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# forme — French to English

How French *forme* 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: forme (191 111), formes (163 877). By style: everyday 303 · literary 56 · biblical 50 · parliamentary 14 778 · legal and administrative 56 385 · UN documents 283 416.

## forms

Used about 228 739 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 101 · literary ≈ 44 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 9 082 · legal and administrative ≈ 27 605 · UN documents ≈ 191 896). Forms: form, forms.

- La communication prend de nombreuses **formes**.
  Communication takes many **forms**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Archibald and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#28208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/28208) [\#13927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13927))

- Il approcha, cela prit une **forme**.
  He approached, it took on a **form**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24318)

- On voyait aux chérubins une **forme** de main d’homme sous leurs ailes.
  The **form** of a man’s hand appeared here in the cherubim under their wings.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 10:8)

- L'Europe n'a pas besoin de moins de **formes** de travail, mais bien de plus.
  Europe needs more **forms** of employment, not fewer.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 391800)

- Silicones sous **formes** primaires
  Silicones in primary **forms**
  ([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 4061853)

## all

Used about 9 767 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 308 · legal and administrative ≈ 587 · UN documents ≈ 8 857). Meaning: [all in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/all/).

- L'amour vient de toutes **formes** et tailles.
  Love comes in **all** shapes and sizes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dimitris and dimitris · checked, community translation · [\#1650369](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1650369) [\#1650373](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1650373))

- Ce gentleman semblait devoir échouer dans sa dernière tentative, quand il aperçut, mouillé devant la Batterie, à une encablure au plus, un navire de commerce à hélice, de **formes** fines, dont la cheminée, laissant échapper de gros flocons de fumée, indiquait qu'il se préparait à appareiller.
  He seemed about to give up **all** hope, when he espied, anchored at the Battery, a cable’s length off at most, a trading vessel, with a screw, well-shaped, whose funnel, puffing a cloud of smoke, indicated that she was getting ready for departure.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2815)

- Lui qui **forme** leur cœur à tous, Qui est attentif à toutes leurs actions.
  he who fashions **all** of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 33:15)

- Monsieur le Président, aux yeux du Conseil, l'ensemble de ces mesures **forme** un tout indissociable.
  Mr President, in the Council's opinion, **all** these measures add up to an indissociable whole.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1748289)

- encéphalomyélite équine (sous toutes ses **formes**, y compris la VEE),
  Equine encephalomyelitis (of **all** types, including VEE)
  ([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 1779916)

## discrimination

Used about 6 366 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 462 · UN documents ≈ 5 905). Meaning: [discrimination in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/discrimination/).

- Ces droits doivent être garantis à tous les résidents de l'Union sans aucune **forme** de discrimination.
  These must be guaranteed to all residents of the Union without **discrimination**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1607521)

- Application de l &apos; article 21 de la Convention sur l &apos; élimina-tion de toutes les **formes** de discrimination à l &apos; égard des femmes \[5\]
  Application de l &apos; article 21 de la Convention sur l &apos; élimina-tion de toutes les formes de **discrimination** à l &apos; égard des femmes \[5\]
  ([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 3070166)

- Il est essentiel de prendre des mesures visant à encourager l'esprit d'entreprise chez les femmes et à lutter contre toutes les **formes** de discrimination basée sur le sexe.
  It is essential to take measures to support entrepreneurialism among women and to combat all manifestations of gender-based **discrimination**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1531304)

- 107. Un grand nombre d &apos; études et de publications mettent en évidence la nécessité d &apos; examiner de manière plus approfondie les diverses **formes** de discrimination multiple.
  Numerous studies and publications establish that the diversity in manifestations of multiple **discrimination** seems to demand a further elaboration.
  ([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 16777967)

- Nous devons également continuer à préparer le terrain pour une législation contre toutes les **formes** de discrimination, y compris une directive concernant les personnes handicapées.
  We must also prepare further for anti-**discrimination** legislation on all grounds in the future, including a disability directive.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 98547)

## shape

Used about 5 105 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 79 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 308 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 762 · UN documents ≈ 2 952). Meaning: [shape in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/shape/).

- Je ne suis pas en **forme**.
  I'm not in good **shape**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rene1596 and CM · checked, community translation · [\#610035](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/610035) [\#1295229](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1295229))

- L'angle qu'elle faisait avec le pignon du grand bâtiment était rempli, dans sa partie inférieure, d'un massif de maçonnerie de **forme** triangulaire, probablement destiné à préserver ce trop commode recoin des stations de ces stercoraires qu'on appelle les passants.
  The angle which it formed with the gable of the large building was filled, at its lower extremity, by a mass of masonry of a triangular **shape**, probably intended to preserve that too convenient corner from the rubbish of those dirty creatures called the passers-by.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9841)

- Il fit la mer de fonte. Elle avait dix coudées d’un bord à l’autre, une **forme** entièrement ronde, cinq coudées de hauteur, et une circonférence que mesurait un cordon de trente coudées.
  He made the molten sea ten cubits from brim to brim, round in **shape**. Its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 7:23)

- Le fait que la Commission et le Conseil puissent déterminer la **forme** finale du règlement devrait être une consolation.
  That the Commission and the Council will determine the final **shape** of the regulation should be a consolation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 440231)

- Teinture de fils de fibres naturelles accompagnée d’un tricotage (articles tricotés directement en **forme**)
  Dyeing of yarn of natural fibres accompanied by knitting (knitted to **shape** products)
  ([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 362480)

## More sentences

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

- Aller au travail à pied tous les jours, c'est un moyen de rester en **forme**.
  Walking to work every day is one way to stay fit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Equilingual and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9038756](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9038756) [\#9038877](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9038877))

- Vous devez rester en **forme**.
  You have to stay fit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dreamk33 and freddy1 · checked, community translation · [\#2155011](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2155011) [\#2155014](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2155014))

- Vous n'êtes pas en **forme**.
  You're not fit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2218250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2218250) [\#4839508](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4839508))

## 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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