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# essentielles — French to English

How French *essentielles* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: essentielles (38 370). By style: everyday 6 · parliamentary 2 571 · legal and administrative 7 244 · UN documents 28 549.

## essential

Used about 16 956 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 696 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 169 · UN documents ≈ 13 085). Meaning: [essential in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/essential/).

- Continuons avec quelques phrases **essentielles**.
  Let's continue with some **essential** phrases.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by josivangoncalves and josivangoncalves · checked, community translation · [\#8222070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8222070) [\#8223696](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8223696))

- Je voudrais mettre l'accent sur six choses qui me semblent **essentielles**.
  I should like to emphasize six points which seem to me **essential**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1634443)

- Huiles **essentielles** autres que d'agrumes
  **Essential** oils other than those of citrus fruit:
  ([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 204372)

- Demandes de dérogation pour utilisations **essentielles** pour 2009 et 2010
  Nominations for 2009 and 2010 for **essential**-use exemptions
  ([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 19689195)

- Je ne dois dépenser l'argent qu'il me reste que pour des choses **essentielles**.
  I must spend my remaining money only on **essential** things.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Yemana and marioo · checked, community translation · [\#3258725](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3258725) [\#3258724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3258724))

## key

Used about 5 976 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 321 · legal and administrative ≈ 302 · UN documents ≈ 5 353). Meaning: [key in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/key/).

- Cette liberté figure parmi les valeurs **essentielles** de l'Europe et ne peut être remise en question.
  This freedom is among the **key** European values and it cannot be called into question.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1202478)

- faire face aux menaces **essentielles**, en particulier aux problèmes spécifiques ayant des répercussions directes pour l’Europe;
  addressing **key** threats, especially specific problems with direct implications for Europe;
  ([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 2008917)

- D. Priorités nationales **essentielles**
  D. **Key** national priorities
  ([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 22220343)

- Le plan d’action proposera un nombre limité de mesures **essentielles** qui devront être prises par la Commission et les États membres.
  The Action Plan will suggest a limited number of **key** actions to be undertaken both by the Commission and the 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 513943)

- Comme on l'a déjà dit, pour établir certaines données économiques **essentielles**, il a été décidé de constituer un échantillon d'importateurs.
  As mentioned above, for establishing some economic **key** data it was decided to sample importers.
  ([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 1963588)

## communicate

Used about 2 415 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 415). Meaning: [communicate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/communicate/).

- Les États membres communiquent à la Commission le texte des dispositions **essentielles** de droit interne qu'ils adoptent dans le domaine régi par la présente directive.
  Member States shall **communicate** to the Commission the texts of the provisions of internal law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
  ([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 914084)

- Les États membres notifient à la Commission le texte des dispositions **essentielles** de droit interne qu'ils adoptent dans le domaine régi par la présente directive.
  Member States shall **communicate** to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
  ([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 1734511)

- Les États membres communiquent à la Commission le texte des dispositions **essentielles** de droit interne qu'ils adoptent dans le domaine régi par la présente directive.
  Member States shall **communicate** to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
  ([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 429055)

- Les États membres communiquent à la Commission le texte des dispositions **essentielles** de droit interne qu’ils adoptent dans le domaine régi par la présente directive.
  Member States shall **communicate** to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
  ([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 2317718)

- Les États membres communiquent à la Commission le texte des dispositions **essentielles** de droit interne qu'ils adoptent dans le domaine couvert par la présente directive.
  Member States shall **communicate** to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
  ([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 4229420)

## characteristics

Used about 1 155 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 107 · legal and administrative ≈ 453 · UN documents ≈ 595).

- Il existe certaines caractéristiques **essentielles** qui permettent de faire la distinction entre les systèmes bureaucratiques et les systèmes politiques.
  There are certain key **characteristics** which distinguish bureaucratic from political systems.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1934598)

- i. Caractéristiques **essentielles** des infrastructures existantes de transport d'électricité et de gaz
  i. Key **characteristics** of the existing transmission infrastructure for electricity and gas
  ([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 4751203)

- Il convient de noter que ces solutions, différentes les une des autres, ont un certain nombre de caractéristiques **essentielles** en commun ; elles sont :
  It should be noted that although diverse, the solutions share a number of key **characteristics**, they are:
  ([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 10530031)

- Il ne s'agit pas seulement de l'origine, mais aussi des ingrédients et des autres caractéristiques qui deviennent des composantes **essentielles** du processus de décision.
  It is not only the origin but also the ingredients and other **characteristics** that are becoming a fundamental part of the decision-making process.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1397802)

- Il a donc été conclu que la conservation par fumage ne modifiait pas de manière sensible les caractéristiques physiques, techniques et chimiques **essentielles** du produit.
  Therefore, it was concluded that conservation by smoking does not materially alter the basic physical, technical and chemical **characteristics** of the 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 3403121)

## field

Used about 648 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 54 · UN documents ≈ 595). Meaning: [field in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/field/).

- Les États membres fournissent également leurs évaluations par les pairs, qui sont **essentielles** pour déterminer la qualité des progrès réalisés par la Croatie dans ce domaine.
  Member States are also providing their peer reviews which are important in order to benchmark whether or not Croatia is making good progress in this **field**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1081545)

- La plupart des quelque 80 lieux d &apos; affectation les plus exposés aux risques n &apos; ont qu &apos; un ou deux responsables de la sécurité, qui assument les fonctions **essentielles**.
  Most of the approximately 80 high-risk duty stations had only one or two **field** security officers for basic functions.
  ([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 11669418)

## adopt

Used about 54 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 54). Meaning: [adopt in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/adopt/).

- Nous devons prouver que l'Union européenne est disposée à adopter une position commune sur les questions **essentielles**.
  We have to prove that the European Union is prepared to **adopt** a common position on crucial issues.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1093001)

## covered

Used about 54 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 54). Meaning: [covered in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/covered/).

- Je pense avoir ainsi abordé les questions **essentielles** qui m'ont été adressées.
  I believe I have **covered** the main points that were put to me.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1940677)

## More sentences

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

- Le service de renseignement militaire collecte, analyse et diffuse des informations **essentielles** à la sécurité nationale.
  The military intelligence service gathers, analyzes, and disseminates information critical to national security.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362870](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362870) [\#13362869](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362869))

- Cela fait partie de nos valeurs **essentielles** et la Convention leur donnera, je l'espère, une place éminente dans notre constitution commune.
  These are among our fundamental values, to which, it is to be hoped, the Convention will give a prominent place in the constitution that will be our common possession.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 385690)

- Monsieur le Président, deux questions **essentielles** sont en jeu.
  Mr President, there are two main issues here.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 212053)

## Grammar

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