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# commencé — French to English

How French *commencé* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: commencé (46 451), commencée (698), commencées (208), commencés (320). By style: everyday 758 · literary 15 · biblical 19 · parliamentary 2 657 · legal and administrative 1 884 · UN documents 42 344.

## started

Used about 14 009 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 357 · parliamentary ≈ 836 · legal and administrative ≈ 907 · UN documents ≈ 11 909).

- Il a **commencé** à neiger.
  It's **started** to snow.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CM · checked, community translation · [\#396697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/396697) [\#397262](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/397262))

- Elle a **commencé** avant la crise financière.
  It **started** before the financial crisis.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1192159)

- La mise en place a **commencé** en 2013 et devrait s'achever en 2017.
  Work **started** in 2013 and should end in 2017.
  ([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 3808652)

- Audits **commencés** et achevés en 2013c
  Audits **started** and completed in 2013(c)
  ([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 29582036)

- Ziri a **commencé** à grogner.
  Ziri **started** to groan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11370158](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11370158) [\#11756907](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11756907))

## begun

Used about 8 452 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 74 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 664 · legal and administrative ≈ 198 · UN documents ≈ 7 498).

- J'ai déjà **commencé**.
  I've already **begun**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nbrr and CK · checked, community translation · [\#8399074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8399074) [\#5149951](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5149951))

- L'information avait **commencé**.
  The investigation had **begun**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18862)

- Les Juifs s’engagèrent à faire ce qu’ils avaient déjà **commencé** et ce que Mardochée leur écrivit.
  The Jews accepted the custom that they had **begun**, as Mordecai had written to them,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EST 9:23)

- Nous savons que, pour l'Espagne et le Portugal, le compte à rebours a **commencé**.
  We know that the countdown has **begun** for Spain and Portugal.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1441674)

- Aucune modification ne doit être apportée une fois que l’essai a **commencé**.
  No alteration shall be made once the test procedure has **begun**.
  ([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 5597617)

## began

Used about 7 539 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 193 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 664 · legal and administrative ≈ 57 · UN documents ≈ 6 616).

- Le bébé a **commencé** à ramper.
  The baby **began** to crawl.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#45867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/45867) [\#10546895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10546895))

- --Voilà longtemps que je te sais jaloux de moi, depuis le jour où tu as **commencé** à dire «la veuve» parce que tu as compris que cela me faisait mal.
  “I have known for a long time that you were jealous of me, ever since the day when you first **began** to talk of ‘the widow’ because you knew it annoyed me.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1734)

- en disant: Cet homme a **commencé** à bâtir, et il n’a pu achever?
  saying, ‘This man **began** to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 14:30)

- Je voudrais terminer par où j'ai **commencé**.
  My last point is to end where I **began**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 37931)

- La première période a **commencé** à la date du premier Conseil d'association et s'est terminée le 31 décembre 2006.
  The first period **began** on the date of the first Association Council meeting and ended on 31 December 2006.
  ([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 44825)

## commenced

Used about 4 033 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 283 · UN documents ≈ 3 749).

- la date à laquelle l’emploi a **commencé**:
  The employment **commenced** on:
  ([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 1940373)

- Les projets **commencés** récemment sont les suivants:
  New projects that have **commenced** recently are:
  ([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 17446610)

- activité RDI **commencée** le:
  the R愦灭;amp;D愦灭;amp;I activity **commenced** on: ,
  ([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 1505784)

- Une nouvelle étude menée conformément au principe Noblemaire a été **commencée** en 2010.
  98. A new Noblemaire study **commenced** in 2010.
  ([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 23575114)

- Date, heure, zone et lieu où a **commencé** la sortie de pêche concernée,
  date, time, zone and place current fishing trip **commenced**,
  ([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 2469785)

## propagating

Used about 212 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 212).

- Les essais et analyses comparatifs communautaires **commencés** en 2004 concernant les matériels de multiplication et les plants de Prunus persica (L.)
  Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2004 on **propagating** and planting material of Prunus persica (L.)
  ([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 533679)

- Les essais et analyses comparatifs communautaires **commencés** en 2004 concernant les matériels de multiplication et les plants de Prunus persica (L.)
  Community comparative trials and tests, which began in 2004 on **propagating** and planting material of Prunus persica (L.)
  ([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 590380)

- Les essais et analyses comparatifs communautaires **commencés** en 2004 concernant les matériels de multiplication de Hosta Tratt. se poursuivront en 2005 conformément à la décision 2003/865/CE.
  Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2004 on **propagating** material of Hosta Tratt. shall be continued in 2005 in accordance with Decision 2003/865/EC.
  ([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 533700)

- relative à la poursuite en 2006 des essais et analyses comparatifs communautaires **commencés** en 2002, 2003 et 2004 concernant les matériels de multiplication et les plants de Prunus domestica, Prunus persica (L.)
  on the continuation in the year 2006 of Community comparative trials and tests on **propagating** and planting material of Prunus domestica and of Prunus persica (L.)
  ([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 590352)

- Les essais et analyses comparatifs communautaires **commencés** en 2004 concernant les matériels de multiplication et les plants de Malus Mill. se poursuivront en 2007 conformément à la décision 2003/894/CE.
  Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2004 on **propagating** and planting material of Malus Mill. shall be continued in 2007 in accordance with Decision 2003/894/EC.
  ([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 859338)

## More sentences

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

- Quand avez-vous **commencé** à sortir l'un avec l'autre ?
  When did you start dating?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2364104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2364104) [\#2367858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2367858))

- Ils ont immédiatement **commencé** à discuter.
  They fell into the conversation immediately.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CM · checked, community translation · [\#305676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/305676) [\#7434776](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7434776))

- Quand avez-vous **commencé** à écrire des chansons ?
  When did you start writing songs?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4198363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4198363) [\#4217669](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4217669))

## 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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