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# leurs — French to English

How French *leurs* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: leurs (873 976). By style: everyday 972 · literary 88 · biblical 1 380 · parliamentary 41 650 · legal and administrative 77 624 · UN documents 752 262.

## their

Used about 618 815 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 911 · literary ≈ 82 · biblical ≈ 1 351 · parliamentary ≈ 28 634 · legal and administrative ≈ 54 984 · UN documents ≈ 532 852).

- Ils laissent **leurs** livres.
  They leave **their** books.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11150599](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11150599) [\#11150612](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11150612))

- Cette corde tomba à **leurs** pieds.
  This rope fell at **their** feet.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21194)

- Les eaux couvrirent **leurs** adversaires: Il n’en resta pas un seul.
  The waters covered **their** adversaries. There was not one of them left.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 106:11)

- Et nos États membres, est-ce qu'ils ont pris **leurs** responsabilités?
  Have Member States assumed **their** responsibilities?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1442177)

- Imides et **leurs** dérivés; sels de ces produits
  Imides and **their** derivatives; salts thereof
  ([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 197896)

## them

Used about 2 634 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 29 · parliamentary ≈ 2 603). Meaning: [them in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/them/).

- **Leurs** témoins, restés en dehors, les y enfermèrent.
  The seconds, remaining outside, shut **them** in.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2506)

- Parce que les sages-femmes avaient eu la crainte de Dieu, Dieu fit prospérer **leurs** maisons.
  Because the midwives feared God, he gave **them** families.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 1:21)

- Nous sommes malheureusement submergés de comptes rendus d'actes criminels perpétrés par les gouvernements et ceux qui agissent sous **leurs** ordres.
  Sadly we are inundated with reports of criminal acts perpetrated by governments and those acting under **them**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1665557)

- Et juste au moment où ils atteignent **leurs** vieux jours, ils se retrouvent sans le moindre sou, victimes d’une grande injustice.
  Just when they reach old age it turns out that they have been left without means and a great injustice has been committed against **them**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 832479)

- Dans les années 1960 et 1970, nous avons lutté pour l'égalité de **leurs** droits - et non pas pour qu'elles se les voient dicter; nous semblons régresser plutôt que de progresser.
  In the 1960s and 70s, we fought for equal rights for women - not for **them** to be dictated to - and we seem to be going backwards instead of forwards.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1412415)

## children

Used about 868 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 868).

- Sans un environnement intact, ni nous-mêmes ni nos enfants, ni **leurs** enfants n'auront l'avenir que nous souhaitons.
  Without a healthy environment, neither we nor our **children** and children's children have the future we all want.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1127897)

## More sentences

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

- Quels sont **leurs** noms ?
  What are they called?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ricardo14 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4496272](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4496272) [\#3620832](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3620832))

- Les commerçants qui ne remplissent pas **leurs** engagements sont incroyablement agaçants.
  Tradesmen who do not fulfil commitments are incredibly annoying.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and janms · checked, community translation · [\#3287794](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3287794) [\#3485776](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3485776))

- Pourquoi avez-vous pris les **leurs** ?
  Why did you take theirs?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LdjuherTaqvaylit and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#13864293](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13864293) [\#12648888](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12648888))

## Grammar

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