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# composition — French to English

How French *composition* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: composition (86 752), compositions (1 119). By style: everyday 24 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 1 700 · legal and administrative 9 043 · UN documents 77 103.

## composition

Used about 56 938 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 1 050 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 275 · UN documents ≈ 50 599). Forms: composition, compositions. Meaning: [composition in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/composition/).

- Sa **composition** était sans erreur.
  Her **composition** was free from mistakes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and CK · checked, community translation · [\#309309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/309309) [\#15546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15546))

- **Composition** du Parlement: voir procès-verbal
  **Composition** of Parliament: see Minutes
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1350172)

- Code additionnel (selon la **composition**)
  Additional code (by **composition**)
  ([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 4700198)

- **Composition** of the delegation 26
  **Composition** of the delegation 24
  ([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 22160981)

- Jack a fait beaucoup de fautes dans sa **composition**.
  Jack made a lot of mistakes in his **composition**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CN · checked, community translation · [\#53118](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/53118) [\#11749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11749))

## membership

Used about 8 226 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 100 · legal and administrative ≈ 94 · UN documents ≈ 8 032). Meaning: [membership in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/membership/).

- **Composition** des groupes politiques
  **Membership** of political groups
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 995187)

- La **composition** des comités et du forum est rendue publique.
  The **membership** of the Committees and of the Forum shall be made public.
  ([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 1081194)

- A. **Composition** du Comité consultatif
  A. **Membership** of the Advisory Committee
  ([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 19955019)

- **Composition** du Parlement: voir procès-verbal
  **Membership** of Parliament: see Minutes
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 963405)

- **Composition** à la trente-neuvième session
  **Membership** of the thirty-ninth session
  ([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 16224187)

## preparations

Used about 1 884 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 884).

- **Compositions** et charges pour extincteurs;
  **Preparations** and charges for fire-extinguishers;
  ([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 3367175)

- **Compositions** vitrifiables, engobes et préparations similaires
  Vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar **preparations**
  ([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 2690969)

- **Compositions** vitrifiables, engobes et préparations similaires
  Vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar **preparations**:
  ([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 204354)

- **Compositions** et charges pour extincteurs; grenades et bombes extinctrices
  **Preparations** and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades
  ([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 2421474)

- **Compositions** et charges pour appareils extincteurs; grenades et bombes extinctrices
  **Preparations** and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades
  ([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 16075)

## chemical

Used about 804 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 803). Meaning: [chemical in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/chemical/).

- D'âcres vapeurs émanaient de la **composition** chimique.
  Pungent fumes arose from the **chemical** mixture.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#950166](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/950166) [\#950472](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/950472))

- Que les régions PIC définies à la première réunion de la Conférence des Parties servent de base pour déterminer la **composition** du Comité d &apos; étude des produits chimiques.
  That the PIC regions adopted at the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties could be the basis for identifying the membership of the **Chemical** Review Committee.
  ([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 8502724)

## having

Used about 119 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 25 · legal and administrative ≈ 94).

- Je peux comprendre que l'industrie des **compositions** aromatiques se soit réveillée tardivement et qu'elle ait tenté de nous influencer trois jours avant la prise de décision.
  The aromatic oils industry **having** belatedly woken up to this, I can well understand why, three days before the vote, it was trying to influence us.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 333922)

- 0,17 pour les unités évaluées en **composition**(s) fixe(s) ou prédéfinie(s) possédant 20 essieux ou plus.
  0,17 for units assessed in fixed or pre-defined formation(s) **having** 20 axles or more.
  ([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 2252756)

## delegations

Used about 100 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 100).

- **Composition** des commissions et des délégations: cf. procès-verbal
  Membership of committees and **delegations**: see Minutes
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 946513)

- **Composition** des commissions et des délégations: voir procès-verbal
  Membership of committees and **delegations**: see Minutes
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1026241)

## More sentences

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

- Cette **composition** est la mienne.
  This essay is my own.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and CM · checked, community translation · [\#61312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61312) [\#330231](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/330231))

- Cette **composition** florale est ravissante.
  This floral arrangement is lovely.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and traeton · checked, community translation · [\#9741162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9741162) [\#8628048](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8628048))

- Après, j'aimerais chanter une chanson de ma **composition**.
  Next, I'd like to sing a song I wrote.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1936295](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1936295) [\#2106470](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2106470))

## 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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