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# capital — French to English

How French *capital* 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: capital (48 087), capitale (31 498), capitales (5 971), capitals (106), capitaux (36 429). By style: everyday 293 · literary 9 · biblical 15 · parliamentary 10 282 · legal and administrative 29 401 · UN documents 82 091.

## capital

Used about 84 899 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 247 · literary ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 5 355 · legal and administrative ≈ 22 510 · UN documents ≈ 56 780). Forms: capital, capitals. Meaning: [capital in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/capital/).

- Bagdad est la **capitale** de l'Irak.
  Baghdad is Iraq's **capital**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#8396537](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8396537) [\#8393926](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8393926))

- Aperçois-tu Reykjawik, sa **capitale**?
  Do you see Rejkiavik, the **capital**?
  ([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 459)

- Objet: Réseau des régions abritant des **capitales**
  Subject: **Capital** Region network
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1740452)

- (nom en lettres **capitales**)
  (name, in **capital** letters)
  ([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 2344002)

- Une **capitale** de la région
  A **capital** in the region
  ([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 5060263)

## equity

Used about 4 791 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 54 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 369 · UN documents ≈ 1 368). Meaning: [equity in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/equity/).

- Il serait injuste qu'une société privée doive respecter des règles différentes pour la simple raison qu'elle est détenue par des fonds de **capital**-investissement.
  It would be wrong if one private company had to abide by different rules from others just because it was owned by private **equity**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1130147)

- État des variations des **capitaux** propres (46)
  Statement of changes in **equity** (46)
  ([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 4050161)

- Participation au **capital**, entreprise conjointe, partage de la production
  **Equity** interest, joint venture or production sharing participation
  ([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 12379077)

- Exercice ou expiration d'autres instruments de **capitaux** propres émis
  Exercise or expiration of other **equity** instruments issued
  ([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 3663139)

- Placements dans des instruments d &apos; emprunt ou des titres de **capital** détenus dans un portefeuille de transaction
  Investments in debt or **equity** securities held in a trading portfolio
  ([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 30255982)

## importance

Used about 4 263 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 910 · legal and administrative ≈ 613 · UN documents ≈ 2 736). Meaning: [importance in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/importance/).

- Ma mission est d'une importance **capitale**.
  My mission is of critical **importance**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3583439](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3583439) [\#12459375](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12459375))

- C'est une chose à laquelle j'attache une importance **capitale**.
  This is something I attach great **importance** to.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1949607)

- Les activités dans l'espace se développent et revêtent une importance **capitale**.
  Space activities are expanding and their **importance** is crucial.
  ([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 3459888)

- On a souligné l’importance **capitale** de l’article.
  32. The view was expressed that the article was of the utmost **importance**.
  ([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 4736608)

- Le Fonds de solidarité est un instrument d'une importance **capitale** pour l'Union européenne.
  The Solidarity Fund is an instrument of paramount **importance** to the EU.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1536393)

## name

Used about 307 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 306). Meaning: [name in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/name/).

- Il y avait dans Suse, la **capitale**, un Juif nommé Mardochée, fils de Jaïr, fils de Schimeï, fils de Kis, homme de Benjamin,
  There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa whose **name** was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EST 2:5)

- Nom en lettres **capitales**:
  **Name** in block letters:
  ([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 3159160)

- Nom de l’exploitant/du conducteur de la bétaillère et adresse professionnelle (en **capitales**)
  **Name** of operator/driver of the livestock vehicle and its business address (in block letters)
  ([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 2806469)

## More sentences

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

- La chute du mur de Berlin fut vraiment un événement **capital**.
  The falling of the Berlin Wall was truly a momentous occasion.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#625183](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/625183) [\#815053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/815053))

- La chute du mur de Berlin fut vraiment un événement **capital**.
  The fall of the Berlin Wall was really an epochal event.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and RU · checked, community translation · [\#3486171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3486171) [\#815053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/815053))

- Tandis que nous peinons, les barons du **capital** se gavent dans de la vaisselle dorée à l'or fin.
  While the rest of us toil, the robber barons eat from gilt tableware.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and Auride · checked, community translation · [\#10693861](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10693861) [\#13295272](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13295272))

## 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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