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# élection — French to English

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: élection (55 614), élections (89 903). By style: everyday 124 · literary 3 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 11 014 · legal and administrative 2 592 · UN documents 131 779.

## election

Used about 139 795 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 107 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 9 752 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 268 · UN documents ≈ 127 661). Forms: election, elections. Meaning: [election in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/election/).

- J'ai remporté l'**élection**.
  I won the **election**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5859338](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5859338) [\#6480559](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6480559))

- --Il s'agissait simplement d'un meeting organisé pour une **élection**.
  “It was only a meeting assembled for an **election**.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2136)

- De même aussi dans le temps présent il y a un reste, selon l’**élection** de la grâce.
  Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the **election** of grace.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 11:5)

- Cela ne va pas changer en cette période d'**élection**.
  That is not going to change at this **election** time.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 983167)

- Article 18 **Élection** des questeurs
  Rule 18 **Election** of Quaestors
  ([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 4878011)

## officers

Used about 2 745 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 745).

- II. **Élection** du Bureau, adoption de l &apos; ordre du jour et organisation des travaux
  II. **Officers**, adoption of the agenda and organization of work
  ([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 25777838)

- Cette institution a dès lors procédé à l &apos; **élection** de son bureau et, par suite, d &apos; un nouveau président pour le pays.
  This body then proceeded to elect its presiding **officers** and, subsequently, a new President for the country.
  ([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 26785494)

## president

Used about 602 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 574 · legal and administrative ≈ 27). Forms: president, presidential. Meaning: [president in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/president/).

- Les deux candidats à l'**élection** présidentielle ont un parcours et une idéologie complètement différents.
  There's a stark difference in background and ideology between the two **presidential** candidates.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#4719422](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4719422) [\#9989649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9989649))

- L'**élection** du président de la Commission européenne figure à l'ordre du jour d'aujourd'hui.
  Today's agenda includes electing the **President** of the European Commission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1280602)

- Le président est désigné par **élection** au scrutin secret.
  The **President** shall be elected by secret ballot.
  ([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 623079)

- Madame la Présidente, je tiens à vous féliciter de tout cur pour votre **élection** à ce poste exigeant.
  Madam **President**, I would like to congratulate you on your being elected to your challenging post.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2000980)

- Il faut condamner les arrestations et les détentions répétées de candidats aux **élections** présidentielles ainsi que les violence perpétrées contre les manifestants.
  The arrest and continued detention of **Presidential** candidates as well as the violence shown to protesters must be condemned.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1480892)

## parliamentary

Used about 27 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 27). Meaning: [parliamentary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/parliamentary/).

- PDG de Zimbabwe Defence Industries et candidat du parti ZANU-PF aux **élections** législatives
  MD/CEO Zimbabwe Defence Industries and ZANU-PF **parliamentary** candidate
  ([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 1572909)

## More sentences

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

- Le jour de l'**élection** fut froid et pluvieux.
  Polling day was cold and rainy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#8826760](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8826760) [\#986208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/986208))

- L'**élection** a eu lieu le seize mai.
  The vote took place on May sixteenth.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Apex and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#804327](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/804327) [\#3162982](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3162982))

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

## Grammar

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