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 11:17)

- These are **wells** without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
  Ces gens-là sont des fontaines sans **eau**, des nuées que chasse un tourbillon: l’obscurité des ténèbres leur est réservée.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2PE 2:17)

## More sentences

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

- Did you hear a cock crowing as **well**?
  As-tu aussi entendu un coq chanter ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#9440224](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9440224) [\#4237965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4237965))

- His secretary can speak three languages **well**.
  Sa secrétaire maîtrise trois langues.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and gall · checked, community translation · [\#287355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/287355) [\#1690390](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1690390))

- Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on **well**.
  Ne demande pas que ce qui arrive arrive comme tu désires ; mais désire que les choses arrivent comme elles arrivent, et tu seras heureux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#8068512](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8068512) [\#8068565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8068565))

## 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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