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# principales — French to English

How French *principales* 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: principales (88 724). By style: everyday 17 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 3 209 · legal and administrative 5 627 · UN documents 79 869.

## main

Used about 33 016 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 1 671 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 048 · UN documents ≈ 28 287). Meaning: [main in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/main/).

- Il y a 3 sections **principales**.
  There are three **main** sections.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and sharris123 · checked, community translation · [\#7819974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7819974) [\#976859](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/976859))

- La consommation d'alcool en est l'une des **principales** causes.
  One of the **main** reasons for this was the use of alcohol.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 145783)

- L’organisme intermédiaire et ses **principales** fonctions
  The intermediate body and its **main** functions
  ([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 1059524)

- 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)

- Le Japon se compose de quatre îles **principales**.
  Japan consists of four **main** islands.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Lumi · checked, community translation · [\#281541](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/281541) [\#129737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129737))

## major

Used about 13 986 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 201 · legal and administrative ≈ 469 · 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))

- Parmi les participants, on a dénombré tous les pays industrialisés, les **principales** économies émergentes et un nombre important de pays particulièrement vulnérables.
  Participants included all the industrialised countries, **major** emerging economies, and a significant number of especially vulnerable countries.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1329373)

- 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)

- A. **Principales** violations des droits de l &apos; homme et atteintes à ces droits 19 − 37 8
  A. **Major** human rights violations and abuses 19 - 37 8
  ([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 16759855)

- 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))

## key

Used about 12 083 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 201 · legal and administrative ≈ 234 · UN documents ≈ 11 648). Meaning: [key in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/key/).

- En conséquence, la lutte contre ce fléau est devenue l’une des **principales** priorités politiques en Europe et dans le monde.
  The fight against this scourge has accordingly become one of the **key** political priorities in Europe and around the world.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 840595)

- **Principales** données financières de Varvaressos pour les exercices 2004-2009
  Varvaressos’s **key** financial data 2004-2009
  ([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 2266138)

- On trouvera ci-après les **principales** recommandations avancées pour ce faire.
  **Key** recommendations in this regard are set out 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 5118362)

- C’est une des **principales** justifications de l’arrêt de la Cour de justice et un principe que nous examinerons évidemment en profondeur.
  That is a **key** justification for the ruling of the Court of Justice, as well as a principle which, naturally, we shall investigate thoroughly.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 747754)

- L’organisation doit avoir arrêté des procédures pour faire en sorte que les **principales** informations opérationnelles soient:
  The organisation must have procedures to ensure that **key** operational information is:
  ([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 2374501)

## principal

Used about 7 679 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 201 · legal and administrative ≈ 821 · UN documents ≈ 6 656). 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))

- Les femmes restent les **principales** victimes de la traite et des violences physiques, sexuelles et psychologiques.
  Women are the **principal** victims of trafficking and physical, sexual and psychological violence.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1347265)

- Fournir une brève description des **principales** activités de l'émetteur.
  A brief description of the issuer’s **principal** activities.
  ([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 437575)

- 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)

- La ménopause est l'arrêt définitif des fonctions **principales** des ovaires.
  The menopause is the permanent cessation of the ovaries' **principal** functions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Sladey · checked, community translation · [\#4582691](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4582691) [\#4583302](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4583302))

## More sentences

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

- Et toi, Bethléhem, terre de Juda, Tu n’es certes pas la moindre entre les **principales** villes de Juda, Car de toi sortira un chef Qui paîtra Israël, mon peuple.
  ‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah; for out of you shall come a governor who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 2:6)

- La première année de Belschatsar, roi de Babylone, Daniel eut un songe et des visions de son esprit, pendant qu’il était sur sa couche. Ensuite il écrivit le songe, et raconta les **principales** choses.
  In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 7:1)

- C'est dans l'absence de certaines réformes structurelles cruciales que la crise actuelle trouve ses causes **principales**.
  The current crisis is mainly due to the absence of certain crucial structural reforms.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1882121)

## 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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