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# genre — French to English

How French *genre* 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: genre (36 733), genres (3 639). By style: everyday 584 · literary 41 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 6 952 · legal and administrative 3 598 · UN documents 29 192.

## gender

Used about 16 117 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 3 186 · legal and administrative ≈ 150 · UN documents ≈ 12 772). Meaning: [gender in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/gender/).

- Le hongrois ne connait pas les **genres** grammaticaux.
  There is no grammatical **gender** in Hungarian.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#8730774](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8730774) [\#8730805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8730805))

- C’est une vraie question de **genres**.
  It is a real **gender** issue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 714032)

- **Genre** grammatical «commun» (fusion du masculin et du féminin).
  ‘Common’ grammatical **gender** (the merging of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’).
  ([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 2338751)

- Disparité fondée sur le **genre**\*
  Employment status **Gender** gap\*
  ([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 22388741)

- La question des retraites présente une forte dimension des **genres**.
  There is a very strong **gender** dimension to the pension issue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 313921)

## kind

Used about 6 007 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 363 · parliamentary ≈ 941 · legal and administrative ≈ 750 · UN documents ≈ 3 953). Forms: kind, kinds. Meaning: [kind in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/kind/).

- Tu es mignon, dans ton **genre**.
  You're **kind** of cute.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2214309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2214309) [\#2215099](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2215099))

- Voilà le **genre** de chiffres dont il est question.
  This shows the **kind** of figures we are talking about.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 741339)

- Perceuses de tous **genres**, y compris les perforatrices rotatives
  Drills of all **kinds**
  ([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 4065896)

- Pourcentage de travailleurs concernant tous les **genres** de réglementation de travail
  Percentages of workers for all **kinds** of labour regulation
  ([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 1058342)

- Tu es mignonne, dans ton **genre**.
  You're **kind** of cute.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2214309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2214309) [\#2215101](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2215101))

## genus

Used about 974 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 974). Meaning: [genus in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/genus/).

- Poivre (du **genre** Piper);
  Pepper of the **genus** Piper;
  ([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 129414)

- du **genre** Malpighia spp.,
  of the **Genus** Malpighia spp.,
  ([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 3090754)

- Merlus du **genre** Merluccius spp.
  Hake of the **genus** Merluccius spp.
  ([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 2474112)

- Ebolavirus: tous les membres du **genre** Ebolavirus;
  Ebolavirus: all members of the Ebolavirus **genus**;
  ([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 4441556)

- Piments du **genre** Capsicum ou du **genre** Pimenta
  Fruits of the **genus** Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta
  ([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 3689819)

## equality

Used about 521 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 217 · UN documents ≈ 304). Meaning: [equality in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/equality/).

- par écrit. - (FR) L'égalité des **genres** en milieu rural doit davantage attirer l'attention de l'Union européenne.
  in writing. - (FR) **Equality** of the sexes in rural areas ought to arouse much greater EU interest.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1049744)

- 2.8.1 Le cadre politique actuel prend bien acte du problème de la discrimination à l &apos; égard des femmes et s &apos; efforce de promouvoir l &apos; égalité des **genres**.
  2.8.1 The current policy framework does acknowledge the problem of discrimination against women and does promote **equality**.
  ([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 27724969)

- Il me semble que chaque pays peut définir ses propres règes en matière d'égalité entre les **genres**, conformément à ses propres mécanismes et procédures démocratiques.
  Surely each country could work out its own rules on sex **equality** in accordance with its own proper democratic mechanisms and procedures.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1507868)

- Il est dès lors capital de lutter ici contre les stéréotypes et de prendre des mesures visant à promouvoir l'égalité des **genres** dans la vie publique et en politique.
  Therefore, it is crucial, here, to fight the stereotypes and take action intended to promote **equality** of the sexes in public life and in politics.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1334332)

## More sentences

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

- Stanislas Lem était un écrivain polonais, philosophe et futurologue, représentant du **genre** de la science-fiction.
  Stanislaw Lem was a Polish author, a philosopher and a futurologist, representing the genre of science-fiction.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6831598](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6831598) [\#1585906](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1585906))

- Nous n'aimons pas faire ce **genre** de choses.
  We don't like doing that sort of thing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#10029278](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10029278) [\#10778355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10778355))

- C'est le **genre** de tragédie grecque où l'arrogance engendre sa revanche.
  It's sort of the classic Greek tragedy of hubris begets nemesis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1554285](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1554285) [\#1554287](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1554287))

## 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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