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# montre — French to English

How French *montre* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: montre (44 447), montres (900). By style: everyday 607 · literary 26 · biblical 33 · parliamentary 6 187 · legal and administrative 3 949 · UN documents 34 545.

## watch

Used about 19 692 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 349 · literary ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 1 197 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 933 · UN documents ≈ 16 193). Forms: watch, watches. Meaning: [watch in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/watch/).

- Tu as une **montre**.
  You have a **watch**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CM · checked, community translation · [\#68849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/68849) [\#7136204](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7136204))

- --Votre **montre** retarde, répondit Fix.
  “Your **watch** is slow.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 433)

- Il y a vingt ans, nous rigolions lorsque quelqu'un achetait une **montre** "Rolex" pour 10 dollars.
  Twenty years ago we could still laugh if someone bought a 'Rolex **watch**' for USD 10.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1442666)

- Boîtes de **montres** et leurs parties
  **Watch** cases and parts 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 78538)

- **Montres**-bracelets et autres **montres**
  Wristwatches and other **watches**
  ([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 23229344)

## show

Used about 10 666 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 150 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 15 · parliamentary ≈ 1 996 · legal and administrative ≈ 946 · UN documents ≈ 7 557). Forms: show, shows. Meaning: [show in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/show/).

- **Montre**-moi comment faire.
  **Show** me how to do it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by slist and CK · checked, community translation · [\#47572](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/47572) [\#427687](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/427687))

- Tu as vu ma clef, **montre**-moi ton argent.
  You have seen my key, **show** me your money.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28155)

- Philippe lui dit: Seigneur, **montre**-nous le Père, et cela nous suffit.
  Philip said to him, “Lord, **show** us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 14:8)

- Cela **montre** où se trouvent les intérêts de la Commission.
  It just goes to **show** where the Commission's interests lie.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1348476)

- La figure 4 **montre** une combinaison des deux solutions extrêmes décrites ci-dessus.
  Figure 4 **shows** the combination of both extremes described above.
  ([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 831846)

## table

Used about 1 964 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 165 · UN documents ≈ 1 799). Meaning: [table in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/table/).

- Dans le même temps, la productivité a augmenté de 3 %, comme le **montre** le tableau 7 au considérant 88.
  At the same time, productivity increased by 3 %, as shown in **Table** 7 in recital 88.
  ([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 4263866)

- La figure 2 **montre** comment les ressources décrites au tableau 1 seront utilisées.
  20. The proposed use of resources from **table** 1 is illustrated in figure 2.
  ([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 17117500)

- Comme le **montre** le tableau ci-dessus, l’industrie communautaire a progressivement amélioré sa productivité.
  As shown in the above **table**, the Community industry has progressively improved its productivity.
  ([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 1565725)

- Le tableau ci-dessous **montre** la liste du suivi des observations d &apos; objets géocroiseurs.
  In the **table** below, a list of NEO follow-up observations is shown.
  ([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 14839324)

- Comme le **montre** le tableau ci-dessus, la production de l’industrie de l’Union a chuté de 20 % au cours de cette période.
  As shown in the above **table**, the production of the Union industry decreased by 20 % during that period.
  ([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 2192393)

## clocks

Used about 248 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 25 · parliamentary ≈ 100 · legal and administrative ≈ 123).

- Je réparais les **montres**.
  I fixed the **clocks**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#5298787](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5298787) [\#2206340](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2206340))

- Je voudrais cependant attirer l'attention sur le rituel du réglage des **montres** qui se répète chaque printemps et chaque automne et dont l' utilité divise les opinions.
  However, I would like to focus attention on this ritual of changing the **clocks** every spring and autumn, the purpose of which may be controversial.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 128898)

- **Montres** de tableaux de bord et **montres** similaires, pour automobiles, véhicules aériens, bateaux ou autres véhicules
  Instrument panel **clocks** and clocks of a similar type for vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels
  ([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 4067136)

- Cette semaine, les **montres** seront reculées d'une heure.
  The **clocks** will be put back an hour this weekend.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#3481495](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3481495) [\#1278382](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1278382))

- J'aime les **montres**.
  I like **clocks**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Quazel and salikh · checked, community translation · [\#642458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/642458) [\#946940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/946940))

## More sentences

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

- Le cadavre **montre** une blessure par balle à la poitrine.
  The corpse has a gunshot wound in the chest.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1923432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1923432) [\#1927581](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1927581))

- Il se **montre** très amical à mon égard.
  He is very friendly toward me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by wilouf and CM · checked, community translation · [\#297678](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/297678) [\#180394](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/180394))

- Marie **montre** le miroir.
  Mary points at the mirror.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11049043](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11049043) [\#10730296](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10730296))

## 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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