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Meaning: [choose in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/choose/). - Je vais en **choisir** un. I'll **choose** one. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Danquebec and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9480534](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9480534) [\#3794687](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3794687)) - C'était en effet damoiselle Fleur-de-Lys de Gondelaurier et ses compagnes, Diane de Christeuil, Amelotte de Montmichel, Colombe de Gaillefontaine, et la petite de Champchevrier; toutes filles de bonne maison, réunies en ce moment chez la dame veuve de Gondelaurier, à cause de monseigneur de Beaujeu et de madame sa femme, qui devaient venir au mois d'avril à Paris, et y **choisir** des accompagneresses d'honneur pour madame la Dauphine Marguerite, lorsqu'on l'irait recevoir en Picardie des mains des flamands. They were, in fact, Damoiselle Fleur-de-Lys de Gondelaurier and her companions, Diane de Christeuil, Amelotte de Montmichel, Colombe de Gaillefontaine, and the little de Champchevrier maiden; all damsels of good birth, assembled at that moment at the house of the dame widow de Gondelaurier, on account of Monseigneur de Beaujeu and Madame his wife, who were to come to Paris in the month of April, there to **choose** maids of honor for the Dauphiness Marguerite, who was to be received in Picardy from the hands of the Flemings. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3592) - Et moi, comment lui répondre? Quelles paroles **choisir**? How much less will I answer him, and **choose** my words to argue with him? ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 9:14) - Les agriculteurs peuvent **choisir** de les utiliser ou non. Farmers may **choose** to use them or not. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 605450) - L'émetteur ne peut **choisir** qu'un seul État membre comme État membre d'origine. The issuer may **choose** only one Member State as its home Member State. ([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 431169) ## select Used about 2 793 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 492 · UN documents ≈ 2 301). Meaning: [select in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/select/). - **Choisir** des matériaux recyclables, **Select** materials that can be recycled, ([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 1691006) - :: **Choisir** les tarifs les plus économiques :: **Select** most economical fares ([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 10865101) - Espèce: **choisir** parmi les espèces suivantes: Ruminantia, autre que Ruminantia Species: **select** from the following: Ruminantia, other than Ruminantia ([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 4913858) - De plus, Zhisheng Gao n ' a pas pu exercer le droit de **choisir** un avocat et de s ' entretenir avec lui. In addition, Zhisheng Gao has been deprived of his right to **select** and meet a lawyer of his choice. ([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 25819528) - Case I.28: Méthode d’identification: **choisir** entre transpondeur et tatouage. Box I.28: Identification system: **select** of the following: transponder or tattoo. ([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 2956401) ## choice Used about 1 741 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 358 · UN documents ≈ 1 380). Meaning: [choice in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/choice/). - On voit que le pauvre diable avait des surnoms à **choisir**. It will be seen that the poor fellow had a **choice** of surnames. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 708) - Les consommateurs doivent être libres de **choisir** et de pouvoir changer de fournisseur gratuitement. Consumers must have freedom of **choice** and the possibility of changing their supplier free of charge. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1097969) - Il ne s ' agit pas de **choisir** entre répondre aux préoccupations écologiques et respecter la Convention. It is not a **choice** between addressing environmental concerns and preserving the Convention. ([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 18283183) - M. Mabeuf ouvrit sa bibliothèque, regarda longtemps tous ses livres l'un après l'autre, comme un père obligé de décimer ses enfants les regarderait avant de **choisir**, puis en prit un vivement, le mit sous son bras, et sortit. M. Mabeuf opened his bookcase, took a long look at all his books, one after another, as a father obliged to decimate his children would gaze upon them before making a **choice**, then seized one hastily, put it in under his arm and went out. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22749) - Je crois que les fumeurs doivent être informés de manière exhaustive mais qu'ils doivent ensuite pouvoir **choisir** librement. I believe smokers should be given full information but then be free to make their own **choice**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 133895) ## free Used about 550 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 89 · UN documents ≈ 460). Meaning: [free in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/free/). - Si l'on s'aligne sur une philosophie ultra-libérale, les gérants de magasins sont, en principe, libres de **choisir** leurs heures d'ouverture. The most liberal thinking is that they should be entirely **free** to decide when they open. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1668516) - 4) Le droit à circuler librement et à **choisir** la résidence (4) THE RIGHT TO **FREE** MOVEMENT AND ABODE ([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 11835414) - Je crois qu'il est fondamental de laisser, comme cela est indiqué, à chaque Etat membre la liberté de **choisir** ou non l'opportunité du nucléaire. I believe it is fundamental, as is very clearly stated, that each Member State should be **free** to decide for or against the nuclear option. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1717482) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Aidez-moi à **choisir** un chapeau qui aille avec ma nouvelle robe, s'il vous plaît. Please help me pick out a hat which matches my new dress. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by totochka and CK · checked, community translation · [\#251247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/251247) [\#7706](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7706)) - Vous n'auriez pas pu **choisir** meilleur endroit. You couldn't have picked a better spot. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3760512](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3760512) [\#3761771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3761771)) - Elle ne peut pas **choisir** entre trouver un emploi ou aller à l'université. She can't make up her mind whether to get a job or to go on to college. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#314911](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/314911) [\#134457](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134457)) ## 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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