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# comprend — French to English

How French *comprend* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: comprend (68 932), comprende (26), comprends (4 536). By style: everyday 1 089 · literary 23 · biblical 15 · parliamentary 5 529 · legal and administrative 11 401 · UN documents 55 437.

## understand

Used about 23 576 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 943 · literary ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 2 937 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 800 · UN documents ≈ 17 868). Forms: understand, understands. Meaning: [understand in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/understand/).

- Personne ne **comprend** cela.
  No one **understands** that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#3689053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3689053) [\#7889147](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7889147))

- Je ne **comprends** pas.
  I don’t **understand**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30959)

- Ce n’est pas par des paroles qu’on châtie un esclave; Même s’il **comprend**, il n’obéit pas.
  A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he **understands**, yet he will not respond.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 29:19)

- Je **comprends** l'urgence.
  I **understand** the urgency.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1245126)

- Je **comprends** la ou les langues suivantes:
  I **understand** the following language(s):
  ([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 5299880)

## includes

Used about 13 322 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 922 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 600 · UN documents ≈ 7 789). Forms: include, includes.

- Le déjeuner de Tom **comprend** un sandwich et une pomme.
  Tom's lunch **includes** a sandwich and an apple.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#681200](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/681200) [\#5366526](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5366526))

- Le nouveau programme **comprend** moins de programmes distincts, et c'est bien ainsi.
  The new programme **includes** fewer separate programmes, so that is good.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 450714)

- Le cours de formation du FI(S) **comprend**:
  The FI(S) training course shall **include**:
  ([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 5156361)

- Ce chiffre **comprend** les élèves du second cycle du secondaire.
  This **includes** the technical high school students.
  ([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 24488474)

- La liste impressionnante de ces pays ne **comprend** aucun État membre de l’Union.
  This disturbing list of countries does not **include** any Member States of the European Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 651567)

## comprende

Used about 10 538 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 10 538).

- Habla, lee, **comprende** y es capaz de dictar clases en francés e inglés.
  Habla, lee, **comprende** y es capaz de dictar clases en francés e inglés.
  ([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 9260923)

- Esta área **comprende** los territorios tradicionales de los pueblos mayas mam y sipakapense.
  Esta área **comprende** los territorios tradicionales de los pueblos mayas mam y sipakapense.
  ([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 24007467)

- El derecho a la libertad de pensamiento y de expresión **comprende** la libertad de buscar, recibir y difundir informaciones e ideas de todo tipo.
  El derecho a la libertad de pensamiento y de expresión **comprende** la libertad de buscar, recibir y difundir informaciones e ideas de todo tipo.
  ([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 20287632)

- El Relator Especial **comprende** que la suspensión de las obras de construcción puede implicar una pérdida significativa de recursos económicos.
  El Relator Especial **comprende** que la suspensión de las obras de construcción puede implicar una pérdida significativa de recursos económicos.
  ([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 20309324)

- A la entrada de los inmigrantes se les realizaría un primer examen que **comprende** una analítica completa, una placa de tórax y la realización de &quot; Mantoux &quot; .
  A la entrada de los inmigrantes se les realizaría un primer examen que **comprende** una analítica completa, una placa de tórax y la realización de &quot; Mantoux &quot; .
  ([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 13842965)

## de

Used about 458 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 458). Meaning: [de in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/de/).

- i) La législation hongroise **comprend** les activités inscrites dans la liste de l &apos; appendice I auxquelles ont été ajoutés des critères quantitatifs.
  i) La législation hongroise comprend les activités inscrites dans la liste **de** l &apos; appendice I auxquelles ont été ajoutés des critères quantitatifs.
  ([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 20843480)

## More sentences

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

- Le Royaume-Uni **comprend** l'Angleterre, l'Écosse, le Pays de Galles et l'Irlande du Nord.
  The United Kingdom is comprised of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and MTC · checked, community translation · [\#562315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/562315) [\#570013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/570013))

- Un jeu de cartes **comprend** quatre rois, quatre dames et quatre valets.
  A deck of cards contains four kings, four queens, and four jacks.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13168294](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13168294) [\#13168300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13168300))

- Personne n'y **comprend** rien.
  No one can tell.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#276491](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/276491) [\#14628](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14628))

## Grammar

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