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# légitime — French to English

How French *légitime* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: légitime (24 200), légitimes (19 307). By style: everyday 25 · literary 4 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 3 317 · legal and administrative 2 972 · UN documents 37 186.

## legitimate

Used about 30 598 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 2 453 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 570 · UN documents ≈ 25 565). Meaning: [legitimate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/legitimate/).

- C'est une question **légitime**.
  It's a **legitimate** question.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3142796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3142796) [\#11859784](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11859784))

- Le dénonciateur du succès est le seul **légitime** justicier de la chute.
  The denunciator of success is the only **legitimate** executioner of the fall.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1044)

- Je pense que c'est **légitime**.
  I think that is **legitimate**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 999301)

- protéger les intérêts **légitimes**:
  protecting of **legitimate** interests 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 1851939)

- 3. Droits acquis et attente **légitime** des fonctionnaires
  3. Acquired rights and **legitimate** expectations
  ([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 3365869)

## defence

Used about 4 650 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 4 648). Meaning: [defence in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defence/).

- L'homme plaida la **légitime** défense.
  The man pleaded self-**defence**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#45301](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/45301) [\#839692](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/839692))

- Agissant en état de **légitime** défense, nos forces antiaériennes les ont contraints à rebrousser chemin.
  Our air **defence** units, acting in self-defence, engaged the aircraft and drove them off.
  ([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 6569884)

- Dan a tiré sur Matt en état de **légitime** défense.
  Dan shot Matt in self-**defence**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#3992791](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3992791) [\#3993051](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3993051))

- Agissant en état de **légitime** défense, nos forces antiaériennes les ont contraints à rebrousser chemin à 13 h 45.
  Our air defences engaged them in self-**defence** and drove them off at 1345 hours.
  ([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 6603086)

- Puis, le représentant japonais a dit que les forces armées japonaises étaient consacrées à la défense **légitime**.
  The Japanese representative then mentioned that the Japanese armed forces were for self-**defence**.
  ([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 23806648)

## interests

Used about 775 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 775).

- Les intérêts **légitimes** de l &apos; enfant
  Justified **interests** of the child
  ([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 17080635)

- Le tuteur d &apos; une personne handicapée est tenu de s &apos; en occuper et de protéger ses droits et intérêts **légitimes**.
  The guardian of a disabled person must exercise a duty of care and protect the lawful rights and **interests** of the person in his or her care.
  ([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 1841380)

## expectations

Used about 35 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 35).

- C’est pourquoi j’accorde beaucoup d’importance à cette déclaration catégorique de ne pas revenir sur les accords et sur les attentes **légitimes** nourries en la matière.
  That is why I set such great store by this emphatic statement not to meddle with agreements and the just **expectations** that are nurtured in this respect.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 605194)

## self

Used about 7 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7). Meaning: [self in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/self/).

- J'ai agi en **légitime** défense.
  I acted in **self**-defense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6270996](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6270996) [\#12096762](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12096762))

- Ils prétendent avoir agi en **légitime** défense.
  They claim they acted in **self** defense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CH · checked, community translation · [\#7474003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7474003) [\#11919737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11919737))

- Ils prétendent avoir agi en **légitime** défense.
  They claim that they acted in **self** defense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CH · checked, community translation · [\#7473012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7473012) [\#11919737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11919737))

- Tom a dit qu'il a tiré sur Marie en **légitime** défense.
  Tom said he shot Mary in **self**-defense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5688239](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5688239) [\#5689351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5689351))

- Elle l'a soi-disant tué en état de **légitime** défense.
  She allegedly killed him in **self**-defense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#886940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/886940) [\#1370686](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1370686))

## More sentences

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

- C'est une question **légitime**.
  It's a fair question.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5753220](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5753220) [\#11859784](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11859784))

- Pour toi, je suis un athée. Pour Dieu, je suis l'opposition **légitime**.
  To you, I'm an atheist. To God, I'm the loyal opposition.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#6292913](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6292913) [\#6292927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6292927))

- Ces objets doivent être rendus à leur propriétaire **légitime**.
  These items must be returned to their rightful owner.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#1412068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1412068) [\#1413200](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1413200))

## 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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