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# navires — French to English

How French *navires* 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: navires (49 653). By style: everyday 22 · literary 6 · biblical 31 · parliamentary 3 607 · legal and administrative 25 139 · UN documents 20 848.

## vessels

Used about 25 602 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 277 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 807 · UN documents ≈ 6 515).

- L’armateur a investi dans deux nouveaux **navires**.
  The shipowner invested in two new **vessels**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13406208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406208) [\#13406207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406207))

- Pierre et Jean, calmés, ramaient avec lenteur; et la Perle s'en allait vers le port, toute petite à côté des gros **navires**.
  Pierre and Jean, who had calmed down, were rowing slowly, and the Pearl was making for the harbour, a tiny thing among those huge **vessels**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 166)

- **Navires** transportant des marchandises dangereuses
  **Vessels** carrying hazardous goods
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1709543)

- Entretien et réparation de **navires** (8868\*\*)
  Maintenance and repair of **vessels** (8868\*\*)
  ([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 320634)

- **Navires** de défense côtière
  Maritime Coastal Defence **Vessels**
  ([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 7658333)

## ships

Used about 16 916 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 28 · parliamentary ≈ 1 728 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 714 · UN documents ≈ 10 424). Forms: ship, ships.

- Ils coulèrent dix **navires** ennemis.
  They sank ten enemy **ships**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Biptaste and CK · checked, community translation · [\#307205](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/307205) [\#548610](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/548610))

- —Et, dans ce moment, une tempête s'y déchaîne peut-être, et des **navires** sont secoués sur notre tête par les flots et l'ouragan?
  "And perhaps at this very moment there is a storm above, and **ships** over our heads are being rudely tossed by the tempest."
  ([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 2128)

- Lamentez-vous, **navires** de Tarsis! Car votre forteresse est détruite!
  Howl, you **ships** of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 23:14)

- Enregistrement à bord des **navires** à passagers
  Registration of **ships**' passengers
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1815982)

- **NAVIRES** NEUFS DES CLASSES C ET D DONT LA LONGUEUR EST INFÉRIEURE À 24 MÈTRES:
  NEW CLASS C AND D **SHIPS** OF LESS THAN 24 METRES IN LENGTH:
  ([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 1750377)

## sea

Used about 436 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 434). Meaning: [sea in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sea/).

- Et Hiram envoya sur ces **navires**, auprès des serviteurs de Salomon, ses propres serviteurs, des matelots connaissant la mer.
  Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the **sea**, with the servants of Solomon.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 9:27)

- On a expliqué que la recherche commençait avec la collecte en mer, suivie par des analyses à bord de **navires** ou dans des laboratoires terrestres.
  11. It was explained that the process of research began with collection at **sea**, followed by on-board or shore-based lab analysis.
  ([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 27311441)

- Toi qui envoies sur mer des messagers, Dans des **navires** de jonc voguant à la surface des eaux! Allez, messagers rapides, vers la nation forte et vigoureuse, Vers ce peuple redoutable depuis qu’il existe, Nation puissante et qui écrase tout, Et dont le pays est coupé par des fleuves.
  that sends ambassadors by the **sea**, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, “Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 18:2)

## fishing

Used about 75 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 75). Meaning: [fishing in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fishing/).

- En réalité, tous les **navires** devraient être remplacés par des bateaux multi-usage utilisant des méthodes de pêche durables.
  In fact, all the boats should be replaced by smaller multi-purpose boats using sustainable **fishing** methods.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1101991)

## More sentences

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

- Nombre de **navires** de guerre étasuniens furent envoyés à Panama.
  Several American warships were sent to Panama.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#805275](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/805275) [\#986199](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/986199))

- Les bases navales algériennes ont besoin d'être agrandies pour accueillir de plus gros **navires**.
  Algeria's naval bases need to be extended to accommodate larger warships.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10138797](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10138797) [\#11958334](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958334))

- Les bases navales algériennes ont besoin d'être agrandies pour accueillir de plus gros **navires**.
  Algeria's naval bases need to be extended and refitted to accommodate larger warships.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10138808](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10138808) [\#11958334](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958334))

## 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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