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# provisoire — French to English

How French *provisoire* 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: provisoire (195 378), provisoires (22 623). By style: everyday 13 · literary 1 · parliamentary 1 220 · legal and administrative 19 809 · UN documents 196 958.

## provisional

Used about 142 092 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 432 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 508 · UN documents ≈ 125 150). Meaning: [provisional in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/provisional/).

- J'ai un permis de conduire **provisoire**.
  I've got a **provisional** licence.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#993256](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/993256) [\#993654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/993654))

- Elle vient du gouvernement **provisoire**.
  “It comes from the **Provisional** Government.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25176)

- Je pense pouvoir, dès maintenant, tirer trois conclusions **provisoires**.
  At this time I think I might already draw three **provisional** conclusions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 630969)

- Publication **provisoire** du budget
  **Provisional** publication of the budget
  ([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 2746611)

- Programme de travail **provisoire**
  **Provisional** programme of work
  ([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 25907981)

## interim

Used about 27 596 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 305 · legal and administrative ≈ 619 · UN documents ≈ 26 671). Meaning: [interim in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/interim/).

- C'était censé n'être qu'une solution **provisoire**.
  It was only supposed to be an **interim** solution.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#11028302](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11028302) [\#11185881](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11185881))

- Les accords **provisoires** n'incluent pas encore tous les pays ACP.
  The **interim** agreements do not yet include all ACP countries.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1204333)

- Les mesures **provisoires** et conservatoires ne sont pas des jugements.
  An **interim** measure of protection is not a judgment.
  ([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 1676873)

- Traduction du titre: Mesures **provisoires** dans les procédures arbitrales.
  Translation of title: **Interim** measures in arbitral proceedings.
  ([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 27377835)

- Tout ce que je dirais est que les accords **provisoires** concernent l'accès au marché des biens.
  All I would say is that the **interim** agreements concern goods market access.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1047043)

## temporary

Used about 8 966 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 343 · legal and administrative ≈ 413 · UN documents ≈ 8 207). Meaning: [temporary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/temporary/).

- Vous avez besoin d'un bridge **provisoire**.
  You need a **temporary** bridge.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#10526629](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10526629) [\#486742](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/486742))

- Le centre a été transféré de Dublin à Thessalonique et s'est retrouvé dans des locaux **provisoires**.
  They were transferred from Berlin to Thessaloniki and into **temporary** premises.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1825355)

- interdictions **provisoires** pour une personne physique d’exercer des fonctions dans des établissements de crédit \[article 67, paragraphe 2, point d)\]
  **temporary** bans against natural person from exercising functions in credit institutions \[Article 67(2)(d)\]
  ([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 3335391)

- 15. Mme HORII (Japon) décrit les programmes de protection **provisoire** destinés aux victimes de trafic d &apos; êtres humains.
  Ms. HORII (Japan) described the **temporary** protection programmes for victims of trafficking in persons.
  ([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 18683244)

- Vous aurez besoin d'un pont **provisoire**.
  You'll need a **temporary** bridge.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#25320](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25320) [\#806466](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/806466))

## agenda

Used about 207 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 206). Meaning: [agenda in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/agenda/).

- En annexe se trouve un ordre du jour **provisoire**.
  Attached is the tentative **agenda**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and jmdesp · checked, community translation · [\#25319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25319) [\#790005](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/790005))

- Avant chaque réunion, le président établit l’ordre du jour **provisoire**.
  The Chair shall draw up the draft **agenda** prior to a meeting.
  ([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 2811031)

## measures

Used about 13 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 13).

- Cependant, ni les points litigieux ni les solutions **provisoires** utilisées pour arrêter le budget annuel et les perspectives financières de l’UE n’ont été aplanis.
  However, neither the points of conflict nor the stop-gap **measures** used to agree the annual budget and the financial perspective of the EU have been ironed out.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 814634)

## More sentences

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

- Tom est maintenant en détention **provisoire**.
  Tom is now in custody.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7367747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7367747) [\#7410896](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7410896))

- Ce n'est qu'une solution **provisoire**.
  It's only a stopgap measure.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#12325993](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12325993) [\#12325996](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12325996))

- J'ai un calendrier **provisoire**.
  I have a tentative schedule.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2358833](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2358833) [\#8648161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8648161))

## Grammar

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