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# participer — French to English

How French *participer* 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: participaient (3 437), participait (1 726), participe (24 425), participent (39 208), participer (142 622), participes (10), participez (40), participons (562), participé (83 513), participée (8), participés (9). By style: everyday 157 · literary 1 · biblical 12 · parliamentary 10 142 · legal and administrative 15 014 · UN documents 270 234.

## participate

Used about 99 238 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 63 · parliamentary ≈ 2 798 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 578 · UN documents ≈ 90 799). Forms: participate, participated, participating. Meaning: [participate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/participate/).

- Sami a hâte d'y **participer**.
  Sami is eager to **participate**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · [\#6382815](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6382815) [\#6383215](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6383215))

- Nous **participons** de plus à huit autres panels.
  We are also **participating** in eight other panels.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 310169)

- **participer** à des activités portant sur la GTA/SNA,
  **participating** in ATM/ANS activities;
  ([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 3861642)

- Nous **participons** activement aux activités de l &apos; Agence.
  We actively **participate** in the activities of the Agency.
  ([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 2537652)

- J'aimerais que tu **participes**.
  I'd like you to **participate**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2013031](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2013031) [\#11072960](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11072960))

## involved

Used about 31 541 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 749 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 128 · UN documents ≈ 26 663). Meaning: [involved in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/involved/).

- Tom ne veut pas que Marie **participe**.
  Tom doesn't want Mary to get **involved**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by franlexcois and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1094275](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1094275) [\#4963240](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4963240))

- Trois commissions ont **participé** à ce travail.
  Three committees are **involved** in this work.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 866598)

- **Participe** directement au recrutement des mercenaires.
  Directly **involved** in recruiting mercenaries.
  ([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 3666343)

- Deux fonctionnaires **participent** à l &apos; évaluation des affaires.
  Two staff are **involved** in case assessment
  ([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 25341250)

- J'ai moi-même **participé** à une étude en Suède, il y a quelques années.
  I myself was **involved** in a study in Sweden several years ago.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1707743)

## part

Used about 24 751 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 37 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 982 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 554 · UN documents ≈ 20 177). Meaning: [part in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/part/).

- Tom a **participé** au jeu.
  Tom took **part** in a game.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12886311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12886311) [\#12708239](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12708239))

- Qu'il entrait dans ses attributions de **participer** aux sépultures, qu'il clouait les bières et assistait le fossoyeur au cimetière.
  That it fell among his duties to take **part** in their burials, that he nailed up the coffins and helped the grave-digger at the cemetery.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11784)

- Cet accord est donc un leurre, qui **participe** d'une politique nuisible.
  This agreement is therefore an illusion and **part** of a harmful policy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1487097)

- L'END ne **participe** aux missions et réunions
  A SNE shall take **part** in missions and meetings only:
  ([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 404339)

- Huit entreprises **participent** à ce projet.
  Eight companies are taking **part** in the project.
  ([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 2190845)

## actively

Used about 20 066 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 87 · legal and administrative ≈ 521 · UN documents ≈ 19 457). Meaning: [actively in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/actively/).

- Le rapport de Mme Ludford, par sa lucidité, **participe** activement à ce combat.
  Due to its clear-sightedness, Mrs Ludford' s report **actively** contributes to this approach.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 25426)

- L'électricité faisait l'objet entre les État membres d'échanges importants et croissants auxquels EDF **participait** activement.
  Electricity was the subject of significant, growing trade between Member States in which EDF was **actively** engaged.
  ([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 3795565)

- C &apos; est pourquoi nous **participons** activement à ces processus.
  We are therefore **actively** participating in that process.
  ([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 14825572)

- Nous **participons** activement au débat mené dans le cadre de l’OMC concernant l’aide au commerce.
  We are **actively** engaged in the aid-for-trade debate taking place in the WTO.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 820260)

- Trois services du Ministère **participent** activement à ces activités:
  Within the DOJ are three **actively** participating offices:
  ([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 24340077)

## More sentences

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

- Je n'ai pas pu **participer** à cette fête parce que j'étais malade.
  I couldn't attend that party because I was sick.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1409023](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1409023) [\#6083208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6083208))

- « Pourquoi vas-tu au Japon ? » « Pour **participer** à une conférence à Tokyo. »
  "Why are you going to Japan?" "To attend a conference in Tokyo."
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and blay\_paul · checked, community translation · [\#527968](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/527968) [\#532181](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/532181))

- Dan et Linda sont allés à la plage pour **participer** à une fête.
  Dan and Linda went to the beach to attend a party.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#4025978](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4025978) [\#4025983](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4025983))

## 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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