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# adresser — French to English

How French *adresser* 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: adressaient (460), adressait (791), adresse (71 291), adressent (4 894), adresser (30 162), adresses (7 827), adressez (85), adressons (818), adressé (22 141), adressée (100 492), adressées (29 683), adressés (5 928). By style: everyday 435 · literary 40 · biblical 194 · parliamentary 9 672 · legal and administrative 27 415 · UN documents 236 816.

## address

Used about 81 018 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 255 · literary ≈ 33 · parliamentary ≈ 2 276 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 407 · UN documents ≈ 67 048). Forms: address, addressed, addresses. Meaning: [address in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/address/).

- Quelle est son **adresse** ?
  What's her **address**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and CH · checked, community translation · [\#10730027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10730027) [\#10729934](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10729934))

- --Vous aurez l'**adresse**.
  “You shall have the **address**.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16591)

- Ses paroles s'**adressaient** à la Commission.
  What he said was **addressed** to the Commission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1614741)

- \[NOM ET **ADRESSE** DE LA SOCIÉTÉ\]
  \[COMPANY NAME AND **ADDRESS**\]
  ([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 4671907)

- C. **Adressées** à la CNUCED
  C. **Addressed** to UNCTAD
  ([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 6693000)

## sent

Used about 28 326 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 249 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 565 · UN documents ≈ 24 498).

- Le dossier a été **adressé** au ministère.
  The record was **sent** to the ministry.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TRANG and gabesilk · checked, community translation · [\#180283](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/180283) [\#4147](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4147))

- Dans ce temps-là, il y avait aussi des grands de Juda qui **adressaient** fréquemment des lettres à Tobija et qui en recevaient de lui.
  Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah **sent** many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 6:17)

- On nous a **adressé** des amendements, qui, de ce fait, n'ont aucun sens.
  We have been **sent** amendments that, in that form, are nonsense.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1037009)

- Ces rapports seront **adressés** au haut représentant.
  Reports will be **sent** to the HR.
  ([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 3869884)

- Un rappel a été **adressé** le 12 avril 2007.
  A reminder was **sent** on 12 April 2007.
  ([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 21745345)

## letter

Used about 6 966 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 231 · legal and administrative ≈ 713 · UN documents ≈ 6 017). Meaning: [letter in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/letter/).

- La lettre lui était **adressée**.
  The **letter** was written to her.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Salemminou and Ooneykcall · checked, community translation · [\#3604538](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3604538) [\#5158343](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5158343))

- Après avoir lu la lettre, le roi d’Israël déchira ses vêtements, et dit: Suis-je un dieu, pour faire mourir et pour faire vivre, qu’il s’**adresse** à moi afin que je guérisse un homme de sa lèpre? Sachez donc et comprenez qu’il cherche une occasion de dispute avec moi.
  When the king of Israel had read the **letter**, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? But please consider and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 5:7)

- J'approfondirai cette proposition dans une lettre **adressée** à M. le commissaire.
  I shall go into this in more detail in a **letter** to the Commissioner.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 392610)

- Une notification avait auparavant été **adressée** à l'Allemagne par lettre du 9 décembre 2013.
  A corrigendum was previously submitted to Germany by **letter** dated 9 December 2013.
  ([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 3547066)

- Lettre datée du 27 juin 2001, **adressée** au Président
  **Letter** dated 27 June 2001 from the President of the
  ([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 7625118)

## president

Used about 5 496 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 1 191 · UN documents ≈ 4 298). Meaning: [president in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/president/).

- Le Président s'est **adressé** à la nation à la télévision.
  The **President** spoke to the nation on TV.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by melospawn and CK · checked, community translation · [\#275890](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/275890) [\#791294](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/791294))

- Monsieur le Président, j'**adresse** moi aussi un vif éloge au rapporteur.
  Mr **President**, I too would like to pay very warm tribute to the rapporteur.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 463304)

- Conseil de sécurité Communications **adressées** au Président du Conseil de Sécurité
  Security Council Communications to the **President** of the Security Council
  ([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 30124964)

- En réponse au vice-président américain, qui affirmait que la charité s’**adressait** en priorité aux siens, le pape a répondu que l’amour chrétien était à la base d’une « fraternité ouverte à tous ».
  Responding to the American vice **president**, who claimed that charity was mainly directed at one's own, the Pope responded that Christian love is the basis of "a brotherhood open to all."
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and rul · checked, community translation · [\#13047270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13047270) [\#13046922](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13046922))

- . - Madame la Présidente, nous **adressons** également nos remerciements au rapporteur.
  . – Madam **President**, we too are grateful to the rapporteur.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 843730)

## More sentences

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

- Je refuse de m'**adresser** à toi !
  I refuse to talk to you!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and minshirui · checked, community translation · [\#487489](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/487489) [\#551348](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/551348))

- Son médecin veut l'**adresser** à un spécialiste.
  Her doctor wants to refer her to a specialist.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CS · checked, community translation · [\#309374](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/309374) [\#12460903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12460903))

- Je pensais vous avoir dit de ne pas **adresser** la parole à ma fille.
  I thought that I told you not to talk to my daughter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7174203](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7174203) [\#8395940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8395940))

## 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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