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By style: everyday 2 408 · literary 60 · biblical 36 · parliamentary 14 434 · legal and administrative 3 905 · UN documents 136 784. ## role Used about 73 095 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 6 557 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 886 · UN documents ≈ 64 652). Meaning: [role in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/role/). - Ils ont **joué** un rôle. They played a **role**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 906250) - 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) - Quel rôle **jouons**-nous? What **role** are we playing? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 958967) - **jouent** un rôle important dans le trafic à grande distance; ou play an important **role** in long-distance traffic; or ([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 2024308) ## play Used about 27 726 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 209 · literary ≈ 30 · biblical ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 4 070 · legal and administrative ≈ 302 · UN documents ≈ 21 105). Forms: play, played, playing, plays. 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) - Là se promènent les navires, Et ce léviathan que tu as formé pour se **jouer** dans les flots. There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to **play** there. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 104:26) - **Jouez** collectif. **Play** a team game. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1116264) - 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) ## important Used about 2 859 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 151 · legal and administrative ≈ 36 · UN documents ≈ 2 672). Meaning: [important in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/important/). - Parce que j'ai réalisé que le sous-sol caucasien abritait un produit qui intéressait le monde entier et qui **jouait** un rôle important dans la stabilité. Because I think that beneath the soil of the Caucasus lies a product which interests the whole world, and that is **important** for stability. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1676285) - En tout état de cause, les activités exercées par ces entités **jouaient** un rôle public et social important. In any case, the activities carried on by such entities had an **important** public and social function. ([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 2797738) - Le Comité a constaté que l ' accès universel à l ' éducation **jouait** un rôle important. It was noted that universal access to education was **important**. ([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 25350112) - Il a du reste été démontré que la violence vis-à-vis des femmes **jouait** un rôle important dans la vie des femmes et jeunes filles tombées dans le piège de la traite des être humains et de la prostitution. It has also been demonstrated that violence against women is an **important** factor in the lives of women and girls who fall victim to human trafficking and prostitution. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 771477) - Ces facteurs **jouent** également un rôle important pour les organisations dans la mesure où ils contribuent à susciter la confiance des parties intéressées. Those factors are also **important** for the organisation in building confidence with interested parties. ([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 1952322) ## part Used about 2 668 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 113 · legal and administrative ≈ 145 · UN documents ≈ 2 404). Meaning: [part in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/part/). - Qui est le garçon qui **joue** le rôle de Peter Pan ? Who is the boy acting the **part** of Peter Pan? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CN · checked, community translation · [\#34885](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/34885) [\#578057](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/578057)) - Il nous faut être convaincus du fait que, dans la nouvelle convention, nous **jouons** une partie très importante de notre image internationale. We must be convinced of the fact that in the new Convention a great **part** of our international protection is at stake. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1872384) - Cette partie de l'apport tacite inscrit au bilan ne **jouait** qu'un rôle de garantie pour la Helaba. This **part** of the silent partnership reserves shown in the balance sheet served only a guarantee function for Helaba. ([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 842044) - Nous, qui appliquons de bonne foi les accords de paix, **jouons** notre rôle et continuerons de le faire. We, who sincerely implement the peace accords, have done and will continue to do our **part**. ([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 3510467) - L'indépendance de l'Agence n'implique pas qu'elle ne doive pas rendre de comptes, et le Parlement européen veut **jouer** un rôle explicite à cet égard. Independence does not mean that the Agency is not accountable for its actions, and the European Parliament wants to take an explicit **part** in this. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 309759) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Avez-vous envie de **jouer** aux cartes ? Do you fancy a game of cards? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Petro1 and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10465129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10465129) [\#1821995](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1821995)) - Une larme coula le long de sa **joue**. A tear ran down her cheek. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#325977](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/325977) [\#135642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/135642)) - 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)) ## 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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