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# défaut — French to English

How French *défaut* 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: défaut (35 587), défauts (9 732). By style: everyday 130 · literary 7 · biblical 57 · parliamentary 2 574 · legal and administrative 10 796 · UN documents 31 755.

## defects

Used about 13 360 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 43 · parliamentary ≈ 322 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 727 · UN documents ≈ 10 254). Forms: defect, defects.

- Ce système a des **défauts** évidents.
  This system has obvious **defects**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jerom and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#61050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61050) [\#416951](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/416951))

- Léger **défaut** pour un auditeur.
  A slight **defect** in an auditor.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2851)

- Vous n’en offrirez aucune qui ait un **défaut**, car elle ne serait pas agréée.
  But you shall not offer whatever has a **defect**, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 22:20)

- Elles savent qu'elles trouveront des **défauts**.
  They know that they will find **defects**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1312121)

- Très mauvais (**défauts** prononcés)
  Very poor (strong **defects**)
  ([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 1506748)

## default

Used about 3 217 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 54 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 159 · UN documents ≈ 992). Meaning: [default in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/default/).

- La valeur par **défaut** est zéro.
  The **default** value is zero.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1669565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1669565) [\#4668032](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4668032))

- Un petit-neveu est l'à peu près d'un petit-fils; à **défaut** d'un avocat, on prend un lancier.
  A grandnephew is almost the same as a grandson; in **default** of a lawyer one takes a lancer.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15065)

- Elle peut entraîner l’interdiction de certaines allégations par **défaut** parce que le législateur n’en avait pas conscience au moment de la proposition.
  It could lead to certain claims being banned by **default** because legislators were not aware of them at the time of drafting.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 682075)

- Date des états financiers par **défaut** \[member\]
  **Default** financial statements date \[member\]
  ([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 5305314)

- ∙ La procédure simplifiée et le jugement par **défaut**
  Summary of **default** judgment
  ([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 6718561)

## shortcomings

Used about 996 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 322 · UN documents ≈ 662).

- Ce système a des **défauts** évidents.
  This system has obvious **shortcomings**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jerom and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#11351796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11351796) [\#416951](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/416951))

- Le rapport de la Commission contient à notre avis certains **défauts** que nous avons signalés.
  In our opinion, the Commission' s report itself contains some **shortcomings**, which we have highlighted.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 198576)

- Cela est dû en partie à certains **défauts** structurels de la Conférence mais aussi à la manière dont les travaux y sont menés.
  It is in part a reflection of certain structural **shortcomings** of the CD and the manner in which we conduct our work.
  ([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 6065170)

- Ce produit a des **défauts** notables.
  This product has significant **shortcomings**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1517909](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1517909) [\#1519933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1519933))

- C’est pourquoi je répète que cette Constitution vient à point nommé et est nécessaire, malgré quelques **défauts**.
  Therefore, I repeat that this Constitution is well timed and necessary, despite certain **shortcomings**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 639198)

## faults

Used about 813 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · parliamentary ≈ 107 · legal and administrative ≈ 341 · UN documents ≈ 331).

- Il est dénué de **défauts**.
  He has no **faults**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#5607292](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5607292) [\#7839628](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7839628))

- La commissaire elle-même a décrit cet accord comme un important premier pas et déclaré qu’il n’était pas sans **défauts**.
  The Commissioner herself described this agreement as an important first step, and said that it is still not without **faults**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 718218)

- Rétablissement rapide après des **défauts** en courant continu
  Fast recovery from DC **faults**
  ([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 4037099)

- Rechercher les **défauts** pouvant être générés sur la munition par le processus de production et les causes de ces **défauts** potentiels.
  Seek **faults** which can be generated in the munition by the production process and the causes of these potential faults.
  ([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 15078119)

- Je suis vierge de **défauts**.
  I have no **faults**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#5607291](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5607291) [\#7839631](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7839631))

## More sentences

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

- Elle a un **défaut**.
  It has a flaw.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#2252027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2252027) [\#13457363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13457363))

- Les peintres et sculpteurs sous les Nazis représentaient souvent le nu, mais il leur était interdit de montrer un quelconque **défaut** physique.
  Painters and sculptors under the Nazis often depicted the nude, but they were forbidden to show any bodily imperfections.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by bojnin and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#679924](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/679924) [\#929567](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/929567))

- Ça présente un **défaut**.
  It has a flaw.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#2252027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2252027) [\#7699863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7699863))

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