Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Translate** · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/) This page as HTML: # principe — French to English How French *principe* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: principe (202 292), principes (250 616). By style: everyday 82 · literary 10 · parliamentary 32 606 · legal and administrative 36 946 · UN documents 383 264. ## principle Used about 325 857 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 63 · literary ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 27 511 · legal and administrative ≈ 30 788 · UN documents ≈ 267 486). Forms: principle, principles. Meaning: [principle in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/principle/). - Tom n'a pas de **principes**. Tom has no **principles**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5148886](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5148886) [\#8990543](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8990543)) - --Toi, endoctriner des républicains! toi, réchauffer, au nom des **principes**, des coeurs refroidis! “You indoctrinate republicans! you warm up hearts that have grown cold in the name of **principle**!” ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18616) - Il s’agit là d’un **principe**. That is a **principle**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 748598) - et respectent le **principe** de non-refoulement. and respect the **principle** of non-refoulement. ([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 1460598) - D. Examen des questions de **principe** 91 - 93 31 D. Concerning questions of **principle** 91 - 93 30 ([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 1966761) ## based Used about 7 985 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 7 985). - Il part du **principe** que la création des centres se fera progressivement et obéira à des besoins fonctionnels. The Committee understands that the establishment of the centres would proceed gradually; in this connection, the Committee trusts that their establishment will be **based** on functional requirements. ([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 14539757) - Les délégations ont accueilli favorablement et approuvé le budget d ' appui biennal qui était présenté pour la première fois selon le **principe** de la gestion axée sur les résultats. 88. Delegations welcomed and expressed support for the biennial support budget (BSB) being presented for the first time in the results-**based** format. ([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 18889035) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Tom a pour **principe** de ne jamais demander son âge à une femme. Tom always makes it a rule never to ask a woman her age. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Yemana and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1027164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1027164) [\#5740028](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5740028)) - Il tient pour **principe** de faire une promenade chaque matin. He makes it a rule to take a walk every morning. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#303879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/303879) [\#1051048](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1051048)) - Il tient pour **principe** de ne jamais parler des autres en mal. He makes it a rule never to speak ill of others. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#301075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/301075) [\#465663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/465663)) ## 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. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=fr-en&word=principe). Every example is quoted under its source's licence and credited with it; the rest of the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.