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# étendre — French to English

How French *étendre* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: étendre (27 151). By style: everyday 16 · literary 4 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 3 113 · legal and administrative 2 870 · UN documents 21 144.

## extend

Used about 11 273 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 751 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 033 · UN documents ≈ 7 489). Forms: extend, extended, extending. Meaning: [extend in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/extend/).

- Elle veut **étendre** la zone non-fumeurs.
  She wants to **extend** the no-smoking area.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#313285](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/313285) [\#134248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134248))

- Si nous voulons **étendre** ce système, nous ne pouvons accepter qu'il ne soit pas performant.
  If we are to **extend** this system, it has to work well.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1825621)

- listes de codes que les États membres sont autorisés à **étendre**.
  code lists that may be **extended** by Member States.
  ([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 2197372)

- **Étendre** l &apos; accès universel aux moyens de contraception
  :: **Extend** universal access to contraceptive methods
  ([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 22634772)

- Nous avons aussi proposé un moyen d’**étendre** ce modus operandi à d’autres domaines.
  We have also proposed a means of **extending** this to other fields.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 747664)

## expand

Used about 3 842 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 195 · legal and administrative ≈ 120 · UN documents ≈ 3 524). Meaning: [expand in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/expand/).

- L'entreprise a décidé d'**étendre** son activité en Allemagne.
  The company has decided to **expand** its business to Germany.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3391013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3391013) [\#3392366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3392366))

- On a commencé à parler de stabilité de l'inflation en 2006, quand la zone euro à commencé à s'**étendre**.
  Talk of inflation stability began in 2006, when the Euro Zone started to **expand**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1159828)

- **Étendre** et améliorer les infrastructures européennes
  **Expand** and improve European infrastructure
  ([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 598086)

- Le Conseil cherche actuellement à obtenir un appui pour **étendre** ses activités en Europe de l &apos; Est;
  ICOMP is currently seeking support to **expand** these activities in Eastern Africa.
  ([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 10651448)

- L'incendie, qui sévit depuis plus d'une semaine dans l'est de la Californie, continue de s'**étendre**.
  The fire, which has been raging for over a week in eastern California, continues to **expand**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by RaspaKrusto and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6693783](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6693783) [\#2706972](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2706972))

## scope

Used about 2 387 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 65 · legal and administrative ≈ 120 · UN documents ≈ 2 203). Meaning: [scope in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/scope/).

- Nous devrions donc **étendre** notre surface de contact politique avec la Russie. Ce faisant, nous pourrions mieux comprendre les rebondissements inattendus qui s'y produisent.
  We should therefore broaden the **scope** of our political contact with Russia, and, this would help us to understand the changes that take place there so unexpectedly.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2010237)

- l’opportunité d’**étendre** le champ d’application à d’autres types de moteurs, notamment les moteurs à aimant permanent.
  adding other types of motors to the **scope**, including permanent magnet motors.
  ([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 5017372)

- Il a été convenu que la portée de l &apos; annotation 9 devait s &apos; **étendre** à toutes les communications écrites.
  It was agreed that the **scope** of Note 9 ought to refer to all written submissions.
  ([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 29125627)

- Toutefois, l'AEMF devrait remettre à la Commission, au plus tard le 30 septembre 2014, un rapport sur l'opportunité d'**étendre** ce champ d'application à d'autres instruments financiers.
  However, by 30 September 2014, ESMA should submit a report to the Commission on whether an extension of that **scope** to other financial instruments would be appropriate.
  ([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 2652244)

- D &apos; autres ont fait valoir qu &apos; il faudrait éviter d &apos; **étendre** le champ d &apos; application de l &apos; inventaire.
  Others deem that broadening the **scope** of the inventory should be avoided.
  ([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 19367721)

## More sentences

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

- L'entreprise a l'intention de s'**étendre** en Chine.
  The company aims to branch out into China.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and zumley · checked, community translation · [\#49047](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/49047) [\#1038179](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1038179))

- Il fait tellement beau que je pense que je vais **étendre** le linge dehors pour qu'il sèche.
  The weather's so good I think I'll hang the laundry out to dry.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by silianRay and CK · checked, community translation · [\#278793](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/278793) [\#2160796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2160796))

- Nous n'allons pas nous **étendre** sur ce sujet.
  We're not going to dwell on this.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5726089](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5726089) [\#9029291](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9029291))

## Grammar

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