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# constitue — French to English

How French *constitue* 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: constitue (117 172), constitues (122). By style: everyday 35 · literary 1 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 15 041 · legal and administrative 13 347 · UN documents 88 869.

## financed

Used about 43 509 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 43 509).

- ACTIVITES DU HCR FINANCEES PAR LES FONDS **CONSTITUES**
  UNHCR ACTIVITIES **FINANCED** BY VOLUNTARY FUNDS:
  ([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 842922)

- ACTIVITES DU HCR FINANCEES PAR LES FONDS **CONSTITUES** AU MOYEN
  UNHCR ACTIVITIES **FINANCED** BY VOLUNTARY FUNDS:
  ([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 840670)

- ACTIVITES DU HCR FINANCEES PAR LES FONDS **CONSTITUES** AU MOYEN DE
  UNHCR ACTIVITIES **FINANCED** BY VOLUNTARY FUNDS:
  ([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 842475)

- **CONSTITUES** AU MOYEN DE CONTRIBUTIONS VOLONTAIRES: RAPPORT POUR 1992-1993 ET
  UNHCR ACTIVITIES **FINANCED** BY VOLUNTARY FUNDS: REPORT FOR 1993-1994
  ([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 838924)

- a) EXAMEN DES PROGRAMMES DU HCR FINANCES SUR LES FONDS **CONSTITUES** AU MOYEN DE CONTRIBUTIONS VOLONTAIRES EN 1993-1994 ET PROJET DE BUDGETS-PROGRAMMES POUR 1995
  (a) REVIEW OF UNHCR PROGRAMMES **FINANCED** BY VOLUNTARY FUNDS IN 1993-1994 AND OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAMMES AND BUDGETS FOR 1995
  ([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 848691)

## constitutes

Used about 11 381 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 627 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 117 · UN documents ≈ 4 629).

- Qu'est-ce qui **constitue** un « discours de haine » ?
  What **constitutes** "hate speech"?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#14092341](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14092341) [\#14092344](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14092344))

- Assister aux exécutions **constitue** un devoir.
  To be present at executions **constitutes** a duty.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12727)

- Elle **constitue** un cadre opérationnel en vue de coordonner et de rendre prioritaires les projets financés par l’UE dans ce domaine.
  It **constitutes** an operative framework for coordinating and prioritising EU-financed projects in this field.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 595505)

- La mesure accordée par la France au consortium CEB **constitue** une aide.
  The measure granted by France to the CEB consortium **constitutes** aid.
  ([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 4198850)

- L &apos; auteur affirme que cette action frauduleuse **constitue** un abus de pouvoir.
  He claims that this fraudulent action **constitutes** an abuse of power.
  ([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 23399897)

## challenge

Used about 4 609 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 627 · legal and administrative ≈ 278 · UN documents ≈ 3 703). Meaning: [challenge in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/challenge/).

- Ce problème **constitue** un véritable défi.
  This problem is a real **challenge**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#56713](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/56713) [\#11778239](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11778239))

- Parallèlement, garantir des investissements économiquement rentables et plus nombreux **constitue** un défi.
  At the same time, ensuring cost-effective and increased investment in disaster prevention is a **challenge**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1518462)

- L'adaptation aux nouvelles sollicitations auxquelles doivent répondre les secteurs de la santé et des soins sous l'effet du vieillissement démographique **constitue** un défi de société.
  It is a societal **challenge** to adjust to the further demands on health and care sectors due to the ageing population.
  ([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 2828748)

- La prolifération des armes légères et de petit calibre **constitue** un autre défi auquel est confronté le mécanisme de désarmement.
  Another **challenge** facing the disarmament machinery is the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
  ([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 18322429)

- Le développement d'une Europe démocratique sans ligne de démarcation **constitue** un défi historique.
  It is a historic **challenge**, too, that now calls upon us to develop a democratic Europe, a Europe with no dividing lines.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1741648)

## unhcr

Used about 926 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 926).

- Le refus persistant de l &apos; Algérie d &apos; autoriser ce recensement, malgré les bons offices du HCR, **constitue** un affront à la communauté internationale.
  Algeria &apos; s continued refusal to allow a census, despite the good offices of **UNHCR**, was an affront to the international community.
  ([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 25620245)

## More sentences

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

- Qui plus est, je ne pense quand même que cela ne **constitue** pas une différence culturelle énorme.
  Furthermore, I still don't think this a huge cultural difference.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and CM · checked, community translation · [\#888464](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/888464) [\#898285](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/898285))

- La musique **constitue** le langage universel.
  Music is the universal language.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and jeanne · checked, community translation · [\#460276](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/460276) [\#1595410](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1595410))

- Certaines personnes croient que la technologie **constitue** un obstacle à l'enseignement, tandis que d'autres croient qu'elle accroît la participation éducative.
  Some people believe that technology interferes with teaching while others believe that it enhances the learning experience.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Chrikaru · checked, community translation · [\#2128869](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2128869) [\#2130599](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2130599))

## Grammar

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