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# graves — French to English

How French *graves* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: graves (96 851). By style: everyday 23 · literary 9 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 5 526 · legal and administrative 5 146 · UN documents 86 145.

## serious

Used about 65 488 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 720 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 323 · UN documents ≈ 57 430). Meaning: [serious in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/serious/).

- Yanni a de **graves** problèmes.
  Yanni has **serious** issues.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#9281061](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9281061) [\#12480594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12480594))

- Je cessai donc de le presser à ce sujet, et, comme il fallait le convaincre avant tout, je passais aux objections scientifiques, bien autrement **graves**, à mon avis.
  I therefore ceased to press him upon that part of the subject, and as above all things he must be convinced, I passed on to scientific objections, which in my opinion were far more **serious**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 487)

- Il s'agit de crimes **graves**, qui ne peuvent être ignorés.
  These are both **serious** crimes and they cannot be ignored.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1563399)

- Les atteintes **graves** sont:
  **Serious** harm consists of:
  ([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 427569)

- accusées de violations **graves** du droit international
  Responsible for **Serious** Violations of International
  ([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 23465763)

## severe

Used about 9 313 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 230 · legal and administrative ≈ 107 · UN documents ≈ 8 973). Meaning: [severe in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/severe/).

- Le pollen peut provoquer de **graves** réactions allergiques.
  Pollen can cause **severe** allergic reactions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and corvard · checked, community translation · [\#1566525](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1566525) [\#12214614](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12214614))

- l’Éternel te frappera miraculeusement, toi et ta postérité, par des plaies grandes et de longue durée, par des maladies **graves** et opiniâtres.
  then the LORD will make your plagues and the plagues of your offspring fearful, even great plagues, and of long duration, and **severe** sicknesses, and of long duration.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 28:59)

- Monsieur le Président, Mesdames et Messieurs, ces dernières semaines, de **graves** inondations ont frappé plusieurs pays européens, mettant à genoux les populations des régions touchées.
  Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, over recent weeks, **severe** floods have struck several European countries, bringing the populations of the affected regions to their knees.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1435576)

- La chute soudaine de la demande et le taux d’annulation sans précédent ont généré, pour les transporteurs aériens, de **graves** problèmes de liquidités.
  The sudden drop in demand and the unprecedented rate of cancellations has led to **severe** liquidity problems for air carriers.
  ([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 5206692)

- L’agression a été commise à l’aide d’un ou plusieurs objets contondants qui ont provoqué de **graves** blessures.
  The blunt object or objects used in the attack caused **severe** injuries.
  ([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 5611949)

## violations

Used about 7 286 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 107 · UN documents ≈ 7 179).

- Responsable de **graves** violations des droits de l'homme, notamment dans le cadre de procédures dans lesquelles la peine de mort a été prononcée.
  Responsible for grave **violations** of human rights, including prosecuting trials in which the death penalty is passed.
  ([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 3811755)

- violations **graves** du droit international humanitaire commis sur le territoire du Rwanda et les citoyens rwandais accusés de tels actes ou
  **Violations** of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other
  ([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 21422955)

- II. Chronologie des principaux événements politiques et des principaux incidents comportant des violations **graves** des droits de l &apos; homme en Ituri entre 1998 et 2004
  Chronology of main political events and incidents of gross **violations** of human rights in Ituri, 1998 to 2003
  ([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 12521464)

- 90 missions mixtes d &apos; investigation menées en coopération avec les autorités judiciaires nationales en vue de poursuivre les auteurs de violations **graves** des droits de l &apos; homme
  90 joint investigation team missions with the national judiciary to address the prosecution of gross human rights **violations**
  ([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 25537683)

- Il laisse au Comité le soin de déterminer si cette situation constitue un ensemble systématique de violations **graves**, flagrantes et massives des droits de l &apos; homme.
  It leaves it up to the Committee to decide whether this constitutes a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant and mass **violations** of human rights.
  ([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 8653006)

## damage

Used about 859 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 858). Meaning: [damage in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/damage/).

