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# entend — French to English

How French *entend* 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: entend (53 764), entende (519), entendes (3), entends (2 572). By style: everyday 398 · literary 26 · biblical 85 · parliamentary 4 261 · legal and administrative 11 754 · UN documents 40 334.

## hear

Used about 16 172 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 281 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 52 · parliamentary ≈ 1 332 · legal and administrative ≈ 210 · UN documents ≈ 14 285). Forms: hear, heard. Meaning: [hear in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hear/).

- Qu'**entends**-je là ?
  What do I **hear**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and amoeba · checked, community translation · [\#6157587](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6157587) [\#4595847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4595847))

- --Oh! maman, il le faut, tu **entends**.
  “Yes, mother, you must; do you **hear**?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1882)

- Si quelqu’un a des oreilles, qu’il **entende**!
  If anyone has an ear, let him **hear**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · REV 13:9)

- Puis, j'**entends** M. Daul.
  Then, I **hear** what Mr Daul has to say.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1277924)

- Elles peuvent aussi proposer que la Commission **entende** des personnes pouvant confirmer les faits invoqués.
  They may also propose that the Commission **hear** persons who may corroborate those facts.
  ([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 3055092)

## take

Used about 1 170 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 118 · legal and administrative ≈ 210 · UN documents ≈ 840). Meaning: [take in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/take/).

- Et l’Esprit et l’épouse disent: Viens. Et que celui qui **entend** dise: Viens. Et que celui qui a soif vienne; que celui qui veut, prenne de l’eau de la vie, gratuitement.
  The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him **take** the water of life freely.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · REV 22:17)

- Quelles mesures la Commission **entend**-elle prendre pour restaurer les droits de l'homme dans mon pays?
  What measures does the Commission intend to **take** to restore human rights in my country?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1496546)

- Eu égard à ce qui précède, le fait que la société Syngenta Crop Protection AG Suisse, qui a absorbé Syngenta Seeds AG, destinataire de la décision 2004/657/CE, soit la même entité juridique, au nom de laquelle le demandeur a sollicité le renouvellement de l’autorisation, qu’elle ait confirmé que sa demande porte également sur l’autorisation de denrées et ingrédients alimentaires contenant du maïs Bt11 ou consistant en celui-ci, et qu’elle **entende** solliciter le renouvellement des produits couverts par la décision 2004/657/CE avant l’expiration de l’autorisation mentionnée dans cette décision, de manière à ce qu’une seule décision couvrant lesdits produits puisse être adoptée et prendre effet à la même date, il convient d’accorder le renouvellement de l’autorisation de mise sur le marché des produits existants, le renouvellement de l’autorisation des denrées et ingrédients alimentaires contenant le maïs doux Bt11, consistant en ce maïs ou produits à partir de celui-ci (maïs doux frais ou en conserve) ainsi que l’autorisation de denrées et ingrédients alimentaires contenant du maïs Bt11 ou consistant en celui-ci.
  Taking into account these considerations, the fact that the company Syngenta Crop Protection AG Switzerland which absorbed Syngenta Seeds AG, addressee of Decision 2004/657/EC is the same legal entity, on behalf of which the applicant asked for the renewal of authorisation, that it confirmed that the scope of its application also covers the request for authorisation of foods and food ingredients containing or consisting of Bt11 field maize and that it intended to ask for a renewal of products covered by Decision 2004/657/EC prior to the expiration of the authorisation mentioned in that Decision so that a single Decision covering these products may be adopted which will **take** effect on the same date, renewal of the authorisation for continued marketing of the existing products, renewal of the authorisation of foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of or produced from Bt11 sweet maize (sweet maize fresh or canned) and authorisation of food and foods ingredients containing or consisting of Bt11 field maize should be granted.
  ([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 2006836)

- Dans le temps qui lui est imparti, la Partie touchée doit décider si elle **entend** participer à la procédure d &apos; EIE.
  During this period, the AP should make a decision on whether to **take** part in the EIA process.
  ([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 17279342)

- C' est tout un peuple qu' on écrase ainsi, et il faut sans doute que nous réagissions plus sérieusement, pour que Moscou l' **entende** et le remarque.
  This amounts to pulverisation of a nation, and I believe we should become more seriously involved, in order to make Moscow listen and **take** heed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2027542)

## objection

Used about 1 050 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 210 · UN documents ≈ 840). Meaning: [objection in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/objection/).

- La Commission n'**entend** pas s'opposer à des interventions urgentes pour la protection de l'environnement et de la santé publique
  No **objection** to urgent environmental and health interventions
  ([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 4534177)

- Je n &apos; **entends** pas d &apos; objection.
  I see no **objection**.
  ([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 12957167)

- Si je n &apos; **entends** pas d &apos; objection, je considérerai que ces points sont inscrits à l &apos; ordre du jour.
  If there is no **objection**, I will take it that these items are also included in the agenda.
  ([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 5842331)

- Si je n &apos; **entends** pas d &apos; objection, puis-je considérer que l &apos; Assemblée générale accepte cette proposition.
  If there is no **objection**, may I take it that the General Assembly agrees to the proposal?
  ([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 19788083)

## More sentences

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

- Qu'**entend**-on par « discours de haine » ?
  What does "hate speech" mean?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#14092340](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14092340) [\#14092335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14092335))

- On s'**entend** bien.
  We get along well.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and danieljtah · checked, community translation · [\#3545887](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3545887) [\#1996419](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1996419))

- Il ne s'**entend** pas bien avec elle.
  He doesn't get along with her.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and CH · checked, community translation · [\#8531640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8531640) [\#10675362](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10675362))

## 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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