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By style: everyday 595 · literary 43 · biblical 150 · parliamentary 11 296 · legal and administrative 23 203 · UN documents 120 947. ## fontes Used about 36 207 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 36 207). - Mr. Jorge **Fontes** Hereda Mr. Jorge **Fontes** Hereda ([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 21085664) - Ms. Gloria MORENO **FONTES** Ms. Gloria MORENO **FONTES** ([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 8123322) - Ms. Gloria MORENO-**FONTES** Ms. Gloria MORENO-**FONTES** ([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 9306451) - Mr. Virgilio **Fontes** Pereira Mr. Virgilio **Fontes** Pereira ([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 12126986) - Mr. Ismael Rodrigues **Fontes** Mr. Ismael Rodrigues **Fontes** ([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 22944111) ## iron Used about 30 750 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · literary ≈ 2 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 237 · UN documents ≈ 18 489). Meaning: [iron in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/iron/). - La **fonte** est un alliage de fer et de carbone. Cast **iron** is an alloy of iron and carbon. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#1622827](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1622827) [\#9666113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9666113)) - Cette cave était si humide qu'on n'y laissait jamais éteindre la cheminée, même en plein été; une cheminée immense à manteau sculpté, toute hérissée de lourds chenets de fer et d'appareils de cuisine, avec un de ces gros feux mêlés de bois et de tourbe qui, la nuit, dans les rues de village, **font** saillir si rouge sur les murs d'en face le spectre des fenêtres de forge. This cellar was so damp that the fire was never allowed to go out, even in midsummer; an immense chimney with a sculptured mantel, all bristling with heavy **iron** andirons and cooking utensils, with one of those huge fires of mixed wood and peat which at night, in village streets make the reflection of forge windows stand out so red on the opposite walls. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6810) - en **fonte**, non émaillés Of cast **iron**, not enamelled ([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 5281497) - Ouvrages en **fonte**, fer ou acier Articles of **iron** or steel ([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 17810643) - Les vrais mecs vont à la gym pour soulever de la **fonte**, pas pour faire de l'aérobic. Real men go to the gym to pump **iron**, not to do aerobics. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#612232](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/612232) [\#816666](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/816666)) ## melting Used about 9 914 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · parliamentary ≈ 3 729 · UN documents ≈ 6 163). Meaning: [melting in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/melting/). - Un satellite fut lancé en orbite pour surveiller la **fonte** des glaciers. A satellite was launched into orbit to monitor **melting** glaciers. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CM · checked, community translation · [\#324846](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/324846) [\#1330587](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1330587)) - On peut aujourd'hui mesurer la **fonte** des calottes polaires. The ice caps are measurably **melting**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 124380) - Arrivée importante d ' eau due à la **fonte** des neiges Large water discharges into reservoir due to **melting** of snow ([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 15479196) - Les niveaux croissants de pollution contribuèrent à l'effet de serre qui conduirait à la **fonte** partielle des calottes polaires. Rising pollution levels contributed to the greenhouse effect that would lead to partially **melting** the polar ice caps. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and nonong · checked, community translation · [\#1468741](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1468741) [\#1470785](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1470785)) - La **fonte** de la calotte glaciaire arctique a de nombreuses graves conséquences. However, the **melting** of the Arctic ice cap has numerous, drastic consequences. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1359379) ## ice Used about 3 849 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 768 · UN documents ≈ 3 081). Meaning: [ice in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ice/). - Jamais auparavant on n'avait assisté à une **fonte** des glaces et des neiges aussi importante que ces dernières années. Never before have so much **ice** and snow melted as over recent years. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1108079) - la **fonte** de la glace et de la neige en Afrique; " Africa without **ice** and snow " ; ([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 26907979) - Ces fleuves transportent l'eau de pluie et l'eau de **fonte** des Alpes et des Carpates vers la mer du Nord et la mer Baltique. They carry rainwater and **ice** water from the Alps and the Carpathians to the North Sea and the Baltic. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 360724) - Le réchauffement de la planète peut également provoquer la **fonte** des glaces de l ' Antarctique, entraînant ainsi une hausse du niveau des mers. Global warming may also cause the **ice** of Antarctica to melt; a global rise in sea level would result. ([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 856011) - La **fonte** rapide de la calotte glaciaire arctique a créé de nouvelles possibilités d'exploitation de la région. As a result of rapid shrinking of the Arctic **ice** cap, new possibilities for exploitation of the region have arisen. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1359366) ## steel Used about 770 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 770). Meaning: [steel in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steel/). - 4. Grandes installations pour l ' élaboration primaire de la **fonte** et de l ' acier et pour la production de métaux non ferreux. 4. Major installations for the initial smelting of castiron and **steel** and for the production of non-ferrous metals. ([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 12468007) ## cast Used about 488 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 11 · legal and administrative ≈ 477). Meaning: [cast in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cast/). - Tu ne te feras point de dieu en **fonte**. “You shall make no **cast** idols for yourselves. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 34:17) - Fonderie — **Fontes** à graphite sphéroïdal Founding — Spheroidal graphite **cast** irons ([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 4843509) - Peux-tu comme lui étendre les cieux, Aussi solides qu’un miroir de **fonte**? Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a **cast** metal mirror? ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 37:18) - Clefs présentées isolément pour cadenas, serrures et verrous, y compris les clés même brutes de **fonte** ou de matriçage et les crochets), en métaux communs Base metal keys presented separately (including roughly **cast**, forged or stamped blanks, skeleton keys) ([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 3685243) - Jésus dit: Père, pardonne-leur, car ils ne savent ce qu’ils **font**. Ils se partagèrent ses vêtements, en tirant au sort. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they **cast** lots. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 23:34) ## pig Used about 110 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 110). Meaning: [pig in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pig/). - Les technologies CSC pourraient également être utilisées par les industries qui génèrent d'importants rejets de CO2, par exemple les coulées de **fonte** de première fusion. CCS technologies could also be used in industries which generate large CO2 streams as a waste product, for instance in **pig** iron smelting. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1161181) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Les types comme toi me **font** chier au plus haut point. People like you piss me off the most. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gillux and xorgy · checked, community translation · [\#4717505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4717505) [\#3400506](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3400506)) - Ils **font** souvent l'école buissonnière. They often skive off school. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10570826](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10570826) [\#2572517](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2572517)) - Les sabots d'hippogriffes **font** la meilleure gélatine. Hippogriff hooves make the finest gelatin. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#831638](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/831638) [\#831650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/831650)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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