Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Translate** · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/)

This page as HTML: <https://translate.elamur.ai/free/en/fr-en/%C3%AAtres/>

# êtres — French to English

How French *êtres* 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: êtres (48 252). By style: everyday 104 · literary 26 · biblical 23 · parliamentary 3 292 · legal and administrative 1 187 · UN documents 43 620.

## trafficking

Used about 23 685 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 892 · legal and administrative ≈ 74 · UN documents ≈ 22 719).

- En matière de traite des **êtres** humains, son champ d'action est élargi.
  It has a broad area of application relating to human **trafficking**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1452528)

- Le groupe est présidé par le coordonnateur européen de la lutte contre la traite des **êtres** humains.
  The group shall be chaired by the EU Anti-**Trafficking** Coordinator.
  ([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 2271373)

- B. Traite des **êtres** humains
  B. Human **trafficking**/people smuggling
  ([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 24051942)

- La traite des **êtres** humains est un commerce lucratif et qui prend rapidement de l'ampleur.
  Human **trafficking** is a lucrative and fast-growing business.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1454836)

- Contribution au démantèlement du modèle économique des réseaux de trafic de migrants et de traite des **êtres** humains
  Contributing to disruption of the business model of human smuggling and **trafficking** networks
  ([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 5077272)

## beings

Used about 15 600 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 58 · literary ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 1 372 · legal and administrative ≈ 519 · UN documents ≈ 13 631).

- Pourquoi les **êtres** humains rient-ils ?
  Why do human **beings** laugh?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13200338](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13200338) [\#13200331](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13200331))

- Tels étaient ces deux **êtres**.
  Such were these two **beings**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8137)

- Les **êtres** humains ont tendance à se voiler la face.
  Human **beings** have a tendency to bury their heads in the sand.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 863257)

- Traite des **êtres** humains
  Trafficking in human **beings**
  ([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 283955)

- Programme mondial contre la traite des **êtres** humains
  Global Programme against Trafficking in Human **Beings**
  ([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 15735034)

## humans

Used about 4 498 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 274 · legal and administrative ≈ 569 · UN documents ≈ 3 635). Forms: human, humans.

- Pourquoi les **êtres** humains rient-ils ?
  Why do **humans** laugh?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#13200066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13200066) [\#13200331](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13200331))

- Ce sont les **êtres** humains qui se le sont octroyés eux-mêmes.
  **Humans** have granted it to themselves.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1170906)

- CTUh (unité toxique comparative pour les **êtres** humains)
  CTUh (Comparative Toxic Unit for **humans**)
  ([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 2840259)

- a) Prévoit une protection efficace de la santé et de la sécurité des **êtres** humains;
  (a) Provide for effective protection of **human** health and safety;
  ([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 7367813)

- Pourquoi les **êtres** humains sourient-ils ?
  Why do **humans** smile?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#13200067](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13200067) [\#13200329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13200329))

## animals

Used about 69 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 69).

- Mes conclusions quant à ce débat consistent notamment à dire que les animaux sont des **êtres** sensibles doté d'une valeur intrinsèque.
  My conclusions from the debate included the fact that **animals** are sentient creatures with an intrinsic value.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 199960)

## More sentences

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

- En se domestiquant eux-mêmes comme du bétail, les **êtres** humains donnèrent naissance à la civilisation.
  Through domesticating ourselves like cattle, people began civilization.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1106914](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1106914) [\#1107291](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1107291))

- On se demande parfois si la vie a un sens et puis on rencontre des **êtres** qui donnent un sens à la vie.
  Sometimes we wonder if life has meaning, and then we meet people who give it meaning.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Lebensfreude · checked, community translation · [\#12993833](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12993833) [\#6307259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6307259))

- Nous devrions **êtres** fières de nous-mêmes.
  We should be proud of ourselves.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2927337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2927337) [\#4563163](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4563163))

## 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. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=fr-en&word=%C3%AAtres).


Every example is quoted under its source's licence and credited with it; the rest of the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.