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# équateur — French to English

How French *équateur* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: équateur (32 387), équateurs (1). By style: everyday 11 · parliamentary 88 · legal and administrative 755 · UN documents 31 534.

## ecuador

Used about 27 125 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 77 · legal and administrative ≈ 661 · UN documents ≈ 26 386).

- Quito est la capitale de l'**Équateur**.
  Quito is the capital of **Ecuador**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tras and BoriQa · checked, community translation · [\#2470569](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2470569) [\#7561508](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7561508))

- L'**Équateur** et la Bolivie souhaitent conserver leur statut SPG+.
  **Ecuador** and Bolivia want to retain this GSP+.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1090354)

- Isostichopus fuscus (III **Équateur**)
  Isostichopus fuscus (III **Ecuador**)
  ([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 4250716)

- Mme Gloria Polastri (**Équateur**)
  Ms. Gloria Polastri (**Ecuador**)
  ([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 17535598)

- La capitale de l'**Équateur** est Quito, située dans la province montagneuse de Pichincha.
  The capital of **Ecuador** is Quito, in the mountainous province of Pichincha.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#703293](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/703293) [\#3772310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3772310))

## equator

Used about 676 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 7 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 · UN documents ≈ 644). Meaning: [equator in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/equator/).

- Le navire va franchir l'**équateur** aujourd'hui.
  The ship will cross the **equator** today.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and Lebensfreude · checked, community translation · [\#9105334](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9105334) [\#1979196](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1979196))

- Il est tragique que le sous-sol recèle autant de pétrole aux environs de l'**équateur**.
  It is extremely sad that there is so much oil around the **equator**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1822415)

- Eaux s'étendant entre l'**équateur** et 6o00′ de latitude sud et à l'est de 3o00′ de longitude est.
  Waters lying between the **Equator** and 6o00′ south latitude, and east of 3o00′ east longitude.
  ([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 1810921)

- 5. La République démocratique du Congo, pays de l &apos; Afrique centrale, est à cheval sur l &apos; **Équateur**.
  5. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, a Central African country, straddles the **equator**.
  ([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 13356347)

- L'**équateur** divise la Terre en deux hémisphères.
  The **equator** divides the earth into two hemispheres.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1008611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1008611) [\#1013112](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1013112))

## More sentences

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

- Cet Indien d' **Équateur** mandaté par son peuple portait les signes inhérents à son titre, c' est-à-dire une petite lance en bois de moins de deux mètres.
  This Ecuadorial Indian came here as an envoy of his people, accompanied by the signs of his dignity, namely a small wooden spear measuring less than two metres.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 164851)

- Je pense que le problème que nous avons connu avec l'Indien d'**Équateur** vient de ce que les forces de sécurité ont été soudainement confrontées avec un homme muni d'une lance et qu'elles n'ont pas été prévenues.
  I think the problem with the Ecuadorial Indian is that security forces were suddenly faced with this man with a spear and had not be given any warning in advance.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 164861)

- La valeur Lambda est calculée en utilisant l’**équateur** de Brettschneider simplifiée, comme suit:
  The Lambda value shall be calculated using the simplified Brettschneider equation as follows:
  ([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 5441761)

## Grammar

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