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# même — French to English

How French *même* 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: même (706 713), mêmes (115 261). By style: everyday 3 979 · literary 501 · biblical 1 211 · parliamentary 104 263 · legal and administrative 94 206 · UN documents 617 814.

## same

Used about 390 547 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 492 · literary ≈ 138 · biblical ≈ 101 · parliamentary ≈ 30 410 · legal and administrative ≈ 55 935 · UN documents ≈ 302 471). Meaning: [same in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/same/).

- J'ai le **même** âge.
  I am the **same** age.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#259716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/259716) [\#2681591](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2681591))

- --C'est la **même** chose.»
  “It’s the **same** thing.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1579)

- Il y a diversité de dons, mais le **même** Esprit;
  Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the **same** Spirit.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 12:4)

- J'ai entendu le **même** intervenant parler de manque de démocratie.
  The **same** speaker spoke of a lack of democracy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 277860)

- Le présent règlement doit donc entrer en vigueur le **même** jour,
  Therefore, this Regulation must enter into force on that **same** day,
  ([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 522616)

## themselves

Used about 83 130 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 539 · literary ≈ 22 · biblical ≈ 88 · parliamentary ≈ 20 635 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 925 · UN documents ≈ 57 920).

- Ils l'ignoraient eux-**mêmes**.
  They didn't know it **themselves**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#307727](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/307727) [\#3526965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3526965))

- En avançant eux-**mêmes**, ils font progresser leurs satellites; c'est tout un système solaire en marche.
  As they advance **themselves**, they cause their satellites to progress also; it is a whole solar system on the march.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1076)

- Jude et Silas, qui étaient eux-**mêmes** prophètes, les exhortèrent et les fortifièrent par plusieurs discours.
  Judas and Silas, also being prophets **themselves**, encouraged the brothers with many words and strengthened them.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 15:32)

- Je voudrais faire quelques commentaires sur les rapports eux-**mêmes**.
  I would like to make a few comments about the reports **themselves**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1333500)

- inviter les parties elles-**mêmes** à s'exprimer sur certains aspects du litige.
  invite the parties **themselves** to express their views on certain aspects of the case.
  ([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 3237274)

## even

Used about 80 809 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 414 · literary ≈ 116 · biblical ≈ 50 · parliamentary ≈ 11 947 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 925 · UN documents ≈ 64 356). Meaning: [even in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/even/).

- Tom ne peut **même** pas lire.
  Tom can't **even** read.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1877235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1877235) [\#5730069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5730069))

- Voir et montrer, cela **même** ne suffit pas.
  **Even** to see and to show does not suffice.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11086)

- **Même** sur ce point-là leur témoignage ne s’accordait pas.
  **Even** so, their testimony didn’t agree.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 14:59)

- Les détaillants n'indiquent **même** pas sur l'étiquette le nom des animaux dont proviennent les fourrures.
  Retailers do not **even** label which animal the furs originate from.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 941067)

- Il finance les dépenses afférentes alors **même** qu’elles sont indissociables de l’activité d’exploitation aéroportuaire.
  It finances the related expenditure **even** though this expenditure is indissociable from the activity of operating the airport.
  ([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 3506368)

## 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 exactement ce que j'avais moi-**même** coutume de dire.
  That's exactly what I used to tell myself.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3204299](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3204299) [\#14087635](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14087635))

- Nous sommes du **même** âge.
  We're of an age.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TRANG and Shiawase · checked, community translation · [\#918905](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/918905) [\#7442](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7442))

- C'est moi-**même** qui ai cueilli ces fleurs.
  I'm the one who picked those flowers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#5434600](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5434600) [\#5431974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5431974))

## 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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