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# lequel — French to English

How French *lequel* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation 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: lequel (138 105), lequele (1), lequels (5). By style: everyday 322 · literary 43 · biblical 136 · parliamentary 13 767 · legal and administrative 20 837 · UN documents 103 006.

## where

Used about 7 327 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 269 · UN documents ≈ 4 039). Meaning: [where in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/where/).

- C'est le bureau dans **lequel** il travaille.
  That is the office **where** he works.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#71806](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/71806) [\#559214](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/559214))

- Allions-nous donc revenir à un milieu où ces phénomènes s'accomplissaient dans toute leur rigueur et dans **lequel** la chaleur réduisait les roches à un complet état de fusion?
  Were we then turning back to **where** the phenomena of central heat ruled in all their rigour and would reduce the most refractory rocks to the state of a molten liquid?
  ([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 3792)

- Et Jacob dressa un monument dans le lieu où Dieu lui avait parlé, un monument de pierres, sur **lequel** il fit une libation et versa de l’huile.
  Jacob set up a pillar in the place **where** he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 35:14)

- État de l'AELE dans **lequel** l'investissement a lieu:
  EFTA State **where** the investment takes place:
  ([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 5625567)

- Le droit administratif est un domaine dans **lequel** ce principe revêt une grande importance.
  Administrative Law is the one area **where** the rule of law is particularly relevant.
  ([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 10356230)

## More sentences

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

- Dans **lequel** de ces verres as-tu bu ?
  Which one of these glasses did you drink out of?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5201605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5201605) [\#5783262](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5783262))

- **Lequel** est venu en premier, la poule ou l'œuf ?
  Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#623300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/623300) [\#815120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/815120))

- Ma vie est comme un test pour **lequel** je n'ai pas étudié.
  My life is like a test I haven't studied for.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and DJ\_Saidez · checked, community translation · [\#10059234](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10059234) [\#10060220](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10060220))

## 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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