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# côte — French to English

How French *côte* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: côte (51 599), côtes (11 915). By style: everyday 84 · literary 20 · biblical 15 · parliamentary 2 165 · legal and administrative 4 725 · UN documents 56 505.

## côte

Used about 24 633 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 496 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 181 · UN documents ≈ 22 955).

- La non-prorogation de l’accord entraînerait un isolement de la **Côte** d’Ivoire.
  Failing to extend the agreement would mean isolating **Côte** d'Ivoire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 540508)

- **Côte** d’Ivoire, Guinée, Togo
  **Côte** d'Ivoire, Guinea, Togo
  ([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 2419235)

- **Côte** d &apos; Ivoire
  **Côte** d &apos; Ivoire
  ([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 21648403)

- (EN) L'Union européenne ne doit pas être fière de ce qui s'est passé en **Côte** d'Ivoire.
  What has occurred in **Côte** d'Ivoire brings shame on the European Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 871820)

- **Côte** bleue - chaîne de l’Estaque
  **Côte** bleue — chaîne de l’Estaque
  ([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 1973814)

## ribs

Used about 13 758 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 788 · UN documents ≈ 12 949). Forms: rib, ribs.

- Tom a une **côte** cassée.
  Tom has a broken **rib**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3354457](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3354457) [\#5835160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5835160))

- Le torse n'était atteint d'aucune lésion intérieure; une balle, amortie par le portefeuille, avait dévié et fait le tour des **côtes** avec une déchirure hideuse, mais sans profondeur, et par conséquent sans danger.
  The trunk had not suffered any internal injury; a bullet, deadened by the pocket-book, had turned aside and made the tour of his **ribs** with a hideous laceration, which was of no great depth, and consequently, not dangerous.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28384)

- L’Éternel Dieu forma une femme de la **côte** qu’il avait prise de l’homme, et il l’amena vers l’homme.
  The LORD God made a woman from the **rib** which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 2:22)

- Dépôts de graisse visibles sur les **côtes**
  Fat deposits visible on **ribs**.
  ([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 1631113)

- Nombre de **côtes** requis.
  Number of **ribs** required
  ([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 14385138)

## coast

Used about 9 136 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 699 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 329 · UN documents ≈ 7 063). Meaning: [coast in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/coast/).

- La **côte** est dégagée.
  The **coast** is clear.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#2002708](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2002708) [\#7955820](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7955820))

- Sitôt qu'une révolution a fait **côte**, les habiles dépècent l'échouement.
  As soon as a revolution has made the **coast**, the skilful make haste to prepare the shipwreck.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18065)

- Passez à Tarsis, Lamentez-vous, habitants de la **côte**!
  Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the **coast**!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 23:6)

- Pêche au large de la **côte** sénégalaise et dans les eaux mauriciennes
  Fishing off the **coast** of Senegal and in the waters of Mauritius
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1737782)

- Installations offshore **Côte** du Helgeland
  Offshore installations **coast** of Helgeland
  ([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 63915)

## side

Used about 1 897 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 68 · legal and administrative ≈ 49 · UN documents ≈ 1 766). Meaning: [side in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/side/).

- Ils ont marché **côte** à **côte**.
  They walked **side**-by-side.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lapinhibou and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2496203](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2496203) [\#6463935](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6463935))

- Et le soir même, Marius était installé dans une chambre de l'hôtel de la Porte-Saint-Jacques, **côte** à **côte** avec Courfeyrac.
  And that very evening, Marius found himself installed in a chamber of the hotel de la Porte-Saint-Jacques **side** by side with Courfeyrac.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14328)

- Les Palestiniens et les Israéliens doivent pouvoir vivre en paix, **côte** à **côte**.
  It must be possible for Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace, **side** by side.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 311122)

- aux véhicules de loisirs, à l'exception des motoneiges, des véhicules tout-terrain et des véhicules **côte** à **côte**;
  recreational vehicles, except snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and **side**-by-side vehicles;
  ([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 4042626)

- Hélas, on peut toujours se demander si le peuple palestinien accepte tout à fait l &apos; idée de vivre **côte** à **côte** avec un État juif.
  Unfortunately, one can still raise questions as to whether the notion of living **side**-by-side with a Jewish State has been fully accepted by the Palestinian people.
  ([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 21906423)

## off

Used about 590 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 589). Meaning: [off in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/off/).

