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# witnesses — English to French

How English *witnesses* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: witnesses (28 836). By style: everyday 22 · literary 2 · biblical 43 · parliamentary 287 · legal and administrative 495 · UN documents 27 987.

## témoins

Used about 23 441 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 41 · parliamentary ≈ 227 · legal and administrative ≈ 413 · UN documents ≈ 22 739).

- We have **witnesses**.
  Nous avons des **témoins**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#2241119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2241119) [\#7136094](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7136094))

- However, the man’s examination and the depositions of the **witnesses** had been completed, but the lawyer’s plea, and the speech of the public prosecutor were still to come; it could not be finished before midnight.
  Du reste, l'interrogatoire de l'homme était terminé et les dépositions des **témoins**; mais il y avait encore les plaidoiries de l'avocat et le réquisitoire du ministère public; cela ne devait guère finir avant minuit.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5851)

- You are **witnesses** of these things.
  Vous êtes **témoins** de ces choses.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 24:48)

- First, about the hearing of **witnesses**.
  Je commencerai avec l'audition des **témoins**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1061697)

- He may call **witnesses**.
  Il peut faire citer des **témoins**.
  ([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 403802)

## More sentences

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

- Two **witnesses** saw him roaming around the farm the night of the crime.
  Deux personnes l'avaient vu rôder autour de la ferme dans la nuit du crime.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AsaeP and christian63 · checked, community translation · [\#6089430](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6089430) [\#6087036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6087036))

- Were there any **witnesses**?
  Y avait-il le moindre témoin ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3738456](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3738456) [\#4897558](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4897558))

- There are no **witnesses**.
  Il n'y a pas de témoin.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#4502913](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4502913) [\#5984847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5984847))

## 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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