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# occupé — French to English

How French *occupé* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: occupé (34 370), occupée (8 507), occupées (5 207), occupés (29 593). By style: everyday 1 250 · literary 22 · biblical 14 · parliamentary 1 652 · legal and administrative 2 085 · UN documents 72 654.

## occupied

Used about 59 000 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 33 · literary ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 731 · legal and administrative ≈ 706 · UN documents ≈ 57 518). Meaning: [occupied in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/occupied/).

- Toutes les chambres sont **occupées**.
  The rooms are all **occupied**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2544029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2544029) [\#3586715](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3586715))

- La maison en effet était **occupée**.
  The house was **occupied**, in fact.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19144)

- Mon pays n'a jamais été **occupé**.
  My country has never been **occupied**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1845538)

- À indiquer en nombre de ruches **occupées**.
  To be indicated in number of **occupied** hives.
  ([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 3082821)

- Nombre de maisons **occupées**
  No. of **occupied** houses
  ([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 3886227)

## employed

Used about 2 567 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 34 · legal and administrative ≈ 641 · UN documents ≈ 1 892). Meaning: [employed in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/employed/).

- Au sein de l'Union, la proportion de personnes **occupées** par le secteur des services est de 39, 2 % contre 54 % aux États-Unis, ce qui fait une grosse différence.
  In the European Union 39.2 % are **employed** in the services sector, in the United States it is 54 %. That is a big difference.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1913384)

- Nombre de personnes **occupées**
  Number of persons **employed**
  ([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 1806889)

- Degré d &apos; instruction des personnes **occupées**
  Education standards of the **employed** population
  ([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 3732250)

- Les restrictions budgétaires successives et la restructuration du secteur public ont menacé plus particulièrement des emplois **occupés** principalement par les femmes.
  The successive budgetary cuts and the restructuring of the state sector have particularly threatened jobs in which women are primarily **employed**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1510436)

- 250 personnes **occupées** ou plus
  250 or more persons **employed**
  ([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 1602288)

## busy

Used about 1 253 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 172 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 77). Meaning: [busy in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/busy/).

- Il est trop **occupé**.
  He's too **busy**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#303701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/303701) [\#4696204](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4696204))

- Toussaint était **occupée** à sa cuisine qui donnait sur l'arrière-cour.
  Toussaint was **busy** in her kitchen, which opened on the back yard.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20320)

- Ensuite ils préparèrent ce qui était pour eux et pour les sacrificateurs, car les sacrificateurs, fils d’Aaron, furent **occupés** jusqu’à la nuit à offrir les holocaustes et les graisses; c’est pourquoi les Lévites préparèrent pour eux et pour les sacrificateurs, fils d’Aaron.
  Afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron were **busy** with offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night. Therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 35:14)

- Vous ne m'entendez peut-être pas, puisque je vois que Madame la Commissaire est **occupée**.
  Maybe you cannot hear me, as I see the Commissioner is **busy**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1081333)

- Je suis trop **occupée**.
  I'm too **busy**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2046654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2046654) [\#4692279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4692279))

## palestinian

Used about 757 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 757). Meaning: [palestinian in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/palestinian/).

- Simultanément, Israël recherche dans le monde entier des colons prêts à s &apos; installer dans le territoire palestinien **occupé**.
  Israel, by contrast, was recruiting settlers from all over the world to occupy **Palestinian** territory.
  ([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 13262363)

- Entre 1999 et 2004, le nombre total d &apos; emplois est passé de 588 000 à 607 000, alors que les postes **occupés** par des Palestiniens en Israël ont été ramenés de 127 000 à 48 000.
  During 1999 - 2004, total employment increased from 588,000 to 607,000, while **Palestinian** employment in Israel dropped from 127,000 to 48,000.
  ([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 14337234)

## israeli

Used about 378 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 378). Meaning: [israeli in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/israeli/).

- 10 h 20 Quatre avions de combat de l &apos; ennemi israélien ont violé l &apos; espace aérien libanais, y pénétrant au-dessus des fermes de Chebaa **occupées**.
  Four **Israeli** enemy warplanes violated Lebanese airspace, entering over the Shab\`a Farms and heading north.
  ([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 28692071)

## More sentences

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

- On s'en est déjà **occupé**.
  It's already been taken care of.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#4603774](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4603774) [\#10521226](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10521226))

- Que dis-tu d'une tasse de thé ? C'est-à-dire, si tu n'es pas trop **occupé**.
  How about a cup of tea or something, if you aren't in a hurry?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#240200](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/240200) [\#573067](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/573067))

- Tom a toujours fait un bon travail dans tous les emplois qu'il a **occupés**.
  Tom has always performed well in every job he has had.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and FlamingTofu · checked, community translation · [\#37104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/37104) [\#1692823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1692823))

## Grammar

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