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# chefs — French to English

How French *chefs* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: chefs (82 734). By style: everyday 21 · literary 5 · biblical 387 · parliamentary 3 823 · legal and administrative 1 254 · UN documents 77 244.

## heads

Used about 32 423 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 65 · parliamentary ≈ 2 867 · legal and administrative ≈ 523 · UN documents ≈ 28 967).

- Aucun des **chefs** d'État précédents n'a amélioré les conditions de vie des Français.
  None of the former **heads** of state improved the standard of living of the French.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#3272771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3272771) [\#3272772](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3272772))

- Il était roi en Israël, Quand s’assemblaient les **chefs** du peuple Et les tribus d’Israël.
  He was king in Jeshurun, when the **heads** of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 33:5)

- Pendant ce temps, les **chefs** de la maffia des mendiants vivent dans des villas luxueuses.
  Meanwhile, the **heads** of the begging mafia are living in luxury villas.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1454835)

- Pouvoirs et fonctions des **chefs** des délégations de l'Union
  Powers and duties of **Heads** of Union Delegations
  ([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 2711509)

- VI. Déclarations des **chefs** de délégation
  VI. Statements by **heads** of delegation
  ([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 23366813)

## chiefs

Used about 24 208 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 65 · UN documents ≈ 24 139). Forms: chief, chiefs.

- Finalement, les deux **chefs** indiens ont décidé de faire la paix.
  At long last, the two **chiefs** of the Indian tribes have decided to make peace.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by superbolo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#39918](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/39918) [\#181734](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181734))

- Ainsi, par exemple, insistons-y, ce que combattaient les **chefs** de l'insurrection de 1832, et en particulier les jeunes enthousiastes de la rue de la Chanvrerie, ce n'était pas précisément Louis-Philippe.
  Thus, for instance, and we insist upon it, what the **chiefs** of the insurrection of 1832, and, in particular, the young enthusiasts of the Rue de la Chanvrerie were combating, was not precisely Louis Philippe.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26902)

- le chef Magdiel, le chef Iram. Ce sont là des **chefs** d’Édom.
  chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the **chiefs** of Edom.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 1:54)

- Association of Chief Police Officers (Association des **chefs** de police)
  Association of **Chief** Police Officers
  ([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 9116197)

- Vu que dans cette organisation, il n'y a que des **chefs** et pas d'indiens, c'est un miracle que quelque décision soit effectuée.
  Since in this organization they're all **chiefs** and no Indians, it's a wonder any decisions get made.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#58045](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/58045) [\#845649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/845649))

## leaders

Used about 12 226 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 558 · legal and administrative ≈ 392 · UN documents ≈ 11 265). Meaning: [leaders in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/leaders/).

- Qu’on rassemble tous les **chefs** de mon armée.
  Assemble all of the **leaders** of my army.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#3226122](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3226122) [\#3196022](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3196022))

- Il dit à Marius:--Nous sommes les deux **chefs**.
  He said to Marius: “We are the two **leaders**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26661)

- Des **chefs** se sont mis à la tête du peuple en Israël, Et le peuple s’est montré prêt à combattre: Bénissez-en l’Éternel!
  “Because the **leaders** took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, LORD!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 5:2)

- Plus de 100 **chefs** religieux tibétains sont actuellement détenus dans des prisons chinoises pour activité subversive.
  Over 100 Tibetan religious **leaders** are being held in Chinese prisons on charges of subversive activity.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 715806)

- Les **chefs** d’équipe font partie du personnel mandaté de l’Agence.
  Team **leaders** shall be authorised personnel of the Agency.
  ([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 979365)

## More sentences

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

- Les **chefs**-d'œuvre ne sont jamais que des tentatives heureuses.
  Masterpieces are only successful attempts.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#885368](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/885368) [\#885367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/885367))

- Pourquoi les **chefs** cuisiniers sont-ils chauves ?
  Why are chefs bald?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · [\#5864069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5864069) [\#12286265](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12286265))

- Ce sont des **chefs** de classes.
  They are class presidents.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#9030430](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9030430) [\#11969017](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11969017))

## 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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