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# population — French to English

How French *population* 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: population (319 259), populations (105 635). By style: everyday 138 · literary 7 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 18 275 · legal and administrative 8 765 · UN documents 397 707.

## population

Used about 276 619 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 123 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 8 376 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 122 · UN documents ≈ 260 995). Forms: population, populations. Meaning: [population in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/population/).

- Quelle est la **population** de France ?
  What is the **population** of France?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and witbrock · checked, community translation · [\#427817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/427817) [\#910576](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/910576))

- L'armée était minée en même temps que la **population**, comme le prouvèrent plus tard les mouvements de Belfort, de Lunéville et d'Épinal.
  The army was mined at the same time as the **population**, as was proved subsequently by the operations of Béford, Luneville, and Épinard.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18526)

- Amener en Europe la **population** du tiers-monde ...
  Bring the **population** of the Third World to Europe ...
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1554417)

- **Population** des entreprises actives en t
  **Population** of active enterprises in t
  ([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 1818212)

- f) **Population** et développement
  (f) **Population** and development
  ([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 15370938)

## people

Used about 31 708 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 6 663 · legal and administrative ≈ 183 · UN documents ≈ 24 857). Meaning: [people in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/people/).

- Le président a appelé la **population** à s'unir pour combattre la pauvreté et la maladie.
  The president called on the **people** to unite in fighting poverty and disease.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#275900](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/275900) [\#1268307](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1268307))

- La forêt autour de l'abbaye de Villers abrita pendant plusieurs jours et plusieurs nuits toutes ces malheureuses **populations** dispersées.
  The forest surrounding the Abbey of Villiers sheltered these unfortunate **people** who had been scattered abroad, for many days and nights.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6780)

- Ils n’étaient pas encore couchés que les gens de la ville, les gens de Sodome, entourèrent la maison, depuis les enfants jusqu’aux vieillards; toute la **population** était accourue.
  But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the **people** from every quarter.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 19:4)

- Il s'agit avant tout d'une des exigences des **populations** européennes.
  Above all, it is one of the demands of the **people** of Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 494916)

- le développement autonome des PTOM, processus centré sur les **populations** elles-mêmes et enraciné dans la culture de chacune d’entre elles;
  the self-reliant development of the OCTs, this being a process centred on **people** themselves and rooted in each people’s culture;
  ([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 2830759)

## indigenous

Used about 28 999 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 28 999). Meaning: [indigenous in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/indigenous/).

- POUR LES **POPULATIONS** AUTOCHTONES
  PERMANENT FORUM FOR **INDIGENOUS** PEOPLE
  ([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 6363106)

- Les **populations** autochtones : qui sont-elles?
  Facts about **Indigenous** Peoples
  ([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 822167)

- iii) Le piratage et l’exploitation des connaissances traditionnelles des **populations** autochtones à des fins commerciales;
  (iii) Piracy and exploitation of **indigenous** cultural knowledge through commercialization;
  ([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 6846115)

- Leur participation comme membres des conseils des villages des **populations** autochtones est également à l &apos; étude.
  Their participation as members of **indigenous** peoples &apos; village councils is also being explored.
  ([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 11845032)

- e) La communication et les échanges entre le système des Nations Unies et les **populations** autochtones et entre ces **populations**;
  (e) Communications and exchanges between the United Nations system and **indigenous** peoples, and between indigenous peoples;
  ([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 9351753)

## only

Used about 282 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 190 · legal and administrative ≈ 91). Meaning: [only in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/only/).

- C'est pour nous le seul moyen de bloquer effectivement ses activités au milieu de la **population** islamique en Europe.
  This is the **only** way we can effectively block its activities among the Islamic public in Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1055526)

- Étant donné que les États de l'AELE ne comptaient aucune zone «a» au cours de cette période, seules les zones à faible densité de **population** relèvent de cette catégorie.
  Since the EFTA States did not have any ‘a’ regions during this period, **only** sparsely populated areas fall under this category.
  ([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 5659848)

## More sentences

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

- Le maire s'est adressé à la **population**.
  The mayor addressed the general public.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and CK · checked, community translation · [\#246167](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/246167) [\#180745](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/180745))

- L'entreprise a créé de fausses associations citoyennes pour que ses projets semblent appuyés par la **population**.
  This company created fake grassroots organizations to make it look like ordinary citizens were supporting its project.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3663706](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3663706) [\#3668048](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3668048))

- La **population** réclame plus d'emplois et moins d'impôts.
  The public is clamoring for more jobs and lower taxes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#729889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/729889) [\#800944](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/800944))

## Grammar

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