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# carburant — French to English

How French *carburant* 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: carburant (31 822), carburantes (2), carburants (12 210). By style: everyday 27 · parliamentary 1 913 · legal and administrative 9 530 · UN documents 32 564.

## fuel

Used about 35 517 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · parliamentary ≈ 1 674 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 232 · UN documents ≈ 24 589). Forms: fuel, fuels. Meaning: [fuel in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fuel/).

- La bière est mon **carburant**.
  Beer is my **fuel**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#5685823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5685823) [\#6858030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6858030))

- Nous ne voulons plus utiliser les **carburants** fossiles.
  We no longer want to use fossil **fuels**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1539266)

- Gestion en vol du **carburant**
  In-flight **fuel** management
  ([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 4604732)

- Type de **carburant** : &quot;
  Type of **fuel**: &quot;
  ([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 4092636)

- Je suis tombé en panne de **carburant**.
  I ran out of **fuel**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1510279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1510279) [\#12237726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12237726))

## lubricants

Used about 3 655 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 655).

- e) **Carburants** et lubrifiants
  (e) Petrol, oil and **lubricants**
  ([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 5598932)

- e) **Carburants** et lubrifiants
  (e) Petrol, oil and **lubricants** . 1 382 000
  ([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 19002)

- e) **Carburants** et lubrifiants 329 200
  (e) Petrol, oil and **lubricants** 329 200
  ([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 4542625)

- d) **Carburants** et lubrifiants 1 008 600
  (d) Petrol, oil and **lubricants** . 1 008 600
  ([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 1413615)

- Fourniture de 360 000 litres de **carburant**, d &apos; huile et de lubrifiant pour les transports terrestres
  Supply of 360,000 litres of petrol, oil and **lubricants** for ground transportation
  ([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 19948096)

## petrol

Used about 825 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 60 · legal and administrative ≈ 99 · UN documents ≈ 665). Meaning: [petrol in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/petrol/).

- Le coût du **carburant** ne cesse d'augmenter.
  The cost of **petrol** keeps on going up.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Erwan29200 and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#711597](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/711597) [\#749471](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/749471))

- Les compteurs à gaz, les compteurs électriques, les pompes à **carburant** et les taximètres en sont des exemples.
  Examples are gas meters, electricity meters, **petrol** pumps and taxi meters.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 537402)

- Pompes à **carburants** ou lubrifiants
  **Petrol** and oil dispensing pumps, unit
  ([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 2996725)

- Spécifications environnementales applicables aux **carburants** commercialisés destinés aux véhicules équipés d &apos; un moteur à allumage commandé − Type: essence
  Environmental specifications for marketed fuels to be used for vehicles equipped with positive-ignition engines -- Type: **Petrol**
  ([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 26285466)

- J'ai reçu de nombreux échos de propriétaires de voitures classiques ne fonctionnant qu'au **carburant** plombé.
  I at least have received many representations from the owners of classic cars which can only run on leaded **petrol**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1705506)

## oil

Used about 372 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 40 · UN documents ≈ 332). Meaning: [oil in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/oil/).

- Je veux évoquer, en particulier, la hausse astronomique des prix du **carburant** et du pétrole, deux produits dont nous sommes le plus grand importateur.
  I am referring, in particular, to the meteoric rise in the price of gas and **oil**, of which we are the largest importer.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1058493)

- Toutefois, le seul élément susceptible de contrôler s &apos; ils déchargeaient du **carburant** lors des pauses était l &apos; escorte policière.
  Nevertheless, the only check against them offloading **oil** at rest points was the accompanying police.
  ([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 2174442)

- Enfin, et c'est notre sujet aujourd'hui, l'augmentation des prix du **carburant** rend plus difficiles encore les conditions d'exploitation dans ce secteur en crise.
  Thirdly, and this is the issue we are discussing today, the rise in **oil** prices is making operating conditions in this crisis-hit sector even more difficult.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1545197)

## vehicles

Used about 332 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 332).

- 1.1 Première partie : aux systèmes spéciaux d &apos; adaptation au GPL pour véhicules automobiles leur permettant d &apos; utiliser ce **carburant** dans leur système de propulsion;
  Part I : Specific LPG retrofit systems to be installed in motor **vehicles** for the use of LPG in the propulsion system.
  ([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 10796119)

## consumption

Used about 20 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 20). Meaning: [consumption in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/consumption/).

- Bref, c'est un pneu tout à la fois plus silencieux, moins gourmand en **carburant** et plus sûr.
  It is therefore a quiet, low **consumption** and, at the same time, safe tyre.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 197744)

## gas

Used about 3 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3). Meaning: [gas in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/gas/).

- Nous n'avons plus de **carburant**.
  We're running out of **gas**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#63723](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/63723) [\#7158106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7158106))

- Nous sommes presque à court de **carburant**.
  We're almost out of **gas**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2645215](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2645215) [\#2859886](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2859886))

- Les « Hummers » sont des gouffres à **carburant**.
  Hummers are big **gas** guzzlers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#1231806](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1231806) [\#1232162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1232162))

## More sentences

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

- Nous sommes tous à court de **carburant**.
  We're all out of booze.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2546284](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2546284) [\#4561767](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4561767))

- La Chine et le Canada, comme on le sait, l'utilisent comme **carburant** automobile et le Japon l'utilise pour chauffer les bâtiments.
  China and Canada are known for using it to power cars and Japan uses hydrogen to heat buildings.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1101706)

- Cela pourrait être pour refaire le plein de **carburant**, pour procéder à des réparations quelconques ou peut-être pour embarquer un passager.
  It may have been to refuel, to carry out repairs of some sort, or maybe to take someone on board.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 737284)

## Grammar

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