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# couvrir — French to English

How French *couvrir* 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: couvrir (47 806). By style: everyday 22 · literary 2 · biblical 22 · parliamentary 1 639 · legal and administrative 14 881 · UN documents 31 240.

## cover

Used about 28 188 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 820 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 021 · UN documents ≈ 14 318). Meaning: [cover in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cover/).

- Il va te **couvrir**.
  He will **cover** you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and ouitroisheures19 · checked, community translation · [\#7681696](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7681696) [\#4065984](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4065984))

- Il ne sentait même pas qu'il avait très froid, ayant quitté sa redingote pour l'en **couvrir**.
  He was not even conscious that he was very cold, since he had taken off his coat to **cover** her.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10000)

- Tu as posé une limite que les eaux ne doivent point franchir, Afin qu’elles ne reviennent plus **couvrir** la terre.
  You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to **cover** the earth.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 104:9)

- Cependant, ce règlement ne peut pas **couvrir** cette question, évidemment.
  This regulation cannot, however, **cover** this issue, of course.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 943485)

- Il peut, en particulier, être utilisé pour **couvrir**:
  In particular, it may be used to **cover**:
  ([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 3777395)

## provision

Used about 5 207 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 5 207). Meaning: [provision in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/provision/).

- Il s &apos; agit de **couvrir** le coût des services de nettoyage, estimés à 500 dollars par mois, pendant six mois.
  **Provision** is made for cleaning services estimated at $500 per month for six months.
  ([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 129033)

- 26A.30 Un montant de 13 100 dollars est prévu pour **couvrir** le coût des heures supplémentaires pendant les périodes de pointe.
  26A.30 A **provision** of $13,100 is included for overtime for peak workload periods.
  ([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 1597512)

- Sur les 241 000 dollars demandés, 120 000 dollars iront à la Trésorerie pour **couvrir** les frais bancaires.
  333. Of the requested amount of $241,000, a **provision** of $120,000 is required for banking fees by the Treasury.
  ([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 14519564)

- Le montant indiqué doit **couvrir** le traitement médical, les services de diagnostic et de consultation ailleurs qu &apos; à l &apos; infirmerie suisse.
  **Provision** is made for medical treatment, diagnostic service and consultations outside the Swiss clinic.
  ([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 3278941)

- 22.23 Le montant total de 4 997 100 dollars prévu sous cette rubrique est destiné à **couvrir** les frais de voyage des membres des organes suivants :
  22.23 A **provision** totalling $4,997,100, reflecting an increase of $588,300, would be required for travel of the members of the following organs:
  ([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 3448973)

## costs

Used about 3 598 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 34 · legal and administrative ≈ 310 · UN documents ≈ 3 254).

- Et puisque nous parlons de coût, voici la dernière question : il est question de **couvrir** le coût ne fût-ce qu' au niveau européen.
  That brings me to my last point: how are the **costs** to be covered, even at European Union level?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 150880)

-  aides destinées à **couvrir** les frais de droits de propriété industrielle des PME - Remplissez la section 4.3.;
   Aid for industrial property right **costs** for SMEs, fill in Section 4.3;
  ([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 5636038)

- Les crédits proposés pour **couvrir** les dépenses des services mentionnés aux paragraphes 54 et 55 ci-dessus s &apos; élèvent donc à 340 600 dollars.
  56. An amount of $340,600 is therefore proposed to meet the **costs** of the services referred to in paragraphs 58 and 59 below.
  ([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 9698210)

- Les ressources demandées pour **couvrir** les frais d &apos; administration en 2012-2013 font l &apos; objet des paragraphes 68 à 98 du rapport du Comité mixte.
  23. The proposed administrative **costs** in 2012-2013 are addressed in paragraphs 68 to 98 of the report of the Pension Board.
  ([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 23729941)

- Si les fonds produits par cette vente sont insuffisants pour **couvrir** les frais de destruction, le paiement des coûts non réglés sera fixé par le tribunal.
  If the funds provided by this sale are insufficient for covering the removal **costs**, payment of the outstanding costs will be effected through the court.
  ([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 1959228)

## amount

Used about 651 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 651). Meaning: [amount in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/amount/).

- 12.28 Le montant prévu (527 300 dollars, inchangé), est destiné à **couvrir** les besoins du secrétariat en personnel, comme indiqué au tableau 12.8.
  12.28 The estimated **amount** of $527,300, at maintenance level, relates to the staffing requirements of the secretariat as shown in table 12.8.
  ([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 5798562)

## More sentences

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

- J'en ai marre de te **couvrir**.
  I'm tired of covering for you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2542308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2542308) [\#12350799](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12350799))

- Mon bonus ne permet même pas de **couvrir** tous les paiements d'emprunts que je dois effectuer.
  My bonus doesn't come close to covering all the loan payments I have to make.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#29386](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/29386) [\#482863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/482863))

- Ne laisse pas cette chaise se **couvrir** de rosée dehors.
  Don't let that chair get covered with dew outside.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by serpico and Akenaseryan · checked, community translation · [\#5491677](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5491677) [\#5491656](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5491656))

## Grammar

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