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# double — French to English

How French *double* 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: double (37 672), doubles (9 560). By style: everyday 88 · literary 22 · biblical 26 · parliamentary 3 431 · legal and administrative 6 193 · UN documents 37 472.

## double

Used about 14 057 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 55 · literary ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 1 179 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 419 · UN documents ≈ 9 368). Meaning: [double in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/double/).

- Je paierai le **double**.
  I'll pay **double**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1890923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1890923) [\#1997919](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1997919))

- --Toujours au trot, et **double** pourboire.
  “Keep at a trot, and you shall have a **double** fee.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5625)

- Il sera carré et **double**; sa longueur sera d’un empan, et sa largeur d’un empan.
  It shall be square and folded **double**; a span shall be its length, and a span its width.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 28:16)

- Elle ne prévoit pas de dommages-intérêts **doubles**.
  There are no **double** damages.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 567848)

- Silicates **doubles** ou complexes
  **Double** or complex silicates
  ([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 3683712)

## duplication

Used about 12 497 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 465 · legal and administrative ≈ 323 · UN documents ≈ 11 710). Meaning: [duplication in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duplication/).

- Évitons les **doubles** emplois, non seulement avec l'OTAN mais aussi entre les États membres de l'UE.
  No **duplication**, not only with NATO, but no duplication within EU Member States.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 125979)

- En outre, il est manifeste que certaines activités de recherche font **double** emploi.
  **Duplication** of research clearly exists.
  ([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 1715274)

- 4. Collaboration avec des partenaires et nécessité d &apos; éviter les **doubles** emplois
  4. Collaboration with partners and the need to avoid **duplication**
  ([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 10754163)

- Afin d'éviter les **doubles** emplois, je ne soutiendrai qu'en partie les amendements redéposés.
  Mainly to avoid **duplication**, I will only partly support the newly tabled amendments.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 25356)

- Les programmes indicatifs pluriannuels fixent des lignes directrices pour éviter les **doubles** emplois.
  Multiannual indicative programmes shall set out guidelines to avoid **duplication**.
  ([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 3267279)

## dual

Used about 6 943 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 572 · legal and administrative ≈ 903 · UN documents ≈ 5 465). Meaning: [dual in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dual/).

- Il a une **double** personnalité.
  He has a **dual** personality.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and CK · checked, community translation · [\#302160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/302160) [\#133069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/133069))

- Cela signifie que nous avons un **double** instrument.
  This means we have a **dual** instrument.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1250933)

- Il est équipé d’un **double** système de freinage électronique.
  It has an electronic **dual** braking system.
  ([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 1879603)

- Listes de biens à **double** usage
  Lists of **Dual**-Use Goods
  ([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 12571678)

- Je veux que mes enfants disposent de la **double** nationalité.
  I want my children to have **dual** citizenship.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2030030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2030030) [\#2427367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2427367))

## avoid

Used about 201 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 71 · legal and administrative ≈ 129). Meaning: [avoid in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avoid/).

- Sur la base des données actuelles, il semble que nous puissions éviter ce **double** emploi.
  On present evidence we will **avoid** that problem.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1614814)

- la nécessité d'éviter les **doubles** emplois dans le système IUD;
  the need to **avoid** duplications in the UDI system;
  ([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 4312637)

- Il faut également encourager la création de synergies et éviter des **doubles** emplois en matière de personnel et de fonctions.
  It is equally important to encourage the creation of synergies and **avoid** unnecessary duplications in terms of personnel and functions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1515585)

- Afin d’éviter une **double** conversion de ces paiements, il convient de supprimer la possibilité de déclarer les montants payés en euro en monnaie nationale.
  To **avoid** converting these payments twice, the option of declaring amounts paid in euro in national currency should be abolished.
  ([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 666064)

## More sentences

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

- À la maison, Tom a une **double** casquette : père le jour, joueur la nuit.
  At home, Tom juggles two roles: dad by day, gamer by night.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#13693585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13693585) [\#13693578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13693578))

- C'est une épée à **double**-tranchant.
  It's a two-edged sword.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1546517](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1546517) [\#1546521](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1546521))

- J'ai le **double** de ton âge.
  I'm twice as old as you are.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5938171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5938171) [\#1314666](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1314666))

## 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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