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Meaning: [main in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/main/). - Nous sommes à l'entrée **principale**. We're at the **main** gate. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#11731966](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11731966) [\#11816530](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11816530)) - Toutefois il me paraît évident que nous n'occupions pas la cheminée **principale** du volcan, mais bien un conduit accessoire, où se faisait sentir un effet de contre-coup. At any rate it was clear that we were not in the **main** shaft of the volcano, but in a lateral gallery where there were felt recurrent tunes of reaction. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3943) - C'est notre tâche **principale** - la ratification. This is our **main** task - ratification. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 979544) - Activité **principale** en mars **Main** activity in March ([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 5152824) - 11. Il a les fonctions **principales** suivantes: 11. Its **main** functions are: ([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 23288541) ## principal Used about 14 249 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 249 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 890 · UN documents ≈ 12 102). Meaning: [principal in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/principal/). - Ses **principales** exportations sont le minerai de fer, le caoutchouc, les diamants et l'or. Its **principal** exports are iron ore, rubber, diamonds, and gold. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and The\_World\_Factbook · checked, community translation · [\#8904678](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8904678) [\#10542091](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10542091)) - La «**principale** locataire» du temps de Jean Valjean était morte et avait été remplacée par toute pareille. The “**principal** lodger” of Jean Valjean’s day was dead and had been replaced by another exactly like her. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12896) - Tel est l'objectif poursuivi, notre **principale** préoccupation et l'objectif premier de notre règlement. That is the objective, our central concern and **principal** aim of our regulation. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1381729) - Code de l’activité **principale** au niveau à 4 chiffres de la NACE **Principal** activity code at NACE 4-digit level ([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 5246406) - Quelques-unes des **principales** plaintes formulées sont reproduites ci-après. Some of the **principal** complaints received are listed below. ([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 3995844) ## major Used about 14 012 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 249 · legal and administrative ≈ 445 · UN documents ≈ 13 312). Meaning: [major in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/major/). - Le tabac était l'une de leurs **principales** cultures. Tobacco was one of their **major** crops. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#807309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/807309) [\#1083188](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1083188)) - - Monsieur le Président, ce n’est pas la petite démocratie israélienne qui représente la **principale** menace pour la paix au Moyen-Orient, mais bien les grandes dictatures. Mr President, it is not the small Israeli democracy that is the **major** threat to peace in the Middle East, but the big dictatorships. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 712885) - que par le rail ou par les routes **principales**, et via **major** roads or railways, 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 809857) - C ' est la **principale** réalisation de l ' Union européenne. That is the **major** achievement of the European Union. ([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 14793761) - Nous acceptons toutes les **principales** cartes de crédit. We accept all **major** credit cards. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#265847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/265847) [\#4873030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4873030)) ## source Used about 2 670 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 249 · UN documents ≈ 2 420). Meaning: [source in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/source/). - Il est prévu que la source **principale** de recettes provienne des droits de la propriété intellectuelle. The most important **source** of revenue is expected to be royalties from intellectual property rights. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 856153) - Dans le secteur combustion de combustibles, l ' industrie de l ' énergie était la **principale** source. Within the fuel combustion sector, the energy industry was the largest **source**. ([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 7348709) - Mon pays est la destination **principale** des exportations moldaves et la deuxième plus importante source d'importations. My country is the number one destination for Moldovan exports and the second biggest **source** of imports. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1296059) - 5. **Principale** source d ' énergie électrique, le charbon assure 40 % de la production d ' électricité dans le monde et dans la région de la CEE. 5. Coal is the dominant **source** of electricity, providing 40% of the world’s and the ECE region ' s electricity. ([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 5237262) - Monsieur le Président, les connaissances deviendront la **principale** source de travail et de bien-être et ces connaissances seront toujours plus rapidement dépassées. Mr President, knowledge will become the most important **source** of work and prosperity and that knowledge will become outdated more and more quickly. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1758721) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Le budget du ménage est traditionnellement la **principale** source de conflit dans un couple. Finances are traditionally the biggest cause of strife in a relationship. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#8400546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8400546) [\#10458012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10458012)) - La caractéristique **principale** d'un sociopathe est son manque d'empathie. The hallmark of a sociopath is a lack of empathy. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#4086036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4086036) [\#10717637](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10717637)) - C'est quoi ta motivation **principale** pour apprendre le français ? What's your primary reason for studying French? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and CK · checked, community translation · [\#12421193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12421193) [\#12421198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12421198)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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