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# expression — French to English

How French *expression* 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: expression (77 475), expressions (5 716). By style: everyday 100 · literary 31 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 4 963 · legal and administrative 3 823 · UN documents 74 271.

## expression

Used about 47 124 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 60 · literary ≈ 29 · parliamentary ≈ 3 050 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 434 · UN documents ≈ 42 551). Forms: expression, expressions. Meaning: [expression in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/expression/).

- C'est juste une **expression**.
  It's just an **expression**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2162938](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2162938) [\#2164132](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2164132))

- Le visage de dom Claude avait repris son **expression** sévère.
  Dom Claude’s visage had resumed its severe **expression**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4141)

- Mais 15 000 **expressions** d'intérêt !
  But 15 000 **expressions** of interest is quite something!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 336623)

- ainsi que les **expressions** suivantes:
  as well as the following **expressions**:
  ([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 472435)

- B. Liberté d &apos; **expression**
  B. Freedom of **expression**
  ([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 4030651)

## terms

Used about 13 814 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 434 · UN documents ≈ 12 379). Forms: term, terms. Meaning: [terms in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/terms/).

- Serviette hygiénique, tampon périodique, protection féminine, toutes ces **expressions** désignent la même chose.
  Sanitary napkin, tampon, feminine protection -- all those **terms** mean the same thing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by starman59 and Lebensfreude · checked, community translation · [\#11863325](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11863325) [\#10463628](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10463628))

- Les **expressions** «utilisateurs finals» et «clients finals»
  The **terms** ‘final users’ and ‘final customers’
  ([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 4857628)

- (autres termes et **expressions** à indiquer)
  (more **terms** to be specified)
  ([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 6410467)

- Les termes et **expressions** qui suivent ont la signification ci-dessous:
  The following **terms** have the meanings set forth below:
  ([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 212286)

- La demande comporte un glossaire des termes et **expressions** employés ici.
  The request contains a glossary that defines these **terms**.
  ([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 18605160)

## freedom

Used about 1 037 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 258 · UN documents ≈ 774). Meaning: [freedom in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/freedom/).

- C'est quoi la liberté d'**expression** ?
  What is **freedom** of speech?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and lucasmg123 · checked, community translation · [\#9851411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9851411) [\#9849992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9849992))

- Ces conventions incluent le droit à la liberté d'**expression**.
  These conventions include the right to **freedom** of speech.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1202441)

- Aux Pays-Bas, comme dans la plupart des démocraties, il existe des tiraillements intrinsèques entre l &apos; interdiction de la propagande raciale et la liberté d &apos; **expression**.
  In the Netherlands, as in most democracies, there was an inherent tension between the prohibition of racial propaganda and **freedom** of speech.
  ([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 4887396)

- La liberté d'**expression** est la pierre angulaire de la démocratie.
  **Freedom** of speech is the cornerstone of democracy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and marcj794 · checked, community translation · [\#5644755](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5644755) [\#11310250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11310250))

- - Monsieur le Président, les restrictions quant à la liberté d’**expression** en Tunisie ne sont pas une nouveauté.
  Mr President, restrictions on **freedom** of speech in Tunisia are nothing new.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 724916)

## cultural

Used about 825 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 52 · UN documents ≈ 774). Meaning: [cultural in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cultural/).

- Même si elles proviennent de pays et de régions spécifiques, toutes ces **expressions** artistiques font partie d'un héritage culturel commun: celui de l'Europe.
  They are all part of Europe's common **cultural** heritage even though they belong to specific countries or regions within Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1059092)

- - encourager les activités culturelles utilisant l &apos; **expression** écrite
  Promoting **cultural** activities using the written and spoken word;
  ([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 2846894)

## More sentences

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

- Son visage est toujours sans **expression**.
  His face is always expressionless.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#3494908](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3494908) [\#833279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/833279))

- Elle recherche des moyens d’**expression** créatifs.
  She seeks creative outlets.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12775229](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12775229) [\#13365300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365300))

- J’ignore si, pour employer votre **expression** de jeune fille, il vous aime ; mais je sais qu’il reviendra.
  I do not know if, to use your manner of speech, he loves you; but I know that he will return.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#3382046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3382046) [\#3305725](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3305725))

## 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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