- Les dégâts n'ont pas l'air trop **graves**.
  The **damage** doesn't look too bad.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#11533213](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11533213) [\#11561717](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11561717))

- H370 Risque avéré d’effets **graves** pour les organes
  H370 Causes **damage** to organs
  ([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 2541637)

- H371 Risque présumé d'effets **graves** pour les organes
  H371 May cause **damage** to organs
  ([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 4506494)

- H372 Risque avéré d'effets **graves** pour les organes à la suite d'expositions répétées ou d'une exposition prolongée
  H372 Causes **damage** to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure
  ([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 4183086)

- H372 Risque avéré d’effets **graves** pour les organes à la suite d’expositions répétées ou d’une exposition prolongée
  H372 Causes **damage** to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure
  ([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 2835510)

## grave

Used about 123 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 115). Meaning: [grave in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/grave/).

- Elle ne semblait pas avoir peur, et ses yeux **graves** et inébranlables regardaient droit devant elle.
  She did not seem afraid, and her **grave**, steadfast eyes looked straight ahead.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#8895265](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8895265) [\#9694609](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9694609))

- Elles sont pâles et **graves**.
  They are pale and **grave**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10467)

- Nous avons affaire ici à des fautes **graves** de gestion.
  What we are dealing with here is **grave** failures of management.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 916656)

- Pourtant, ne nous vantons pas trop haut, les révolutions, elles aussi, se trompent, et de **graves** méprises se sont vues.
  Nevertheless, let us not boast too loudly; revolutions also may be deceived, and **grave** errors have been seen.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18137)

- Le président essaya de le remuer par quelques paroles pathétiques et **graves** et lui demanda, comme aux deux autres, s'il persistait, sans hésitation et sans trouble, à reconnaître l'homme debout devant lui.
  The President tried to touch him with some **grave** and pathetic words, and asked him, as he had asked the other two, if he persisted, without hesitation or trouble, in recognizing the man who was standing before him.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6138)

## consequences

Used about 4 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4).

- Ça peut avoir de **graves** conséquences.
  That can have serious **consequences**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#7793693](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7793693) [\#7889175](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7889175))

- Cette doctrine engendrera sans nul doute de **graves** conséquences.
  That doctrine will no doubt lead to serious **consequences**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Cocorico and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#46785](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/46785) [\#12160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12160))

- Si vous cachez des informations, il pourrait y avoir de **graves** conséquences.
  If you're withholding information, there could be severe **consequences**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2287008](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2287008) [\#10465828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10465828))

- L’accès non autorisé à des données personnelles par des individus malveillants peut avoir de **graves** conséquences pour les victimes et leurs familles. Par exemple, une victime peut perdre son emploi ou voir sa réputation ternir.
  Unauthorized access to personal data by malicious individuals can have serious **consequences** for victims and their families. For example, a victim could lose their job or have their reputation harmed.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marioo and marioo · checked, community translation · [\#8402369](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8402369) [\#8402367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8402367))

## problems

Used about 1 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1).

- Outre le progrès économique que nous avons indiqué en commençant, de **graves** problèmes d'hygiène publique se rattachent à cette immense question: l'égout de Paris.
  In addition to the economic progress which we have indicated at the beginning, grave **problems** of public hygiene are connected with that immense question: the sewers of Paris.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27546)

## More sentences

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

- Tom a de **graves** ennuis.
  Tom is in deep trouble.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1494215](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1494215) [\#1693134](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1693134))

- Les catholiques devraient d'abord mettre de l'ordre chez eux avant de condamner les personnes queer pour des motifs bien moins **graves**.
  Catholics should get their own house in order before condemning queer people for far less.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#11952161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11952161) [\#14041892](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14041892))

- De profonds changements sur les marchés du travail – et de **graves** effets socio-psychologiques sur les personnes – se produiront à mesure que l'intelligence artificielle prendra en charge les fonctions des emplois humains dans toutes les industries.
  Profound changes in labor markets – and impacting socio-psychological effects on people – will happen as artificial intelligence takes over the functions of human jobs in all industries.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10469760](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10469760) [\#10471726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10471726))

## 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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