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Meaning: [close in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/close/). - Une amitié **étroite** nous lie. We are bound to each other by a **close** friendship. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#248659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/248659) [\#4921697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4921697)) - Nous avons entretenu des relations de travail **étroites**. We have enjoyed **close** working relations. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1861718) - en maintenant d’**étroites** relations avec l’unité nationale Europol. maintaining **close** relations with the Europol National Unit. ([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 1678643) - f) Coordination plus **étroite** au sein de la Division. (f) **Closer** coordination within the Division. ([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 2395748) - Je suis lié à lui par une **étroite** amitié. I am bound to him by a **close** friendship. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and CK · checked, community translation · [\#257308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/257308) [\#127866](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/127866)) ## narrow Used about 2 822 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 27 · literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 189 · legal and administrative ≈ 550 · UN documents ≈ 2 040). Meaning: [narrow in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narrow/). - C'est une rue **étroite**. This is a **narrow** street. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and vvv123 · checked, community translation · [\#3615919](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3615919) [\#4100400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4100400)) - Cette salle, éclairée d'une seule fenêtre **étroite** et d'un quinquet toujours allumé, avait un air de galetas. This room, lighted by a single **narrow** window, and by a lamp that was always burning, had the air of a garret. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23591) - Le lit sera trop court pour s’y étendre, Et la couverture trop **étroite** pour s’en envelopper. For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too **narrow** to wrap oneself in. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 28:20) - Établir des frontières aussi **étroites** peut uniquement avoir pour résultat d'élargir le fossé et d'entraîner de nombreuses difficultés. To draw such **narrow** boundaries between them can only produce problems and difficulties. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 122566) - Criques **étroites** de la Baltique boréale Boreal Baltic **narrow** inlets ([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 533057) ## cooperation Used about 1 568 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 38 · UN documents ≈ 1 530). Meaning: [cooperation in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cooperation/). - Lors de la discussion au congrès du rapport de synthèse du comité central du PCUS, il a été noté que, sous la direction du Parti Communiste et en **étroite** coopération avec tous les pays socialistes, le peuple soviétique a fait des progrès remarquables dans la lutte pour l'établissement d'une société communiste en URSS et dans celle pour la paix mondiale. During the discussion of the summary report of CC CPSU in the congress, it was noted that, under the guidance of the Communist party, in close **cooperation** with all the Socialist countries, the Soviet people have made great progress in the struggle for building a Communist society in the USSR and in that for world peace. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Clavain and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#401888](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/401888) [\#434106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/434106)) - Le soutien de l'Union européenne doit encourager une **étroite** coopération économique dans des domaines comme l'approvisionnement en eau, l'infrastructure, le tourisme et la sécurité. Support from the European Union must foster strong economic **cooperation** in areas such as water supply, infrastructure, tourism and security. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1918388) - Elle est convaincue de la nécessité d ' une coopération la plus **étroite** possible entre l ' ONU et l ' OUA. It is convinced of the need for the closest possible **cooperation** between the United Nations and the OAU. ([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 4430389) - Les deux enquêtes de police sont restées complètement distinctes, alors que dans des affaires aussi complexes et interdépendantes, une bonne communication et une **étroite** coopération s ' imposent. The two police investigations remain unconnected, despite the need for full communication and **cooperation** in these linked complex cases. ([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 23199021) - On peut penser notamment à la proximité psychologique entre les entreprises et leurs homologues universitaires: les possibilités de coopération seront d ' autant plus grandes que cette proximité sera **étroite**. One would be the technological proximity between firms and their academic counterparts: the better the match, the greater the possibility for **cooperation**. ([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 23320232) ## between Used about 1 531 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 1 530). Meaning: [between in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/between/). - La crête est **étroite** entre les peurs utiles et destructives. Mais un chemin de crête existe et notre tâche est de le trouver et d'y cheminer. There exists a fine line **between** helpful and destructive fears. But there is a line. Our job is to find it and walk it. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and AMIKEMA · checked, community translation · [\#1355977](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1355977) [\#1356016](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1356016)) - C ' est un fait qu ' il existe une **étroite** corrélation entre l ' occupation et l ' état du développement économique. It was a fact that there was a strong correlation **between** the occupation and the state of economic development. ([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 10836842) - Pour les surmonter, il faut une coopération **étroite** entre le Gouvernement, la société civile et les donateurs afin de conjuguer les efforts et d ' améliorer les résultats. This demands strong networking **between** government, civil society and donors to synergize efforts and improve performance. ([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 17002135) - Le processus de prise de décisions peut avoir une plus grande incidence grâce à l ' établissement de relations plus **étroites** entre les différents organes de l ' ONU. Decision-making can have a stronger impact through the establishment of a more effective relationship **between** the various United Nations organs. ([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 2548791) ## coordination Used about 107 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 38 · legal and administrative ≈ 69). - Dans le même temps, l’Agence européenne de défense appelle à une coordination plus **étroite** et à une libéralisation plus intense des politiques des États membres en matière d’exportation. At the same time, the European Defence Agency is pushing for the more extensive **coordination** and liberalisation of the Member States’ export policies. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 744231) - À ce jour, une coopération et une coordination **étroites** avec ces trois projets ont permis de réaliser des progrès importants et d'obtenir de meilleurs résultats, To date, significant gains were achieved through tight cooperation and **coordination** with those three projects, which resulted in more efficient results; ([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 4543600) - Lors de la phase précédente, une coopération et une coordination **étroites** avec ces deux projets ont permis de réaliser des progrès importants et d'obtenir de meilleurs résultats. In the previous phase, significant gains were achieved through tight cooperation and **coordination** with these two projects, which resulted in more efficient results. ([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 3887820) ## relations Used about 72 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 38 · legal and administrative ≈ 34). Meaning: [relations in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/relations/). - Les relations ne sont déjà pas très **étroites**. **Relations** are already on a very low level. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 617534) - Cela implique également d’établir d’**étroites** relations avec d’autres services de la Commission. This also involves building closer **relations** with other services of the Commission. ([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 2527793) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Cette pièce est **étroite**. This room is cramped. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#57325](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57325) [\#7071874](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7071874)) - Sa voiture est la plus **étroite**. His car is the narrowest. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#14068038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14068038) [\#14068039](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14068039)) - Il aime insérer son véhicule dans des places de stationnement **étroites**. He likes to squeeze in tight parking spaces. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8259773](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8259773) [\#10892493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10892493)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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