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# porte — French to English

How French *porte* 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: porte (86 425), portes (12 239). By style: everyday 2 350 · literary 285 · biblical 518 · parliamentary 8 396 · legal and administrative 13 139 · UN documents 73 976.

## door

Used about 38 695 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 151 · literary ≈ 224 · biblical ≈ 113 · parliamentary ≈ 2 536 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 159 · UN documents ≈ 28 512). Forms: door, doors. Meaning: [door in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/door/).

- Je verrouillais la **porte**.
  I bolted the **door**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5858587](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5858587) [\#2219311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2219311))

- Fauchelevent poussa la **porte**.
  Fauchelevent opened the **door**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12372)

- Mais celui qui entre par la **porte** est le berger des brebis.
  But one who enters in by the **door** is the shepherd of the sheep.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 10:2)

- Les **portes** ne se sont jamais ouvertes.
  The **door** remained closed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 156319)

- **Portes** intérieures et rideaux
  Internal **doors** and curtains
  ([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 1075691)

## gates

Used about 3 842 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 29 · biblical ≈ 308 · parliamentary ≈ 262 · legal and administrative ≈ 137 · UN documents ≈ 3 082). Forms: gate, gates.

- Entrez par la petite **porte**.
  Enter by the narrow **gate**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rafael8243 and candistyx · checked, community translation · [\#18957](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18957) [\#9180](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9180))

- Heureusement pour lui, la gare n'avait ni **portes** ni barrières.
  Happily for him, the station had neither **gates** nor barriers.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2263)

- Nos pieds s’arrêtent Dans tes **portes**, Jérusalem!
  Our feet are standing within your **gates**, Jerusalem!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 122:2)

- La paix et la stabilité dans les Balkans, aux **portes** de l'Union, est bien l'affaire des Européens.
  Peace and stability in the Balkans, at the **gates** of the EU, is very much a matter for Europeans.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1014625)

- Les ‘dispositifs logiques programmables par l’utilisateur’ sont également connus sous le nom de réseaux de **portes** programmables ou de réseaux logiques programmables.
  ‘Field programmable logic devices’ are also known as field programmable **gate** or field programmable logic arrays.
  ([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 2618838)

## open

Used about 2 648 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · parliamentary ≈ 175 · legal and administrative ≈ 137 · UN documents ≈ 2 312). Meaning: [open in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/open/).

- Notre nouveau magasin doit ouvrir ses **portes** en octobre.
  Our new store is due to **open** in October.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9997927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9997927) [\#9998125](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9998125))

- Alors, autant ouvrir toutes grandes nos **portes**.
  We might as well **open** the floodgates fully, then.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1251802)

- La présente décision ne traite que des mesures ad hoc sur lesquelles **porte** la décision d’ouvrir la procédure formelle d’examen.
  This Decision only deals with the ad hoc measures covered by the Decision to **open** the formal investigation proceedings.
  ([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 2514188)

- :: Journée **portes** ouvertes dans les écoles: environ 50 manifestations;
  Some 50 school **open**-day activities;
  ([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 26130881)

- Ces **portes** doivent rester ouvertes grâce à une aide financière.
  These gates need to be held **open** with financial aid.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1296083)

## More sentences

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

- Je ne **porte** pas de vêtements affriolants.
  I don't wear suggestive clothing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#4211750](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4211750) [\#4214025](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4214025))

- La santé passe avant le **porte**-monnaie.
  Health is more important than money.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by wilouf and CK · checked, community translation · [\#238981](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/238981) [\#181255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181255))

- Mes parents m'ont mis à la **porte**.
  My parents have kicked me out of the house.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#877398](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/877398) [\#4123205](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4123205))

## 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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