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# fond — French to English

How French *fond* 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: fond (109 295), fonde (12 574), fondes (6), fonds (476 446). By style: everyday 225 · literary 114 · biblical 54 · parliamentary 33 422 · legal and administrative 59 638 · UN documents 504 868.

## funds

Used about 148 566 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 63 · parliamentary ≈ 9 052 · legal and administrative ≈ 14 081 · UN documents ≈ 125 370). Forms: fund, funds. Meaning: [funds in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/funds/).

- Ils manquent de **fonds**.
  They are short of **funds**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#306747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/306747) [\#6443922](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6443922))

- Passons à présent aux **Fonds** structurels.
  Now to the Structural **Funds**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 395519)

- Nombre de **fonds** nouveaux
  Number of new **Funds**
  ([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 1559658)

- **Fonds** des Nations Unies pour l &apos; enfance
  United Nations Children &apos; s **Fund**
  ([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 10911039)

- Elles manquent de **fonds**.
  They are short of **funds**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#306747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/306747) [\#6443923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6443923))

## based

Used about 127 204 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 5 106 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 667 · UN documents ≈ 108 428).

- Sa théorie se **fonde** sur des faits.
  His theory is **based** on fact.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#287770](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/287770) [\#947512](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/947512))

- Sur quels éléments se **fonde** la reconnaissance mutuelle?
  On what elements is mutual recognition **based**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1973141)

- Cet avis négatif se **fonde** sur 愦灭※ \[3\]
  This adverse opinion is **based** on 愦灭※ \[3\]
  ([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 1059264)

- Cette décision se **fonde** sur la loi applicable aux Pays-Bas.
  The decision is **based** on the law applicable in the Netherlands.
  ([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 2702139)

- Sur quelles appréciations et quelles orientation une telle attitude se **fonde**-t-elle?
  On what judgement and on what policy was this **based**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1621997)

## substantive

Used about 97 774 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 899 · UN documents ≈ 94 875).

- Leurs interventions sont brèves et précises et concernent le **fond** d'une question.
  Their interventions shall be brief, **substantive** and to the point.
  ([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 832915)

- Calendrier des sessions de **fond**
  Timetable for **substantive** sessions
  ([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 10943732)

- Exigences de **fond** applicables aux passeports phytosanitaires pour la circulation sur le territoire de l'Union
  **Substantive** requirements for a plant passport for movement within the Union territory
  ([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 4099983)

- Reprise de la session de **fond** de 1996
  Resumed **substantive** session of 1996
  ([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 2860145)

- La demande est également conforme aux autres exigences de **fond** et de procédure de l’article 15 du règlement (CE) no 33/2008.
  That application also complies with the remaining **substantive** and procedural requirements of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008.
  ([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 2466132)

## More sentences

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

- Mais nous ne savons vraiment rien ; car la vérité se trouve tout au **fond**.
  But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#907456](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/907456) [\#1733176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1733176))

- Le **fond** de l'air va être frais.
  It is going to be rather cool.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and CM · checked, community translation · [\#622103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/622103) [\#607339](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/607339))

- À quelle température le plomb **fond**-il ?
  At what temperature does lead melt?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#6177633](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6177633) [\#9437720](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9437720))

## 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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