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# point — French to English

How French *point* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: point (846 546), pointe (11 393), pointes (928), points (207 601). By style: everyday 1 188 · literary 258 · biblical 1 812 · parliamentary 64 294 · legal and administrative 233 915 · UN documents 765 001.

## point

Used about 212 765 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 295 · literary ≈ 88 · biblical ≈ 34 · parliamentary ≈ 22 814 · legal and administrative ≈ 77 972 · UN documents ≈ 111 563). Forms: point, points. Meaning: [point in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/point/).

- Ne **pointe** pas les autres.
  Don't **point** at others.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#270168](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/270168) [\#7050220](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7050220))

- Pas de **point** d'appui.
  Not a **point** of support.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2124)

- Le péché de Juda est écrit avec un burin de fer, Avec une **pointe** de diamant; Il est gravé sur la table de leur cœur, Et sur les cornes de vos autels.
  “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the **point** of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 17:1)

- Je voudrais souligner trois **points**.
  I want to make three clear **points**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1910677)

- les **points** suivants sont ajoutés:
  the following **points** are added:
  ([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 4452172)

## item

Used about 137 932 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 244 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 218 · UN documents ≈ 135 469). Meaning: [item in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/item/).

- Monsieur le Président, concernant le **point** 8 du procès-verbal, à savoir l'ordre des travaux.
  Mr President, on **item** 8 of the Minutes, the order of business.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1772043)

- D’un **point** de vue comptable, ce droit constitue un poste courant et ne dépend pas de la profitabilité de la banque.
  Accounting-wise, the fee is a regular expense **item** and does not depend on the bank's profitability.
  ([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 2800057)

- **Point** 7 de l &apos; ordre du jour
  **Item** 7 of the agenda
  ([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 11790963)

- Je cède la parole à Madame Gebhardt et j' espère que nous pourrons ensuite aborder le **point** de l' ordre du jour relatif aux vols de nuit.
  I am now giving the floor to Mrs Gebhardt and I hope we will then proceed to the next **item** on the agenda, which is night flights.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 44150)

- **Point** 12. Adoption du rapport
  **Item** 12: Adoption of the report
  ([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 19129272)

## peak

Used about 85 237 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 32 · parliamentary ≈ 415 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 056 · UN documents ≈ 67 734). Meaning: [peak in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peak/).

- Le billet que tu as acheté n'est pas valable aux heures de **pointe**.
  The ticket you bought isn't valid during **peak** times.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#9149682](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9149682) [\#10066541](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10066541))

- Ne pourrait-on pas veiller à ce que les services de nettoyage n'effectuent pas leur travail précisément aux heures de **pointe** des députés?
  Would it not be possible to ensure that the cleaning staff do not carry out their work at a time which is the **peak** time for the Members of Parliament?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2011455)

- HRR de **pointe** ≤ 400 kW; et
  **Peak** HRR ≤ 400 kW; and
  ([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 3954680)

- C. Usines satellites, écrêtement des **pointes**
  C. Satellite plants, **peak** shaving
  ([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 19047043)

- Le billet que tu as acheté n'est pas valable aux heures de **pointe**.
  The ticket you bought is not valid during **peak** times.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#9951496](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9951496) [\#10066541](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10066541))

## More sentences

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

- Il l'a déclaré, **point** final.
  He said it, end of story.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by anzart and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13867286](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13867286) [\#12678274](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12678274))

- Le **point** final à la fin de la phrase est manquant.
  The full stop is missing at the end of the sentence.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#1523584](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1523584) [\#1526007](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1526007))

- Il l'a déclaré, **point** final.
  He said it, hard stop.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by anzart and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13867285](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13867285) [\#12678274](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12678274))

## 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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