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Meaning: [play in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/play/). - Ne **joue** pas le jeu. Don't **play** along. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10231296](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10231296) [\#12478155](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12478155)) - --**Joue**, dit Jean Valjean. “**Play**!” said Jean Valjean. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9420) - Saül répondit à ses serviteurs: Trouvez-moi donc un homme qui **joue** bien, et amenez-le-moi. Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can **play** well, and bring him to me.” ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 16:17) - On ne **joue** pas avec l'alimentation. Food is something that we cannot **play** with. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1507784) - L’enfant **joue** avec un objet conducteur fin Child is **playing** with thin conductible object ([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 1969477) ## role Used about 7 045 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 081 · legal and administrative ≈ 213 · UN documents ≈ 5 750). Meaning: [role in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/role/). - La Commission **joue** un rôle actif sur ces deux fronts. The Commission is playing an active **role** on both these fronts. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 260016) - il **joue** un rôle important dans le transport combiné; play an important **role** in combined transport; ([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 2024331) - Le FNUAP **joue** un rôle de chef de file en la matière. UNFPA is taking a leadership **role** in this process. ([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 15316287) - Je veux dire par là que la forêt **joue** un rôle multifonctionnel. What I mean is that forests have a multi-functional **role**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2040671) - Cette action commune prévoit que le RSUE **joue** un rôle spécifique pour le Caucase du Sud. That Joint Action foresees a specific **role** for the EUSR for the South Caucasus. ([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 417438) ## cheeks Used about 6 141 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 121 · literary ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 108 · legal and administrative ≈ 135 · UN documents ≈ 5 750). Forms: cheek, cheeks. - Ses **joues** s'enflammèrent. Her **cheeks** flamed up. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#309856](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/309856) [\#133855](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/133855)) - Et elle tendit sa **joue**. And she offered him her **cheek**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30865) - Il présentera la **joue** à celui qui le frappe, Il se rassasiera d’opprobres. Let him give his **cheek** to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LAM 3:30) - au nom du groupe IND/DEM. - (NL) Monsieur le Président, "une voix de Srebrenica, de grosses larmes coulaient sur ses **joues**. on behalf of the IND/DEM Group. - (NL) Mr President, 'A voice from Srebrenica, big tears rolled over his **cheeks**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1200878) - Foies, œufs et laitances, langues, **joues**, têtes et ailerons Livers, roes, tongues, **cheeks**, heads and wings ([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 2350393) ## important Used about 359 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 359). Meaning: [important in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/important/). - 50. Le feu a toujours fortement influencé les communautés végétales et **joue** un rôle important pour maintenir la santé de certains écosystèmes. 50. Fire has always strongly influenced plant communities and serves an **important** function in maintaining the health of certain ecosystems. ([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 10679463) ## chaps Used about 359 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 359). - Les épaules peuvent être présentées avec ou sans la partie de la gorge appelée «**joues** basses». Shoulders may be presented with or without the **chaps** ([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 762025) - Les épaules peuvent être présentées avec ou sans la partie de la gorge appelée «**joues** basses». Shoulders may be presented with or without the **chaps**. ([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 2216679) - Les épaules peuvent être présentées avec ou sans la partie de la gorge appelée “**joues** basses”. Shoulders may be presented with or without the **chaps** ([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 1964880) - Les épaules peuvent être présentées avec ou sans la partie de la gorge appelée “**joues** basses”. Shoulders may be presented with or without the **chaps**. ([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 1329783) - Les parties avant peuvent être présentées avec ou sans la partie de la gorge appelée «**joues** basses». Fore-ends may be presented with or without the **chaps**. ([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 762026) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Je ne leur **joue** pas de flûte. I am not making up stories to them. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Gib · checked, community translation · [\#9795229](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9795229) [\#1960821](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1960821)) - Ne **joue** pas avec moi. Don't toy with me. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Maxence and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3722690](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3722690) [\#7700486](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7700486)) - Ne **joue** pas avec ses sentiments. Don't toy with her feelings. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dominiko and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#11473075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11473075) [\#133738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/133738)) ## 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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