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# constitution — French to English

How French *constitution* 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: constitution (174 685), constitutiones (1), constitutions (2 877). By style: everyday 29 · literary 3 · parliamentary 9 061 · legal and administrative 4 927 · UN documents 163 543.

## constitution

Used about 154 483 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 8 117 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 535 · UN documents ≈ 144 804). Forms: constitution, constitutions. Meaning: [constitution in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/constitution/).

- L'Algérie a une **constitution**.
  Algeria has a **constitution**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Gib and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8222701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8222701) [\#9788223](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9788223))

- La **constitution** même de l'église chrétienne n'en est pas attaquée.
  The very **constitution** of the Christian church is not attacked by it.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1782)

- Longue vie à la **Constitution**!
  Long live the **Constitution**!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 535076)

- **Constitution** de l'équipe
  **Constitution** of the team
  ([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 1169915)

- **Constitutions** et lois des États
  State **Constitutions** and laws
  ([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 8976958)

## right

Used about 1 704 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 704). Forms: right, rights. Meaning: [right in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/right/).

- Dans ce cas, deux droits protégés par la **Constitution** doivent être mis en balance - le droit à l &apos; information et le droit à la protection de la vie privée.
  In this case two constitutionally protected rights have to be measured against each other - the **right** to information and the right to protection of privacy.
  ([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 24172444)

## national

Used about 189 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 189). Meaning: [national in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/national/).

- On y met directement en question des règles de transparence et des **constitutions** nationales.
  The Council's action directly called into question the rules on openness and constitutional law at **national** level.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1936569)

- Les droits de l'homme sont respectés au sein de l'UE et protégés par des dispositions contenues dans les **constitutions** nationales, conformément aux diverses traditions des États membres.
  Human rights are already respected in the EU, and safeguarded by **national** constitutional provisions according to the different customs of the Member States.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 115539)

## article

Used about 162 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 162). Meaning: [article in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/article/).

- Le Comité est structuré en trois groupes dont la **constitution** et le rôle sont déterminés à l'article 27.
  The Committee shall be divided into three Groups, the composition and role of which are set out in **Article** 27.
  ([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 434436)

- Conformément à l'article 17, paragraphe 2, du règlement de base, tous les producteurs-exportateurs connus concernés et les autorités indiennes ont été consultés au sujet de la **constitution** de l'échantillon.
  In accordance with **Article** 17(2) of the basic Regulation, all known exporting producers concerned and the authorities of India were consulted on the selection of the sample.
  ([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 3673180)

## More sentences

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

- Sho avait 12 ans, était de faible **constitution** et un peu idiot.
  Sho was 12 years old, sickly, and somewhat dull.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12772097](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12772097) [\#1264951](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1264951))

- Il a une forte **constitution**.
  He has a nice personality.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and CK · checked, community translation · [\#300298](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/300298) [\#132739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/132739))

- Tous les pouvoirs législatifs accordés par cette **Constitution** seront attribués à un Congrès des États-Unis, qui sera composé d'un Sénat et d'une Chambre des représentants.
  All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and astru · checked, community translation · [\#5971962](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5971962) [\#9481106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9481106))

## Grammar

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