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# commune — French to English

How French *commune* 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: commune (132 361), communes (58 434). By style: everyday 52 · literary 6 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 31 437 · legal and administrative 52 177 · UN documents 107 118.

## common

Used about 76 873 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 20 631 · legal and administrative ≈ 26 089 · UN documents ≈ 30 127). Meaning: [common in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/common/).

- C'est une erreur **commune**.
  It's a **common** mistake.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#20876](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20876) [\#580469](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/580469))

- Cette horrible affection de la lèpre est assez **commune** en Islande; elle n'est pas contagieuse, mais héréditaire; aussi le mariage est-il interdit à ces misérables.
  The horrible disease of leprosy is too **common** in Iceland; it is not contagious, but hereditary, and lepers are forbidden to marry.
  ([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 1166)

- à Tite, mon enfant légitime en notre **commune** foi: que la grâce et la paix te soient données de la part de Dieu le Père et de Jésus-Christ notre Sauveur!
  to Titus, my true child according to a **common** faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · TIT 1:4)

- C' est ce que l' on appelle une interface **commune**.
  A **common** interface is required for that purpose.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 203773)

- A ARRÊTÉ LA PRÉSENTE POSITION **COMMUNE**:
  HAS ADOPTED THIS **COMMON** POSITION:
  ([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 1726542)

## joint

Used about 64 914 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 7 204 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 957 · UN documents ≈ 45 748). Meaning: [joint in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/joint/).

- Il s'agissait d'une décision **commune**.
  It was a **joint** decision.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9410266](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9410266) [\#11913484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11913484))

- La discussion **commune** est close.
  The **joint** debate is closed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 101174)

- Entreprise **commune** Clean Sky (CSJU)
  Clean Sky **Joint** Undertaking (CSJU)
  ([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 4765151)

- Textes adoptés par la Réunion **commune**
  Texts adopted by the **Joint** Meeting
  ([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 14415788)

- L'Iran et la Russie vont établir une banque **commune**.
  Iran and Russia will establish a **joint** bank.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#3556552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3556552) [\#6802937](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6802937))

## rules

Used about 1 443 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 327 · UN documents ≈ 1 116).

- C'est pourquoi elle doit continuer à veiller à l'application correcte et efficace de ces règles **communes**.
  It must always seek to ensure that its **rules** are given correct and effective application.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1678553)

- 8. Règles paneuropéennes sur l &apos; avarie **commune** en navigation intérieure.
  8. Pan-European **Rules** on General Average in Inland Navigation.
  ([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 26340150)

## market

Used about 1 116 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 116). Meaning: [market in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/market/).

- Elle est composée de pays partageant des valeurs **communes** d &apos; économie de marché libre, de démocratie et de droits de l &apos; homme.
  It comprises countries that share the values of an open-**market** economy, democracy and respect for human rights.
  ([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 4620727)

## policy

Used about 656 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 655). Meaning: [policy in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/policy/).

- Récemment, il y a eu beaucoup de discussions sur le rôle du Royaume-Uni dans l'UE. D'abord, la rébellion des députés dans la Chambre des **Communes**, puis les tentatives de Cameron de redéfinir la politique de l'EU ( visant un " rapatriement des pouvoirs" ) et maintenant un débat du parti Ouvrier sur comment gérer les relations avec l'Europe.
  There has been a lot of talk about the UK's role in the EU lately. First, the backbenchers ' rebellion in the House of Commons, then Cameron's attempts to define EU **policy** (aiming at a “repatriation of powers”) and now a Labour debate on how to deal with Europe.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Wakano and Wakano · checked, community translation · [\#2801093](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2801093) [\#2801109](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2801109))

- En tant que libéraux, nous considérons qu'il faut adapter la politique agricole **commune** au marché et la "débureaucratiser".
  As liberals, we believe that agricultural **policy** should be adapted to the market and made less bureaucratic.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 32878)

- Il ressort à l'évidence qu'outre une politique monétaire **commune**, c'est une politique budgétaire et fiscale **communes** qui font défaut à l'existence d'une économie unique européenne.
  As may be clearly seen, if there is to be a single European economy, it needs, in addition to a single monetary **policy**, single budgetary and fiscal policies.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1725456)

## More sentences

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

- Ils vivent dans une **commune**.
  They live in a commune.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1699297](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1699297) [\#1939444](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1939444))

- Tifrit At Umalek est une **commune** qui a donné beaucoup d'artistes.
  Tifrit At Umalek is a commune that has given many artists.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LdjuherTaqvaylit and LdjuherTaqvaylit · checked, community translation · [\#11758933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11758933) [\#11091701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11091701))

- Sur mon honneur je n’ai jamais vu autant de femmes aimables dans ma vie, et il y en a plusieurs qui sont d'une beauté peu **commune**.
  Upon my honour, I never met with so many pleasant girls in my life as I have this evening; and there are several of them you see uncommonly pretty.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#837373](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/837373) [\#838401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/838401))

## 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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