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# plan — French to English

How French *plan* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: plan (505 911), plane (1 706), planes (556), plans (133 111). By style: everyday 626 · literary 14 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 23 641 · legal and administrative 46 708 · UN documents 570 289.

## plan

Used about 278 444 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 517 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 9 194 · legal and administrative ≈ 19 218 · UN documents ≈ 249 501). Forms: plan, plane, plans. Meaning: [plan in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/plan/).

- J'ai des **plans**.
  I've got **plans**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2248389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2248389) [\#4592046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4592046))

- Quelque chose de ce **plan** géométral subsiste encore aujourd'hui.
  Some traces of this geometrical **plan** still exist to-day.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1858)

- Il lui donna le **plan** de tout ce qu’il avait dans l’esprit touchant les parvis de la maison de l’Éternel, et toutes les chambres à l’entour pour les trésors de la maison de Dieu et les trésors du sanctuaire,
  and the **plans** of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the LORD’s house, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of God’s house, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 28:12)

- D'autres mesures sont comprises dans ce **plan** d'action.
  Further measures are included in this action **plan**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1098387)

- **PLAN** DE MESURES CORRECTIVES
  **PLAN** OF REMEDIAL MEASURES
  ([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 615841)

## flat

Used about 143 777 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 16 056 · UN documents ≈ 127 721). Meaning: [flat in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/flat/).

- G plaque **plane** rigide
  G rigid **flat** plate
  ([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 2043108)

- La topographie est relativement **plane**.
  The terrain is relatively **flat**.
  ([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 21218973)

- Vitres **planes** et bombées.
  **Flat** and curved glass panes.
  ([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 5517170)

- Surfaces **planes** non horizontales pendant le transport :
  **Flat** surfaces not carried horizontally: --each surface
  ([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 7558325)

- vitres **planes** et bombées.
  **Flat** and curved glass panes.
  ([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 5474881)

## national

Used about 17 822 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 17 822). Meaning: [national in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/national/).

- Personnel recruté sur le **plan** national : augmentation de 19 postes
  **National** staff: increase of 19 posts
  ([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 19759788)

- (agents des services généraux recrutés sur le **plan** national) et de sept postes temporaires (agents des services généraux recrutés sur le **plan** national)
  :: **National** staff: increase by 5 posts (national General Service) and 7 temporary positions (national General Service)
  ([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 16254727)

- a) La Commission a approuvé les emplois repères communs de la catégorie des administrateurs recrutés sur le **plan** national, dont la liste sera annexée à la méthode;
  (a) The Commission approved a set of common **National** Professional Officer benchmark jobs which would be annexed to the methodology;
  ([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 23575579)

- Le Président a souligné l &apos; existence de disparités au sein de l &apos; organisation, notamment entre le personnel recruté sur le **plan** national et les fonctionnaires internationaux.
  The chairperson underlined the fact that disparities existed within the organization, particularly between **national** and international staff.
  ([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 24437979)

- p) Faciliter et encourager les travaux des mouvements de femmes et des organisations non gouvernementales et coopérer avec eux aux **plans** local, national et régional;
  (p) Facilitate and enhance the work of the women &apos; s movement and non-governmental organizations and cooperate with them at local, **national** and regional levels;
  ([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 1060896)

## surface

Used about 15 536 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 649 · UN documents ≈ 11 881). Meaning: [surface in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/surface/).

- Se rappeler qu'un tableau — avant d'être un cheval de bataille, une femme nue, ou une quelconque anecdote — est essentiellement une surface **plane** recouverte de couleurs en un certain ordre assemblées.
  Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a nude woman, or some anecdote, is essentially a plane **surface** covered with colours assembled in a certain order.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Blabla and Blabla · checked, community translation · [\#6134081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6134081) [\#5919558](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5919558))

- La route doit être **plane** et son revêtement doit offrir une bonne adhérence.
  The road must be level and must have a **surface** affording good adhesion;
  ([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 5450130)

- a) Des échantillons doivent être placés sur une surface **plane** et dure.
  (a) Samples shall be placed on a level hard **surface**.
  ([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 7557850)

- Les essais sont effectués sur une surface **plane** assurant une bonne adhérence.
  The test shall be conducted on a level **surface** affording good adhesion.
  ([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 5445654)

- a) des échantillons doivent être placés sur une surface **plane** et dure.
  (a) Samples shall be placed on a level hard **surface**.
  ([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 12661997)

## mm

Used about 3 943 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 973 · UN documents ≈ 2 970). Meaning: [mm in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mm/).

- x mm to reference **plane** x mm du **plan** de référence
  x **mm** to reference plane
  ([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 5484246)

- **Plane** Bombée (rayon minimum de courbure 200 mm)
  Curved (minimum radius of curvature 200 **mm**)
  ([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 22840995)

- Machines à rectifier des surfaces autres que **planes** ou cylindriques, à commande numérique, réglables à au moins 0,01 mm
  Other grinding machines in which the positioning in any one axis can be set up to accuracy 愦灭;gt; 0,01 **mm**
  ([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 1291176)

- Machines à rectifier des surfaces autres que **planes** ou cylindriques, à commande numérique, réglables à au moins 0,01 mm
  Other numerically controlled grinding machines in which the positioning in any one axis can be set up to accuracy 愦灭;gt; 0,01 **mm**
  ([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 2158295)

- segment perpendiculaire au **plan** défini par les segments RZ et ZX, mesuré à partir du point X vers l'avant et d'une longueur de 60 mm.
  A segment perpendicular to the plane defined by segments RZ and ZX, measured in a forward direction from point X and 60 **mm** long.
  ([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 5547363)

## action

Used about 164 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 164). Meaning: [action in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/action/).

- Ainsi donc, même sur le **plan** de la stricte action humanitaire, l'Union européenne est totalement absente, laissant les collectivités locales seules face aux problèmes.
  Therefore, even in terms of strict humanitarian **action**, the European Union is totally lacking, leaving the local authorities alone to deal with the problems.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1290623)

## More sentences

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

- Pourriez-vous me dessiner un **plan** ?
  Would you draw me a map?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by BigMouse and CK · checked, community translation · [\#277238](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/277238) [\#1594071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1594071))

- Est-ce que John a déjà décidé son **plan** de carrière ?
  Has John decided on a career yet?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ajira86 and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#52643](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/52643) [\#443207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/443207))

- Un **plan** nous aide à savoir où nous sommes.
  A map helps us to know where we are.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Archibald and CM · checked, community translation · [\#277231](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/277231) [\#129312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129312))

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