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# destiné — French to English

How French *destiné* 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: destiné (59 739), destinée (30 717), destinées (69 642), destinés (95 598). By style: everyday 71 · literary 24 · biblical 45 · parliamentary 10 304 · legal and administrative 67 409 · UN documents 177 843.

## intended

Used about 35 466 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 234 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 554 · UN documents ≈ 16 673). Meaning: [intended in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/intended/).

- Ce produit est **destiné** seulement à un usage privé.
  This product is **intended** for private use only.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#1309830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1309830) [\#1309869](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1309869))

- L'angle qu'elle faisait avec le pignon du grand bâtiment était rempli, dans sa partie inférieure, d'un massif de maçonnerie de forme triangulaire, probablement **destiné** à préserver ce trop commode recoin des stations de ces stercoraires qu'on appelle les passants.
  The angle which it formed with the gable of the large building was filled, at its lower extremity, by a mass of masonry of a triangular shape, probably **intended** to preserve that too convenient corner from the rubbish of those dirty creatures called the passers-by.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9841)

- Sucres et préparations **destinés** à l'alimentation humaine
  Sugar and preparations **intended** for human consumption
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 229135)

- qu’il est **destiné** à la fabrication:
  it is **intended** for the manufacture of:
  ([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 3453689)

- Cette période de cinq ans est **destinée** à prendre en considération la variabilité interannuelle.
  The five-year period was **intended** to account for interannual variability.
  ([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 22721869)

## use

Used about 17 253 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 107 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 586 · UN documents ≈ 5 558). Meaning: [use in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/use/).

- Tout ceci est **destiné** à mon utilisation personnelle.
  All this is for my personal **use**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and lukaszpp · checked, community translation · [\#434190](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/434190) [\#557874](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/557874))

- Les cinq mille cannes qui resteront en largeur sur les vingt-cinq mille seront **destinées** à la ville, pour les habitations et la banlieue; et la ville sera au milieu.
  “The five thousand cubits that are left in the width, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common **use**, for the city, for dwelling and for pasture lands; and the city shall be in the middle of it.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 48:15)

- Une prévention adaptée, **destinée** à éviter l'utilisation de certaines matières nocives lors de la fabrication des voitures fait partie des éléments importants de ce texte.
  An appropriate means of preventing the **use** of certain hazardous substances in the manufacture of new cars is an important element in the proposed directive.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1958654)

- **destinés** à être utilisés comme carburants ou comme combustibles
  For **use** as power or heating fuels
  ([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 2161983)

- Le tableau 3 récapitule, par région, l &apos; utilisation des ressources **destinées** aux programmes et à l &apos; appui aux programmes.
  Summary table 3 presents an overview by region of the **use** of resources for programme and programme support.
  ([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 10548557)

## designed

Used about 9 865 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 698 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 755 · UN documents ≈ 7 410). Meaning: [designed in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/designed/).

- Un maliciel, ou logiciel malveillant, est un logiciel **destiné** à perturber, altérer ou détruire des éléments logiques indispensables au bon fonctionnement d’un système informatique.
  Malware is software **designed** to disrupt, alter, or destroy logical elements essential to the proper functioning of a computer system.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13539002](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13539002) [\#13539001](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13539001))

- Cette directive n'est pas **destinée** à tout réglementer ou à remplacer le marché.
  This directive is not **designed** to regulate everything, neither is it meant to replace the market.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2018671)

- «serveur à un ou deux points de connexion pour processeurs», un serveur comportant une ou deux interfaces **destinées** à l'installation d'un processeur.
  ‘server with one or two processor sockets’ means a server containing one or two interfaces **designed** for the installation of a processor.
  ([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 4922731)

- Véhicules conçus et construits avec des emplacements **destinés** aux voyageurs debout, afin de permettre des montées et descentes fréquentes.
  Vehicles **designed** and constructed with areas for standing passengers, to allow frequent passenger movement.
  ([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 17368111)

- Un composteur est un récipient **destiné** à transformer les déchets organiques en compost, c’est‑à‑dire en un amendement riche en matière organique et en nutriments utilisable pour améliorer la qualité du sol.
  A composter is a container **designed** to transform organic waste into compost, which is a soil amendment rich in organic matter and nutrients that can be used to improve soil quality.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13562992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13562992) [\#13562988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13562988))

## destined

Used about 5 330 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 429 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 107 · UN documents ≈ 2 779). Meaning: [destined in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destined/).

- Nous étions **destinés** à nous rencontrer.
  We were **destined** to meet.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#11383651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11383651) [\#12955908](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12955908))

- Claude Frollo avait été **destiné** dès l'enfance par ses parents à l'état ecclésiastique.
  Claude Frollo had been **destined** from infancy, by his parents, to the ecclesiastical profession.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2093)

- Il est pris en otage pour faire vendre des produits qui lui sont **destinés**, certes, mais aussi tout et n'importe quoi.
  They are taken hostage to sell the products **destined** for them, of course, but also to sell anything and everything.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1780577)

- Les réceptacles ou boîtes **destinés** au transport de bombes à aérosol doivent être clairement marqués comme suit:
  The elements, or boxes **destined** for transport of spray cans, should be clearly marked 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 545459)

- B Le client auquel est **destinée** la cargaison
  B The client for whom the cargo is **destined**
  ([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 20901812)

## More sentences

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

- Ce n'est pas **destiné** à tout le monde.
  It's not for everybody.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3444822](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3444822) [\#3453356](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3453356))

- Un scorpion n'est pas un animal de compagnie **destiné** aux enfants.
  A scorpion is not a pet meant for children.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by RCendre and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#11953762](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11953762) [\#11945246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11945246))

- « All lives matter » est un message codé **destiné** aux suprémacistes blancs.
  "All lives matter" is a white supremacist dog whistle.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#8867395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8867395) [\#14052552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14052552))

## 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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