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Meaning: [discussion in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/discussion/). - Ce n'est pas un sujet de **débat** convenable. It's not a suitable topic for **discussion**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#42207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/42207) [\#2118889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2118889)) - Paul et Barnabas eurent avec eux un **débat** et une vive discussion; et les frères décidèrent que Paul et Barnabas, et quelques-uns des leurs, monteraient à Jérusalem vers les apôtres et les anciens, pour traiter cette question. Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and **discussion** with them, they appointed Paul, Barnabas, and some others of them to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 15:2) - La Commission se félicite des **débats** approfondis que nous avons pu mener ici aujourd'hui. The Commission is grateful for the wide-ranging **discussions** that have taken place here today. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 41657) - Ils ne prennent pas part aux **débats**, sauf décision contraire du comité. Unless the Committee decides otherwise, they shall not take part in the **discussions**. ([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 2503519) - Fin du **débat** général Conclusion of general **discussion** ([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 3088419) ## debate Used about 95 786 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 57 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 40 233 · legal and administrative ≈ 709 · UN documents ≈ 54 786). Forms: debate, debates. Meaning: [debate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debate/). - Le **débat** est clos. The **debate** is over. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#8282433](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8282433) [\#11198872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11198872)) - Vos richesses et vos jouissances sont des avantages que j'ai contre vous dans le **débat**, mais il est de bon goût de ne pas m'en servir. Your riches and your pleasures are advantages which I hold over you in the **debate**; but good taste dictates that I shall not make use of them. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 902) - Le **débat** est clos The **debate** is closed. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 20179) - Article 176 Clôture du **débat** Rule 176 Closure of a **debate** ([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 2324662) - Contribution au **débat** public Contributing to the public **debate** ([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 30172127) ## general Used about 4 764 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 764). Meaning: [general in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/general/). - 1. **Débat** général et présentation des rapports sur les activités nationales. 1. **General** exchange of views and introduction to reports submitted on national activities. ([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 8581189) - L ' inscription à la liste des orateurs pour les séances plénières (point 8 de l ' ordre du jour provisoire, " **Débat** général " ) de la Conférence est ouverte. Inscription on the list of speakers for the plenary meetings (item 8 of the provisional agenda, " **General** exchange of views " ) of the Conference is open. ([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 30051186) ## closed Used about 13 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 12). - Ils se bouchaient les oreilles à la mousquetade, fermaient leurs volets, barricadaient leurs portes, laissaient le **débat** se vider avec ou sans le guet, et le lendemain on se disait dans Paris: «Cette nuit, Étienne Barbette a été forcé.» They stopped up their ears to the musket shots, **closed** their shutters, barricaded their doors, allowed the matter to be concluded with or without the watch, and the next day it was said in Paris, “Étienne Barbette was broken open last night. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7014) - Le président prononce la clôture de la phase orale de la procédure à la fin des **débats**. The President shall declare the oral part of the procedure **closed** at the end of the hearing. ([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 3237275) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - C'est un très mauvais signe quand le **débat** d'idées devient suspect. It's a very bad sign when discourse becomes suspect. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#9012601](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9012601) [\#9012644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9012644)) - Je suppose que c'est l'état actuel du **débat** politique dans ce pays. I guess this is the state of political discourse in this country nowadays. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#9012604](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9012604) [\#9012628](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9012628)) - Mon frère est tellement intelligent et spirituel que je ne peux pas gagner un **débat** contre lui. My brother is so smart and witty that I cannot beat him in an argument. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and magnificentgoddess · checked, community translation · [\#250701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/250701) [\#8922646](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8922646)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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