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# constituent — French to English

How French *constituent* 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: constituent (80 508), constituents (75). By style: everyday 25 · literary 1 · parliamentary 6 799 · legal and administrative 9 393 · UN documents 64 365.

## constitute

Used about 40 548 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 425 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 914 · UN documents ≈ 36 205). Forms: constituents, constitute. Meaning: [constitute in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/constitute/).

- Ces choses **constituent** un repas équilibré.
  These things **constitute** a balanced meal.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#55277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/55277) [\#7411300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7411300))

- Les éléments qui **constituent** la considération des gamins entre eux sont très variés.
  The elements which **constitute** the consideration of the gamins for each other are very various.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12715)

- Le Parlement a augmenté les fonds destinés à cette agence de 30 millions d'euros dans la procédure budgétaire, qui **constituent** à présent le financement supplémentaire nécessaire.
  Parliament increased the funds for this agency by EUR 30 million in the budgetary procedure, and these now **constitute** the necessary additional funds.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1043686)

- Ces prêts **constituent** donc des aides d’État.
  These loans therefore **constitute** State 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 2516616)

- Possible **Constituents** of Concern
  Possible **Constituents** of Concern
  ([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 21440319)

## form

Used about 3 414 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 142 · legal and administrative ≈ 587 · UN documents ≈ 2 682). Meaning: [form in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/form/).

- Le Père, le Fils et le Saint-Esprit **constituent** la Sainte Trinité.
  The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit **form** the Holy Trinity.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and araneo · checked, community translation · [\#13038547](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13038547) [\#13038564](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13038564))

- Les interdictions imposées par la Russie aux importations de viande et de légumes polonais **constituent** encore un obstacle majeur à l'ouverture de négociations.
  Russia's bans on imports of Polish meat and vegetables continue to **form** a major obstacle to the start of negotiations.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 982944)

- Par conséquent, ils **constituent**, avec les tubes cathodiques pour récepteurs de télévision en couleurs complets, un seul et même produit.
  Therefore, they **form** a single product with the complete CPTs.
  ([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 847576)

- i) La forme et la langue dans lesquelles les renseignements doivent être fournis **constituent** d &apos; autres facteurs à envisager.
  (i) The **form** and the language in which the information should be provided is a further point to be considered.
  ([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 17204743)

- Les officiers subalternes, à savoir le sous-lieutenant, le lieutenant et le capitaine, **constituent** le socle du commandement de proximité
  Junior officers, namely second lieutenant, lieutenant, and captain, **form** the foundation of direct command.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362849) [\#13362840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362840))

## important

Used about 2 578 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 567 · UN documents ≈ 2 011). Meaning: [important in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/important/).

- Leur statut précaire et leur appartenance majoritaire au secteur informel **constituent** également des problèmes très importants.
  Their precarious status and the fact that they often fall within the informal sector are also very **important** issues.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1559591)

- Ces activités **constituent**, en même temps, une contribution non négligeable à la thérapie.
  At the same time, these activities are an **important** component of therapy.
  ([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 7987158)

- Les espèces pélagiques et notamment les sardines **constituent** une source essentielle de protéines à bas prix surtout pour une population pauvre.
  Pelagic species, notably sardines, are an **important** source of cheap protein, for the poor population in particular.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1737857)

- Ces zones exemptes d &apos; armes de destruction massive **constituent** la pierre angulaire du renforcement de la confiance au niveau régional.
  Zones free of those destructive weapons are **important** cornerstones in confidence-building at the regional level.
  ([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 23807564)

- À mon avis, il faudrait aller vers un processus d'élaboration constitutionnel, où les droits directs des citoyens **constituent** aussi une part importante du débat.
  I think we ought to switch to the kind of constitutional legal process whereby the rights of citizens would be an **important** ingredient in the debate.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1777891)

## table

Used about 196 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 196). Meaning: [table in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/table/).

- Chaque registre d'État membre est en mesure de présenter sous forme de tableau les informations suivantes, qui **constituent** le tableau «état de conformité»:
  Each Member State registry shall be capable of tabulating the following information which shall comprise the compliance status **table**:
  ([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 521621)

## More sentences

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

- Entrainement et formation ne **constituent** pas un luxe mais un investissement.
  Training is not a luxury, it's an investment.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by alvations and alvations · checked, community translation · [\#5786027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5786027) [\#5786029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5786029))

- Ces deux-ci ne **constituent** pas un couple.
  These two are not a couple.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11136021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11136021) [\#11136030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11136030))

- Elles **constituent** une grande équipe.
  They make a great team.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1683803](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1683803) [\#1684594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1684594))

## Grammar

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