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# dire — French to English

How French *dire* 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: dire (136 435), dires (1 256). By style: everyday 4 128 · literary 285 · biblical 325 · parliamentary 52 560 · legal and administrative 12 294 · UN documents 68 099.

## say

Used about 27 719 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 402 · literary ≈ 119 · biblical ≈ 169 · parliamentary ≈ 15 330 · legal and administrative ≈ 768 · UN documents ≈ 9 931). Forms: say, saying. Meaning: [say in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/say/).

- Il n'y a rien d'autre à **dire**.
  There's nothing more to **say**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1839565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1839565) [\#598461](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/598461))

- --Que voulez-vous **dire**?
  “What do you mean to **say**?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31705)

- Et il ajouta: J’ai un mot à te **dire**. Elle dit: Parle!
  He said moreover, I have something to tell you.” She said, “**Say** on.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 2:14)

- Je ne peux confirmer vos **dires**.
  I cannot confirm what you are **saying**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1998468)

- le vin viné, c'est-à-**dire** le produit:
  wine fortified for distillation, that is to **say**, a product:
  ([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 3007039)

## according

Used about 17 165 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 6 023 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 921 · UN documents ≈ 9 222).

- Aux **dires** de son Président, la Commission serait en mesure de le faire.
  **According** to its President, it is in a position to do so.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 80)

- Aux **dires** du plaignant, l'offre en question était constituée des éléments suivants:
  **According** to complainant 3, the claimed offer consisted 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 3792610)

- Aux **dires** de trafiquants, le minerai appartenait à Lubamba (voir par. 163).
  **According** to smugglers, these minerals belonged to Mr. Lubamba (see para. 163).
  ([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 26793074)

- En effet, ces animaux sont pour eux, selon leurs **dires**, ce que la viande est pour nous.
  Indeed, these animals are, **according** to them, like beef to us.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 928464)

- Mesure 1: garantie à l'exportation constituée avant la privatisation, mais qui, aux **dires** de l'Allemagne, n'a jamais été utilisée.
  Measure 1: An export guarantee granted before privatisation which, **according** to Germany, was never called.
  ([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 789191)

## said

Used about 6 422 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 389 · literary ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 54 · parliamentary ≈ 3 833 · UN documents ≈ 2 128). Meaning: [said in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/said/).

- C'est ce que je viens de **dire**.
  That's just what I **said**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Salutlolo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3496590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3496590) [\#7857568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7857568))

- --Jurer? dit-elle, qu'est-ce que cela veut **dire**?
  “Swear!” **said** she, “what does that mean?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19088)

- Balaam répondit à Dieu: Balak, fils de Tsippor, roi de Moab, les a envoyés pour me **dire**:
  Balaam **said** to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has said to me,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 22:10)

- Les **dires** de M. Lewandowski ne sont pas tout à fait exacts.
  What Mr Lewandowski has **said** is quite inaccurate.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 677541)

- Pedro Remón Rodríguez a confirmé les **dires** de Posada Carriles.
  49. Pedro Ramón Rodríguez corroborated what Posada Carriles had **said**.
  ([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 8571044)

## tell

Used about 3 179 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 480 · literary ≈ 30 · biblical ≈ 27 · parliamentary ≈ 1 643). Meaning: [tell in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/tell/).

- J'ai essayé de lui **dire**.
  I tried to **tell** him.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CH · checked, community translation · [\#3908391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3908391) [\#9706784](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9706784))

- À vrai **dire**, ni l'un ni l'autre n'avaient dormi.
  To **tell** the truth, neither of them slept.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11169)

- J’ai encore beaucoup de choses à vous **dire**, mais vous ne pouvez pas les porter maintenant.
  “I still have many things to **tell** you, but you can’t bear them now.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 16:12)

- Je vais vous le **dire**, cela se passera exactement de la même façon.
  I **tell** you, it will happen in just the same way.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 915683)

- Vous pouvez tout me **dire**.
  You can **tell** me anything.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1841510](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1841510) [\#1845667](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1845667))

## More sentences

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

- Elles l'ont accusé de **dire** un mensonge.
  They accused him of telling a lie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#305523](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/305523) [\#1364066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1364066))

- Mon père étudie l'astronomie, c'est-à-**dire** la science qui étudie les étoiles.
  My father studies astronomy, ie the science of stars.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and mollydot · checked, community translation · [\#12896906](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12896906) [\#12965463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12965463))

- Que penses-tu qu'il voulait **dire** par là ?
  What do you think he meant by that?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#291474](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/291474) [\#1367563](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1367563))

## Grammar

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