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# dont — French to English

How French *dont* 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: dont (772 606), donte (1). By style: everyday 991 · literary 224 · biblical 478 · parliamentary 54 271 · legal and administrative 77 515 · UN documents 639 128.

## which

Used about 202 470 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · literary ≈ 103 · biblical ≈ 100 · parliamentary ≈ 21 482 · legal and administrative ≈ 24 223 · UN documents ≈ 156 521). Meaning: [which in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/which/).

- Le mur **dont** Humpty Dumpty est tombé n'est pas la Grande Muraille de Chine.
  The wall from **which** Humpty Dumpty fell is not the Great Wall of China.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mifonto and gleki · checked, community translation · [\#1685963](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1685963) [\#1831539](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1831539))

- Il semblait que ces murs fussent bâtis avec ces pierres sourdes **dont** parle l'Écriture.
  It seemed as though those walls had been built of the deaf stones of **which** the Scriptures speak.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9925)

- Tu mettras des franges aux quatre coins du vêtement **dont** tu te couvriras.
  You shall make yourselves fringes on the four corners of your cloak with **which** you cover yourself.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 22:12)

- Il innove, mais pas forcément de la façon **dont** on en parle.
  It breaks new ground, but not necessarily in the way in **which** we talk about it.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1343647)

- III Défis de société, **dont** \[4\]
  III Societal challenges, of **which** \[4\]
  ([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 3062004)

## are

Used about 87 204 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 5 653 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 230 · UN documents ≈ 78 261).

- Qu'importe la manière **dont** tu considères la chose, les probabilités s'accumulent contre nous.
  No matter how you look at it, the odds **are** stacked against us.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#1927951](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1927951) [\#1927959](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1927959))

- --C'est des momichards **dont** un perruquier m'a fait cadeau.
  “They **are** some brats that a wig-maker made me a present of.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20710)

- Pendant quarante ans j’eus cette race en dégoût, Et je dis: C’est un peuple **dont** le cœur est égaré; Ils ne connaissent pas mes voies.
  Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “They **are** a people who err in their heart. They have not known my ways.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 95:10)

- Nous devons accorder la plus haute importance à la manière **dont** les données à caractère personnel sont utilisées.
  Paramount importance must be given to how personal data **are** in fact to be used.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1132448)

- Les États membres veillent à ce que les gas-oils marins **dont** la teneur en soufre dépasse 0,10 % en masse ne soient pas mis sur le marché sur leur territoire.
  Member States shall ensure that marine gas oils **are** not placed on the market in their territory if the sulphur content of those marine gas oils exceeds 0,10 % by mass.
  ([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 2560538)

## them

Used about 66 473 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 100 · parliamentary ≈ 1 131 · UN documents ≈ 65 217). Meaning: [them in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/them/).

- Dix personnes sont mortes, **dont** une femme.
  Ten people died, among **them**, a woman.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Maxence and tabular · checked, community translation · [\#5177201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5177201) [\#7701699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7701699))

- Et puis il y avait un reste de petites dettes criardes dans le pays **dont** il rassemblait les factures, etc., etc.
  And then, there still remained some petty but pressing debts in the neighborhood, and they were collecting the bills for **them**, etc., etc.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4542)

- tous ceux **dont** on fit le dénombrement furent huit mille cinq cent quatre-vingts.
  even those who were counted of **them**, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 4:48)

- Ce fonds permettra d'offrir une aide ponctuelle et individuelle aux travailleurs **dont** le licenciement est lié à la mondialisation, afin de les aider dans leur reconversion professionnelle.
  This fund will enable selective, individual aid to be offered to workers who have been made redundant on account of globalisation, so as to help **them** retrain for new jobs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 893840)

- En 2011, 1 048 chefs de famille au total avaient bénéficié de cette aide, **dont** 26,11 % étaient des femmes.
  In 2011, a total of 1,048 heads of family, 26.11% of **them** women, received 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 25995813)

## whose

Used about 51 809 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 103 · literary ≈ 61 · biblical ≈ 80 · parliamentary ≈ 1 131 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 304 · UN documents ≈ 39 130).

- J'ai un ami **dont** le père est avocat.
  I have a friend **whose** father is a lawyer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6659209](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6659209) [\#6876352](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6876352))

- —Et **dont** l'audace égalait le génie?
  "And **whose** courage was equal to his genius!"
  ([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 901)

- Qui est celui qui s’avance comme le Nil, Et **dont** les eaux sont agitées comme les torrents?
  “Who is this who rises up like the Nile, like rivers **whose** waters surge?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 46:7)

- Elle fait l’objet d’un amendement de Mme Nicholson, **dont** on connaît l’attachement à la loi telle qu’elle a été votée en Roumanie.
  It is the subject of an amendment by Baroness Nicholson, **whose** commitment to the law as adopted in Romania we all know.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 756172)

- États membres **dont** l'assiette «TVA» est écrêtée
  Member States **whose** VAT base is capped
  ([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 4136153)

## you

Used about 298 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 248 · biblical ≈ 50). Meaning: [you in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/you/).

- Tout ce **dont** je pense, c'est vous.
  All I think about is **you**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3560917](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3560917) [\#3561989](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3561989))

- Vienne l’humiliation, tu prieras pour ton relèvement: Dieu secourt celui **dont** le regard est abattu.
  When they cast down, **you** will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 22:29)

- Vous avez tout ce **dont** vous avez besoin.
  **You**'ve got everything you need.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3413306](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3413306) [\#5326501](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5326501))

- Car c’est celui **dont** il est écrit: Voici, j’envoie mon messager devant ta face, Pour préparer ton chemin devant toi.
  For this is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before **you**.’
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 11:10)

- C'est l'endroit **dont** je t'ai parlé.
  This is the place I told **you** about.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3202022](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3202022) [\#5324552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5324552))

## More sentences

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

- C'est la justice et non la charité, **dont** a besoin le monde.
  It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#413854](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/413854) [\#413865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/413865))

- Tom a fait une liste de ce **dont** il avait besoin.
  Tom made a list of what he needed.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6436970](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6436970) [\#6486732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6486732))

- C'est ce **dont** nous parlions hier.
  This is what we were talking about yesterday.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Vy · checked, community translation · [\#1546547](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1546547) [\#1675544](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1675544))

## 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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