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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) ## death Used about 3 638 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 243 · UN documents ≈ 3 395). Meaning: [death in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/death/). - C'est pourquoi il faut mettre un terme à la peine **capitale**. That is why we need an end to the **death** sentence. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 488726) - F. Abolition de la peine **capitale** F. Abolition of **death** penalty ([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 22099510) - La première chose à obtenir est l'annulation de la peine **capitale**. The first step must be to lift the **death** sentence. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 406132) - 47. La Suède a fait part de ses inquiétudes devant le maintien de la peine **capitale**. 47. Sweden expressed concerns at the maintenance of the **death** penalty. ([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 23948828) - En outre, il invite les États à adhérer aux instruments juridiques internationaux qui interdisent la peine **capitale**. In addition, it is inviting them to embrace international legal instruments banning the **death** penalty. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2009139) ## importance Used about 2 310 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 555 · legal and administrative ≈ 52 · UN documents ≈ 1 698). 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) ## city Used about 1 055 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 35 · UN documents ≈ 1 019). Meaning: [city in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/city/). - Après cela, David battit les Philistins et les humilia, et il enleva de la main des Philistins les rênes de leur **capitale**. After this, David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and David took the bridle of the mother **city** out of the hand of the Philistines. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2SA 8:1) - Des quartiers musulmans de la **capitale** ont été attaqués. Muslim quarters in the **city** were attacked. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 122543) - Il s ' agit de l ' importance **capitale** d ' Haram Al-Sharif, dans la ville d ' Al Qods, pour tous les Musulmans du monde entier. What is involved here is the major importance of Haram Al-Sharif, in the **city** of Al-Quds, to all Muslims throughout the world. ([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 791272) - Les courriers partirent en toute hâte, d’après l’ordre du roi. L’édit fut aussi publié dans Suse, la **capitale**; et tandis que le roi et Haman étaient à boire, la ville de Suse était dans la consternation. The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the **city** of Susa was perplexed. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EST 3:15) - 122. Le 25 septembre 1998, le premier Centre pilote de médiation et de conciliation, situé au premier étage de la Tour des tribunaux de la **capitale**, a été inauguré. 122. On 25 September 1998, the first pilot mediation and conciliation centre was opened on the first floor of the Guatemala **City** Court Tower. ([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 7064164) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Les courriers, montés sur des chevaux et des mulets, partirent aussitôt et en toute hâte, d’après l’ordre du roi. L’édit fut aussi publié dans Suse, la **capitale**. So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EST 8:14) - Ce jour-là, le nombre de ceux qui avaient été tués dans Suse, la **capitale**, parvint à la connaissance du roi. On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EST 9:11) - Paroles de Néhémie, fils de Hacalia. Au mois de Kisleu, la vingtième année, comme j’étais à Suse, dans la **capitale**, The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 1:1) ## 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. 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