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# définis — French to English

How French *définis* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: définis (44 998). By style: everyday 6 · parliamentary 1 437 · legal and administrative 12 624 · UN documents 30 931.

## defined

Used about 17 398 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 539 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 260 · UN documents ≈ 11 599). Meaning: [defined in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defined/).

- Deuxièmement, les corridors transeuropéens sont **définis** selon un concept intermodal.
  Secondly, the transeuropean corridors are **defined** intermodally.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 97156)

- Les procédés spécifiés dans la colonne 1 du tableau sont **définis** comme suit:
  Processes specified in Column 1 of the Table are **defined** as follows:
  ([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 4091536)

- 52. Le rôle et les responsabilités des conseils nationaux de lutte contre le sida ne sont pas bien **définis**.
  The role and responsibilities of NACs are also not well **defined**.
  ([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 19383463)

- M. Hory a parlé du paragraphe du rapport de M. Rocard sur les droits de l'homme **définis** par l'OUA.
  Mr Hory talked about the paragraph in Mr Rocard's report on human rights being **defined** by the OAU.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1828819)

- le CT2 inclut des standards de qualité clairement **définis** dans le contrat.
  The CT2 includes quality standards which are clearly **defined** in the contract.
  ([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 4194543)

## criteria

Used about 3 898 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 150 · legal and administrative ≈ 526 · UN documents ≈ 3 222).

- Les critères des tests seront **définis** jeudi.
  The test **criteria** will be drawn up on Thursday.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1551933)

- Les critères spécifiques à prendre en compte dans le calcul de la restitution à l'exportation pour le riz sont **définis** à l'article 13 du règlement (CE) no 3072/95.
  The specific **criteria** to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
  ([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 639463)

- Les critères d &apos; éligibilité à la Présidence du Pakistan sont **définis** à l &apos; article 41.
  The **criteria** for President of Pakistan are given in Article 41.
  ([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 13456410)

- Malte continue à satisfaire aux critères politiques **définis** à Copenhague.
  Malta is continuing to fulfil the Copenhagen political **criteria**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 222485)

- Lorsque le label écologique de l'Union européenne est attribué conformément aux critères **définis** dans la décision 2012/721/UE, il peut être utilisé jusqu'au 26 décembre 2018.»
  EU Ecolabel licenses awarded in accordance with the **criteria** set out in Decision 2012/721/EU may be used until 26 December 2018.’.
  ([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 4521855)

## codes

Used about 2 893 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 893).

- Les codes des destinations numériques sont **définis** au règlement (CE) no 2081/2003 (JO L 313 du 28.11.2003, p. 11).
  The numeric destination **codes** are set out in Regulation (EC) No 2081/2003 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2003, p. 11).
  ([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 675613)

- Les codes des destinations sont **définis** au règlement (CE) no 1833/2006 de la Commission (JO L 354 du 14.12.2006, p. 19).
  The destination **codes** are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19).
  ([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 2150352)

- Les codes des destinations numériques sont **définis** au règlement (CE) no 750/2005 de la Commission (JO L 126 du 19.5.2005, p. 12).
  The numeric destination **codes** are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 12).
  ([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 962730)

- Les codes des destinations numériques sont **définis** au règlement (CE) no 2081/2003 de la Commission (JO L 313 du 28.11.2003, p. 11).
  The numeric destination **codes** are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2081/2003 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2003, p. 11).
  ([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 998215)

- Les codes des produits sont **définis** au règlement (CEE) no 3846/87 de la Commission (JO L 366 du 24.12.1987, p. 1).
  The descriptions corresponding to the product **codes** are contained in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).
  ([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 460212)

## objectives

Used about 2 877 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 299 · UN documents ≈ 2 578).

- Le budget de l’Union a pour objet d’atteindre des objectifs politiques **définis** en commun.
  The Union’s budget exists to deliver common, set political **objectives**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 688430)

- 13. Les objectifs réglementaires sont **définis** en concertation avec les autres parties prenantes.
  13. The regulatory **objectives** are drawn up in consultation with the other stakeholders.
  ([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 22747146)

- Dans ce contexte, il est important de poursuivre les objectifs **définis** dans les stratégies forestières.
  From this perspective, it is important to pursue the **objectives** set out in the forestry strategies.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1556745)

- 563. Les objectifs du programme spécifiquement **définis** pour les adolescents sont les suivants:
  563. The programme &apos; s **objectives**, as specifically laid down for adolescents, are as follows:
  ([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 24299927)

- - Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, Mesdames et Messieurs, nous poursuivons deux objectifs clairement **définis**.
  Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we have two clear **objectives**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 630833)

## clearly

Used about 30 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 30). Meaning: [clearly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/clearly/).

- Généralement, la Commission finance des projets et des programmes clairement **définis**.
  Generally, the Commission funds **clearly**-described projects and programmes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 523459)

## More sentences

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

- Comment **définis**-tu la fidélité ?
  How do you define fidelity?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#2223649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2223649) [\#2226600](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2226600))

- « Pourquoi ne peux-tu pas te conduire normalement ? » « **Définis** 'normalement'. »
  "Why can't you just be normal?" "Define 'normal'."
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and DJ\_Saidez · checked, community translation · [\#10616273](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10616273) [\#11289788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11289788))

- Comment **définis**-tu le succès ?
  How do you define success?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Petrus and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5741690](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5741690) [\#5743765](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5743765))

## Grammar

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