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# communes — French to English

How French *communes* 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: communes (58 434). By style: everyday 7 · literary 1 · parliamentary 5 359 · legal and administrative 11 935 · UN documents 41 132.

## common

Used about 25 216 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 3 461 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 470 · UN documents ≈ 16 281). Meaning: [common in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/common/).

- La femme de chambre lui a ordonné sur un ton sévère d'enlever ses robes royales et de revêtir ses robes **communes**.
  The waiting-maid commanded her harshly to take off her royal robes, and to put on her **common** ones.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5385861](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5385861) [\#8957960](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8957960))

- En revanche, des politiques **communes** viennent encourager notre développement.
  There are **common** policies to encourage our development.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1620004)

- Dispositions **communes** relatives aux importations et aux exportations
  **Common** provisions on imports and exports
  ([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 950579)

- Dispositions **communes** aux engins réfrigérants,
  Provisions **common** to refrigerated, mechanically
  ([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 14401705)

- Les idées ne tiennent pas compte des frontières nationales, en particulier là où la langue et les autres traditions sont **communes**.
  Ideas do not respect national frontiers, and this is especially so where language and other traditions are in **common**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#6287126](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6287126) [\#8249869](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8249869))

## joint

Used about 11 452 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 893 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 989 · UN documents ≈ 8 569). Meaning: [joint in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/joint/).

- Ils sont à la recherche d'entreprises **communes**.
  They are looking for **joint** ventures.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1765441)

- coordonner et soutenir des inspections concertées et **communes**,
  coordinate and support concerted and **joint** inspections,
  ([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 5050181)

- Questions **communes** intéressant le Comité et la Commission
  **Joint** Committee/Commission matters
  ([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 24587320)

- Il nous faut donc prendre des mesures **communes** pour les résoudre.
  That is why **joint** measures are required to deal with them.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1871398)

- les déclarations **communes** 1 et 3 de la deuxième partie de l'acte final.
  **Joint** Declarations 1 and 3 in Part II of the Final Act.
  ([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 488)

## municipalities

Used about 6 968 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 335 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 492 · UN documents ≈ 5 142).

- Les deux tiers des **communes** du pays voient leur population diminuer depuis plusieurs années.
  In two thirds of Sweden's **municipalities**, the population has been on the decrease for several years now.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1996951)

- Canton de Vauvert: toutes les **communes**.
  Canton of Vauvert: all the **municipalities**.
  ([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 2719994)

- :: Utilisation du système par 4 666 **communes**;
  :: 4,666 **municipalities** using the 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 29419278)

- Les adjudicateurs, comme par exemple les **communes**, ne pourront désormais penser les choses que d'une manière égoïste, elles ne pourront penser qu'à leur avantage immédiat.
  Principals, such as **municipalities** for example, may now only think, in purely egotistical terms, of the immediate benefit to themselves.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 280561)

- Canton de Bleymard: les **communes** d’Allenc, Chavenet et Sainte-Hélène.
  the canton of Bleymard: the **municipalities** of Allenc, Chavenet and Sainte-Hélène.
  ([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 1799574)

## costs

Used about 857 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 857).

- Traitements et dépenses **communes** de personnel
  Salaries and related **costs**
  ([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 11313811)

## values

Used about 857 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 857).

- 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)

## More sentences

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

- Nous avons des amies **communes**.
  We have mutual friends.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3674809](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3674809) [\#3678051](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3678051))

- Le Parlement britannique est divisé entre la Chambre des Lords et la Chambre des **communes**.
  The British Parliament is divided into the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CM · checked, community translation · [\#66591](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/66591) [\#426946](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/426946))

- Il fallut alors laisser refroidir la masse fumante, et, pendant ce temps, Nab et Pencroff, guidés par Cyrus Smith, charrièrent, sur une claie faite de branchages entrelacés, plusieurs charges de carbonate de chaux, pierres très **communes**, qui se trouvaient abondamment au nord du lac.
  Then, as it was necessary to let the smoking mass cool, Neb and Pencroff, directed by Mr. Smith, brought, on a hurdle made of branches, numerous loads of limestone which they found scattered in abundance to the north of the lake.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Cangarejo and Cangarejo · checked, community translation · [\#11001731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11001731) [\#11001727](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11001727))

## Grammar

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