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# enquête — French to English

How French *enquête* 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: enquête (179 143), enquêtes (93 559). By style: everyday 92 · literary 1 · parliamentary 5 990 · legal and administrative 49 499 · UN documents 217 120.

## investigations

Used about 131 081 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 69 · parliamentary ≈ 2 309 · legal and administrative ≈ 31 452 · UN documents ≈ 97 252). Forms: investigation, investigations.

- L'**enquête** se poursuit.
  The **investigation** is continuing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4664800](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4664800) [\#7437923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7437923))

- Nous devons, bien entendu, attendre les résultats de l'**enquête**.
  We shall, of course, await the **investigations**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1349157)

- Parties concernées par les **enquêtes**
  Parties concerned by the **investigations**
  ([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 1308680)

- Nombre d &apos; **enquêtes** (en moyenne)
  Number of **investigations** (average)
  ([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 8620509)

- Une **enquête** est en cours.
  An **investigation** is going on.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4918999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4918999) [\#4919246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4919246))

## surveys

Used about 64 196 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 749 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 641 · UN documents ≈ 58 803). Forms: survey, surveys.

- Nos **enquêtes** indiquent que la population soutiendrait la législation proposée.
  Our **surveys** indicate that the public would support the proposed legislation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#521029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/521029) [\#545270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/545270))

- L'année dernière, des **enquêtes** menées à Gaza ont montré une chute du soutien politique au Hamas en faveur du Fatah.
  During the last year, **surveys** in Gaza have shown a fall in political support for Hamas in favour of Fatah.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1198904)

- Frais d’études, d’**enquêtes** et de consultations
  Expenditure on studies, **surveys** and consultations
  ([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 4124117)

- b) Table ronde sur les bases d &apos; **enquêtes**-entreprises ;
  (b) Round Table on Business **Survey** Frames;
  ([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 22592937)

- Une **enquête** récente a révélé que la densité de population de la métropole était en baisse.
  A recent **survey** revealed that the population density in the metropolis was decreasing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and phiz · checked, community translation · [\#243795](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/243795) [\#10267586](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10267586))

## inquiry

Used about 19 836 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 622 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 641 · UN documents ≈ 13 570). Forms: inquiries, inquiry. Meaning: [inquiry in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/inquiry/).

- Ce sujet dépasse le cadre de notre **enquête**.
  This subject is outside the scope of our **inquiry**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Maxence and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#56708](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/56708) [\#7700872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7700872))

- --Monsieur, dit le voisin, ce sont les conseillers de la grand'chambre à droite, et les conseillers des **enquêtes** à gauche; les maîtres en robes noires, et les messires en robes rouges.
  “Monsieur,” replied the neighbor, “those on the right are the counsellors of the grand chamber; those on the left, the councillors of **inquiry**; the masters in black gowns, the messires in red.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4833)

- En 1994, l'UCLAF traitait 220 **enquêtes**.
  In 1994, UCLAF handled 220 **inquiries**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1934826)

- Résumés, **enquêtes** et informations générales.
  Summaries, **inquiries** and background information.
  ([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 573824)

- Procédure d &apos; **enquête** (art. 8 et 9): Non
  **Inquiry** procedure (arts. 8 and 9): No
  ([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 20376520)

## police

Used about 2 790 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · legal and administrative ≈ 516 · UN documents ≈ 2 262). Meaning: [police in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/police/).

- La police mène son **enquête**.
  The **police** are looking into it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#238246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/238246) [\#3515561](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3515561))

- Centre d'**enquêtes** en matière de criminalité organisée (alias: Bureau de cybercriminalité ou cyberpolice)
  Centre to Investigate Organized Crime (aka: Cyber Crime Office or Cyber **Police**)
  ([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 3480356)

- 64. En outre, la police mène systématiquement une **enquête** sur tout décès en garde à vue et chaque décès fait l &apos; objet d &apos; une **enquête** judiciaire du coroner.
  The **police** also routinely investigate every death in custody and each death is subject to a coroner &apos; s inquest.
  ([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 10438142)

- La police **enquête** sur l'accident.
  **Police** are investigating the crash.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7137803](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7137803) [\#12147682](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12147682))

- La police **enquête** sur le meurtre.
  The **police** are investigating the murder.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#238223](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/238223) [\#817098](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/817098))

## More sentences

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

- Les données citées dans l'**enquête** de King proviennent du livre blanc de l'UNESCO de 1970 sur la population mondiale.
  The data cited in King's research is taken from UNESCO's 1970 white paper on world population.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#63071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/63071) [\#236254](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/236254))

- L'**enquête** conclut qu'en dépit de ses dénégations, le directeur général aurait eu connaissance des pratiques illégales, en cours dans l'entreprise.
  The enquiry concluded that, despite his denials, the chief executive would have had to have known about the illegal practices occurring in the company.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#4205323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4205323) [\#4215281](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4215281))

- J'apprécie que vous ayez aussi promptement répondu à mon **enquête**.
  I appreciate your answering my enquiry so promptly.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and TopMan · checked, community translation · [\#1590805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1590805) [\#1835380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1835380))

## 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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