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# compléter — French to English

How French *compléter* 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: complétaient (267), complétait (246), compléte (1), compléter (25 513), complétez (40), complétons (21), complété (6 664), complétée (5 076), complétées (3 900), complétés (3 381). By style: everyday 18 · literary 5 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 2 039 · legal and administrative 7 390 · UN documents 35 656.

## supplemented

Used about 10 931 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 661 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 483 · UN documents ≈ 8 786).

- Elle devrait être **complétée** par des stratégies nationales.
  It should be **supplemented** by national strategies.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1105205)

- **complétée** et mise en œuvre par:
  **supplemented** and implemented by:
  ([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 4809253)

- Cette mention doit être **complétée** :
  This indication shall be **supplemented**:
  ([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 7568988)

- Ces dispositions sont **complétées** par une déclaration de la Commission.
  These provisions are also **supplemented** by a declaration from the Commission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1384590)

- Jakostní víno s přívlastkem, **complétée** par:
  Jakostní víno s přívlastkem, **supplemented** by:
  ([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 1864046)

## complete

Used about 10 575 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 323 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 457 · UN documents ≈ 8 786). Forms: complemented, complete. Meaning: [complete in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/complete/).

- Veuillez **compléter** cette phrase.
  Please **complete** this sentence.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and WestofEden · checked, community translation · [\#2661941](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2661941) [\#12201826](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12201826))

- Combeferre **complétait** et rectifiait Enjolras.
  Combeferre **complemented** and rectified Enjolras.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13995)

- Le premier impératif consiste à **compléter** l'intégration économique.
  The first job is to **complete** economic integration.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 428537)

- À ne **compléter** que si nécessaire.
  **Complete** only if applicable.
  ([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 3760626)

- **Compléter** le tableau cidessous.
  Please **complete** the table below.
  ([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 17258504)

## completed

Used about 5 157 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 79 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 316 · UN documents ≈ 2 758).

- As-tu **complété** les préparatifs pour demain ?
  Have you **completed** your preparations for tomorrow?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#924162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/924162) [\#888693](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/888693))

- Un instant après, les chevaux dételés s'en allaient au hasard par la rue Mondétour, et l'omnibus couché sur le flanc **complétait** le barrage de la rue.
  An instant later, the horses were unharnessed and went off at their will, through the Rue Mondétour, and the omnibus lying on its side **completed** the bar across the street.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23885)

- Il est par conséquent logique que la proposition **complétée** soit maintenant déposée.
  That is why it is useful to have the **completed** proposal on the table now.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1966727)

- VÉHICULES COMPLETS ET **COMPLÉTÉS**
  COMPLETE AND **COMPLETED** VEHICLES
  ([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 5196885)

- OU LES VÉHICULES **COMPLÉTÉS**
  COMPLETE VEHICLES OR **COMPLETED** VEHICLES
  ([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 6753389)

## More sentences

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

- Vous feriez mieux de **compléter** votre alimentation avec des vitamines.
  You had better supplement your diet with vitamins.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#70546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/70546) [\#8862736](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8862736))

- Je cherche une manière facile de **compléter** mes revenus.
  I'm looking for an easy way to supplement my income.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#11699269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11699269) [\#13287756](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13287756))

- J'en ai besoin pour **compléter** ma collection.
  I need this to round out my collection.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sharptoothed · checked, community translation · [\#2985657](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2985657) [\#10669355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10669355))

## Grammar

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