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# demeure — French to English

How French *demeure* 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: demeure (49 809), demeures (133). By style: everyday 65 · literary 13 · biblical 253 · parliamentary 2 056 · legal and administrative 2 296 · UN documents 45 259.

## remains

Used about 15 161 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 649 · legal and administrative ≈ 813 · UN documents ≈ 13 672). Meaning: [remains in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/remains/).

- Tout **demeure** comme c'était.
  Everything **remains** as it was.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2265913](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2265913) [\#4885220](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4885220))

- Celui qui dit qu’il **demeure** en lui doit marcher aussi comme il a marché lui-même.
  he who says he **remains** in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1JO 2:6)

- Malgré tout cela, l'Europe **demeure** divisée.
  In spite of that, Europe **remains** divided.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1037221)

- Par conséquent, le droit compensateur provisoire **demeure** inchangé.
  Therefore, the provisional countervailing duty **remains** unchanged.
  ([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 5158036)

- 85. La situation financière de l &apos; ONUDC **demeure** fragile.
  The financial situation of UNODC **remains** vulnerable.
  ([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 29907468)

## homes

Used about 11 066 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 216 · UN documents ≈ 10 843).

- Il y a plusieurs **demeures** dans la maison de mon Père. Si cela n’était pas, je vous l’aurais dit. Je vais vous préparer une place.
  In my Father’s house are many **homes**. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place 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 · JOH 14:2)

- J'ai pu constater à quel point les gens étaient enthousiastes à l'idée de pouvoir visiter leurs anciens villages et leur anciennes **demeures**.
  I saw how delighted people were to be able to visit their old villages and **homes**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 465630)

- Dans de nombreux cas, les vols étaient suivis de l &apos; incendie des **demeures** et des commerces.
  In many cases, theft was followed by the burning of the **homes** and businesses.
  ([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 27447009)

- Voici, j’en veux à toi, Ville assise dans la vallée, sur le rocher de la plaine, Dit l’Éternel, A vous qui dites: Qui descendra contre nous? Qui entrera dans nos **demeures**?
  Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says the LORD. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or, “Who would enter into our **homes**?”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 21:13)

- Nous sommes anxieux devant les récentes attaques des milices armées, qui ont contraint plusieurs milliers de personnes à abandonner leurs **demeures** de Mombaza.
  We are concerned by the latest attacks by armed militia who have forced many thousands of people in Mombasa to leave their **homes**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1753651)

## still

Used about 1 250 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 577 · legal and administrative ≈ 191 · UN documents ≈ 471). Meaning: [still in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/still/).

- Leur sort **demeure** inconnu.
  Their fate is **still** unknown.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9101606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9101606) [\#12803095](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12803095))

- Sa femme lui dit: Tu **demeures** ferme dans ton intégrité! Maudis Dieu, et meurs!
  Then his wife said to him, “Do you **still** maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 2:9)

- Or, malgré quelques progrès, cette procédure **demeure** lacunaire.
  Despite some progress, there are **still** gaps in this process.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1255972)

- Le potentiel des activités de volontariat **demeure** sous-exploité.
  The potential of voluntary activities is **still** not fully realised.
  ([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 1972645)

- 49. Dans l &apos; intervalle, la présence des Nations Unies en Angola **demeure** nécessaire.
  49. In the meantime, the presence of the United Nations in Angola is **still** needed.
  ([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 5384084)

## house

Used about 974 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 16 · UN documents ≈ 943). Meaning: [house in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/house/).

- C'est sa **demeure**.
  That's his **house**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#794269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/794269) [\#1314024](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1314024))

- Depuis la maison resta inhabitée, et tomba lentement en ruine, comme toute **demeure** à laquelle la présence de l'homme ne communique plus la vie.
  After that, the **house** remained uninhabited, and fell slowly to ruin, as does every dwelling to which the presence of man does not communicate life.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19141)

- Sa maison, c’est le chemin du séjour des morts; Il descend vers les **demeures** de la mort.
  Her **house** is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 7:27)

- Ces questions comprennent l &apos; utilisation optimales des terres, l &apos; écoulement des eaux usées et des questions d &apos; infrastructure associées au développement de petites **demeures**.
  These issues include optimal use of land resources, sewage and infrastructural matters associated with small **house** developments.
  ([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 11814553)

- C'est notre **demeure**.
  That's our **house**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#67060](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67060) [\#1181971](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1181971))

## More sentences

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

- Une vieille femme y **demeure**.
  An old woman lives there.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2587378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2587378) [\#4615433](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4615433))

- Ça n'a pas l'air d'être la **demeure** de quiconque.
  It doesn't look like anybody's home.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2396231](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2396231) [\#2397268](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2397268))

- C'est mon humble **demeure**.
  This is my humble abode.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and felidad · checked, community translation · [\#10621796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10621796) [\#11015175](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11015175))

## 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/).

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