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# proche — French to English

How French *proche* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: proche (32 791), proches (17 246). By style: everyday 388 · literary 4 · biblical 53 · parliamentary 4 814 · legal and administrative 4 676 · UN documents 40 102.

## near

Used about 15 712 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 97 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 27 · parliamentary ≈ 903 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 315 · UN documents ≈ 13 367). Forms: near, nearest. Meaning: [near in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/near/).

- Sa maison est **proche** de la mer.
  His house is **near** the sea.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marsu and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#10020895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10020895) [\#753204](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/753204))

- Il allait volontiers à Saint-Médard qui est l'église la plus **proche**.
  He liked to go to Saint-Médard, which is the **nearest** church.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9507)

- Tu es **proche**, ô Éternel! Et tous tes commandements sont la vérité.
  You are **near**, LORD. All your commandments are truth.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 119:151)

- Voilà qui tombera peut-être à point nommé dans un avenir très **proche**.
  Maybe that suits us for what may happen in the very **near** future.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 497815)

- **Proche**- et Moyen-Orient
  **Near** and Middle East
  ([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 3097531)

## close

Used about 8 812 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 158 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 903 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 900 · UN documents ≈ 5 848). Meaning: [close in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/close/).

- Nous étions si **proches**.
  We were so **close**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2549209](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2549209) [\#6153781](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6153781))

- Au reste la solitude où il se trouvait était si étrangement calme que cet effroyable tapage, si furieux et si **proche**, n'y jetait même pas l'ombre d'un trouble.
  However, the solitude in which he stood was so strangely calm, that this frightful uproar, **close** and furious as it was, did not disturb him by so much as the shadow of a misgiving.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9924)

- Tu ne découvriras point la nudité de la sœur de ta mère, ni de la sœur de ton père, car c’est découvrir sa **proche** parente: ils porteront la peine de leur péché.
  “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, nor of your father’s sister, for he has made his **close** relative naked. They shall bear their iniquity.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 20:19)

- Les **proches** de Chávez ont déjà été désignés.
  People **close** to Chávez have already been appointed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1344949)

- Parties sous tension trop **proches**
  Live parts too **close**
  ([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 5668076)

## relatives

Used about 6 625 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 150 · legal and administrative ≈ 195 · UN documents ≈ 6 266).

- Je veux contacter mes **proches** restés au pays.
  I want to contact my **relatives** back home.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#10701134](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10701134) [\#10703579](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10703579))

- Je suis abandonné de mes **proches**, Je suis oublié de mes intimes.
  My **relatives** have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 19:14)

- Le sentiment d’horreur et de compassion pour les victimes de ces massacres de masse et les **proches** qui leur ont survécu est grand.
  The sense of horror and sympathy for the victims of this mass killing and their surviving **relatives** is great.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 703829)

- N'a jamais dû s'occuper de **proches** en état d'incapacité
  Never had to care for incapacitated **relatives**
  ([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 4111087)

- Droit d &apos; avoir accès à un avocat et de prévenir un **proche**
  Right to have access to a lawyer and to inform **relatives**
  ([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 22278934)

## middle

Used about 999 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 852 · legal and administrative ≈ 146). Meaning: [middle in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/middle/).

- Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, ce qui se passe au **Proche**-Orient est une tragédie.
  Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the events in the **Middle** East are a real tragedy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 92921)

- Le Caire ou Beyrouth pour le **Proche**-Orient;
  Cairo or Beirut for the **Middle** East;
  ([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 1998744)

- Certains observateurs disent qu'il meurt davantage de gens en Tchétchénie qu'au **Proche**-Orient.
  Some observers are saying that more people are dying in Chechnya than in the **Middle** East.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 312268)

- Coopération avec les pays en développement d’Asie, y compris d’Asie centrale et du **Proche**-Orient
  Cooperation with developing countries in Asia, including Central Asia and the **Middle** East
  ([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 4473704)

- Madame le Président, j'aimerais m'associer à l'engagement particulier de mes collègues en faveur du **Proche**-Orient.
  Madam President, I should like to say that I share Members' special commitment to the **Middle** East.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1698211)

## future

Used about 150 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 150). Meaning: [future in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/future/).

- J'espère que ce rôle portera ses fruits dans un avenir **proche**.
  I hope that role will bear fruit within the foreseeable **future**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1923290)

- Le Kosovo n’est pas un territoire éloigné; il est **proche** et il fera à long terme partie de l’UE.
  It is not our back yard, but our front yard, and in the long term, a **future** EU territory.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 846462)

- Cela veut-il dire que dans un avenir relativement **proche**, les prix d'un trajet passant par Luxembourg devront être calculés sur la base du fournisseur le moins cher?
  Does that mean that in the not too distant **future**, prices on routes through Luxembourg are to be calculated on the basis of the cheapest supplier?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1968554)

## More sentences

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

- L'aiglefin est un **proche** parent de la morue.
  Haddock are closely related to cod.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#12029385](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12029385) [\#12061767](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12061767))

- Où se trouve la station de métro la plus **proche** ?
  Where's the closest metro station?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Michael64 and FeuDRenais2 · checked, community translation · [\#958817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/958817) [\#477570](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477570))

- De qui êtes-vous le plus **proche** dans votre famille ?
  Who are you closest to in your family?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6857193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6857193) [\#6859897](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6859897))

## 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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