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# deux — French to English

How French *deux* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: deux (653 518). By style: everyday 3 943 · literary 571 · biblical 776 · parliamentary 51 374 · legal and administrative 65 035 · UN documents 531 819.

## two

Used about 433 312 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 875 · literary ≈ 416 · biblical ≈ 647 · parliamentary ≈ 39 601 · legal and administrative ≈ 35 227 · UN documents ≈ 354 546). Meaning: [two in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/two/).

- Tu as **deux** livres.
  You have **two** books.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fucongcong and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#69062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/69062) [\#526563](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/526563))

- Résister seul contre **deux**?
  Could I stand against the **two**?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3316)

- les gens de Micmas, cent vingt-**deux**;
  The men of Michmas: one hundred twenty-**two**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 7:31)

- Notre débat présente **deux** faiblesses.
  Our debate has **two** weaknesses.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1554224)

- L’électricité est facturée en **deux** étapes.
  The power is priced in **two** steps.
  ([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 5652039)

## both

Used about 97 858 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 739 · literary ≈ 59 · biblical ≈ 32 · parliamentary ≈ 3 211 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 259 · UN documents ≈ 77 557). Meaning: [both in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/both/).

- Nous aimons Tom tous les **deux**.
  We **both** love Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Caku and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2713750](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2713750) [\#7463510](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7463510))

- Il l'entourait de ses **deux** bras.
  He encircled her with **both** arms.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6414)

- les **deux** hommes en contestation comparaîtront devant l’Éternel, devant les sacrificateurs et les juges alors en fonction.
  then **both** the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 19:17)

- Tous **deux** ont conduit les négociations avec beaucoup de persévérance, de patience et de sagesse.
  **Both** of them steered the talks with a great deal of dedication, patience and understanding.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1620527)

- SIGNIFICATION STATISTIQUE (pour les **deux** méthodes)
  STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE (for **both** methods)
  ([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 4797556)

## one

Used about 13 822 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 32 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 710 · UN documents ≈ 11 080). Meaning: [one in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/one/).

- Car il est notre paix, lui qui des **deux** n’en a fait qu’un, et qui a renversé le mur de séparation, l’inimitié,
  For he is our peace, who made both **one**, and broke down the middle wall of separation,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EPH 2:14)

- C'est par exemple l'une des raisons pour lesquelles les hôpitaux IRIS emploient plus de **deux** fois plus de travailleurs sociaux que les hôpitaux universitaires (voir le considérant 213).
  This is **one** of the reasons why the IRIS-H employ more than twice as many social workers as e.g. university hospitals (see recital 213).
  ([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 3885964)

- En outre, l &apos; adoption d &apos; une disposition séparée faisant référence à l &apos; un des **deux** sexes violerait le principe de non-sexisme de la législation arménienne.
  Furthermore, introduction of a separate clause referring to **one** of the sexes will violate the gender-neutrality principle of the Armenian legislation.
  ([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 22174270)

- De là, en suivant la côte, nous atteignîmes Reggio; et, le vent du midi s’étant levé le lendemain, nous fîmes en **deux** jours le trajet jusqu’à Pouzzoles,
  From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After **one** day, a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 28:13)

- Il convient de répondre de manière pragmatique à la question: «Qu'est-ce qu'un bâtiment?» Pour décrire un bâtiment, **deux** mots peuvent parfois suffire, par exemple «parking couvert».
  The question what is meant by a ‘building’ should be answered pragmatically. A ‘**one**-word’ description (e.g. ‘parking shelter’) could be sufficient.
  ([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 880361)

## More sentences

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

- Il l'appelait tous les **deux** jours.
  He called her every other day.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#302674](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/302674) [\#12655627](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12655627))

- Les Français sont vraiment un peuple bizarre : parmi ceux qui lisent cette phrase, un sur **deux** va vérifier si l'espace avant le double point est bien fine et insécable.
  The French are a really strange people: every other person who reads this sentence will check if the space before the colon is really thin and non-breaking.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MUIRIEL and Vortarulo · checked, community translation · [\#765014](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/765014) [\#432232](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/432232))

- Je vais au conservatoire tous les **deux** jours – les lundis, mercredis et vendredis.
  I go to the conservatory every other day – on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10268063](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10268063) [\#10268050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10268050))

## 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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