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# achats — French to English

How French *achats* 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: achats (38 407). By style: everyday 47 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 492 · legal and administrative 2 897 · UN documents 34 968.

## procurement

Used about 28 614 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 82 · legal and administrative ≈ 121 · UN documents ≈ 28 412). Meaning: [procurement in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/procurement/).

- Telle est précisément le but des **achats** publics avant commercialisation.
  That is where the whole mission of pre-commercial **procurement** comes in.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1204667)

- La société Heungjin a été associée à la KOMID et, en particulier, à son service des **achats**.
  Heungjin has been associated with KOMID, and, more specifically, KOMID's **procurement** office.
  ([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 2776242)

- Chaîne d &apos; approvisionnement/ **achats**/ logistique
  Supply chain/ **procurement**/ logistics
  ([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 27117163)

- Ce que l'on nomme les **achats** publics avant commercialisation peuvent mettre fin à cette situation.
  This can be altered through what is known as pre-commercial **procurement**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1206176)

- Passation de marchés, **achats** publics avant commercialisation et marchés publics de solutions innovantes
  **Procurement**, pre-commercial procurement and public procurement of innovative solutions
  ([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 3060221)

## purchases

Used about 2 094 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 154 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 207 · UN documents ≈ 729).

- Où sont mes **achats** ?
  Where are my **purchases**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#13634633](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13634633) [\#13634616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13634616))

- Ces **achats** seront notamment transfrontaliers.
  Some of these **purchases** will be cross-border.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1584765)

- Personne responsable des **achats** dans les ménages
  Persons responsible for household **purchases**
  ([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 697013)

- g) **Achats** de produits énergétiques;
  **Purchases** of energy products;
  ([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 17253262)

- Pour mes **achats**, j'ai payé comptant.
  I paid for my **purchases** in cash.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rtroisgr and XenoKat · checked, community translation · [\#4527029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4527029) [\#429336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/429336))

## equipment

Used about 1 528 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 10 · legal and administrative ≈ 60 · UN documents ≈ 1 457). Meaning: [equipment in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/equipment/).

- Peut-être pourrions-nous engager une réflexion sur les possibilités d'organiser des groupements d'**achats**.
  Perhaps consideration could be given to how this might be done and to how resources can be pooled in acquiring **equipment**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 310243)

- les dépenses d’**achats** d’équipements techniques,
  purchase of technical **equipment**,
  ([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 4477806)

- c) **Achats** de biens tels que les véhicules et le matériel de communication;
  (c) procuring goods, such as vehicles and communication **equipment**;
  ([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 20677272)

- Ces solutions nécessiteront une meilleure planification des **achats** du matériel, des fournitures et de l &apos; équipement requis et le renforcement des moyens requis pour ce faire.
  Such solutions will require improved acquisitions planning for the requisite materials, supplies, **equipment** and enabling capacity.
  ([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 23434548)

## expenditure

Used about 664 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 664). Meaning: [expenditure in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/expenditure/).

- Dépenses relatives aux **achats** d’équipements et de mobilier à Luxembourg
  **Expenditure** for equipment and furniture in Luxembourg
  ([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 5056514)

- Dépenses relatives aux **achats** d’équipements et de services liés aux technologies de l’information et de la communication du domaine politique «Énergie»
  **Expenditure** related to information and communication technology equipment and services of the ‘Energy’ policy area
  ([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 5057037)

- Dépenses relatives aux **achats** d'équipements et de services liés aux technologies de l'information et de la communication du domaine politique «Concurrence»
  **Expenditure** related to information and communication technology equipment and services of the ‘Competition’ policy area
  ([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 4468140)

- Dépenses relatives aux **achats** d’équipements et de services liés aux technologies de l’¦information et de la communication du domaine politique «Éducation et culture»
  **Expenditure** relating to information and communication technology equipment and services of the ‘Education and culture’ policy area
  ([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 4129126)

- Dépenses relatives aux **achats** d’équipements et de services liés aux technologies de l’information et de la communication du domaine politique «Mobilité et transports»
  **Expenditure** related to information and communication technology equipment and services of the ‘Mobility and transport’ policy area
  ([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 3775284)

## More sentences

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

- Cette année, j'ai fait tous mes **achats** de Noël en ligne.
  I did all my Christmas shopping online this year.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7653914](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7653914) [\#9498925](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9498925))

- J'aime faire des **achats** sur Internet.
  I like shopping on the internet.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and lukaszpp · checked, community translation · [\#436731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/436731) [\#838139](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/838139))

- As-tu fait tes **achats** de Noël ?
  Have you done your Christmas shopping?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5679128](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5679128) [\#9489817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9489817))

## 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/).

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