- J'ai vu un bateau de pêche à environ un mile de la **côte**.
  I saw a fishing boat about a mile **off** the shore.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gall and CK · checked, community translation · [\#22181](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22181) [\#426046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/426046))

- Les côtelettes du carré couvert (**côtes** secondes et **côtes** premières) sont préparées à partir d &apos; un carré couvert sans dessus de **côte** dénudée (4764) et coupées selon une épaisseur spécifiée.
  Rack Cutlets are prepared from a Rack (frenched) Cap **Off** (Item 4764) and cut to a specified thickness. ACCREDITED CERTIFYING AUTHORITIES
  ([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 9797057)

## d

Used about 246 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 246). Meaning: [d in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/).

- Coquille Saint-Jacques des **Côtes** d’Armor
  Coquille Saint-Jacques des Côtes **d**'Armor
  ([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 363263)

- **Côtes** d'Auvergne suivie ou non de Châteaugay
  Côtes **d**'Auvergne whether or not followed by Châteaugay
  ([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 2288156)

- **Côtes** d’Auvergne suivie ou non de Chanturgue
  Côtes **d**’Auvergne whether or not followed by Chanturgue
  ([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 96888)

- Elle comprend les départements suivants dans leur intégralité: les **Côtes**-d’Armor, le Finistère, l’Ille-et-Vilaine, la Loire-Atlantique et le Morbihan.
  It comprises the total areas of the following departments: Côtes-**d**’Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique and Morbihan.
  ([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 3038103)

## along

Used about 138 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 135). Meaning: [along in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/along/).

- Nous nous promenions souvent ensemble le long de la **côte** le matin.
  We often took a walk **along** the seashore together in the morning.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and CM · checked, community translation · [\#277770](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/277770) [\#1683269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1683269))

- La nuit était noire; il y avait belle brise et forte mer; quelques feux de la **côte** apparurent dans les ténèbres; plus tard, je ne sais, un phare à éclats étincela au-dessus des flots; ce fut tout ce qui resta dans mon souvenir de cette première traversée.
  The night was dark; there was a sharp breeze and a rough sea, a few lights appeared on shore through the thick darkness; later on, I cannot tell when, a dazzling light from some lighthouse threw a bright stream of fire **along** the waves; and this is all I can remember of this first portion of our sail.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 709)

- La situation est similaire tout le long des 80 000 km de **côtes** européennes.
  The position is the same in other areas **along** Europe's 80 000 km coastline.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1833198)

- Vous le savez, ce n'est pas l'enthousiasme qu'ont suscité vos propositions , mais la révolte dans nos ports et sur nos **côtes**.
  As you well know, rather than arousing enthusiasm, your proposals have only stirred up revolt in our ports and **along** our coasts.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 350178)

- Nous vous remercions, en particulier ceux qui vivent, travaillent et souffrent le long des **côtes** galiciennes, pour les mesures que vous allez adopter.
  We will all be grateful for the measures taken, especially those who live, work and suffer **along** our coasts.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 393642)

## More sentences

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

- L'Algérie a une **côte** sur la Méditerranée.
  Algeria has a Mediterranean coastline.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8126268](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8126268) [\#12495050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12495050))

- Notre bateau dériva vers la **côte** à cause du courant.
  Our boat drifted to shore on the tide.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Erwan29200 and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#23365](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/23365) [\#750809](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/750809))

- Ces deux-là se tiennent **côte** à **côte**.
  These two are standing abreast.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#764068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/764068) [\#698683](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/698683))

## 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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