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# puis — French to English

How French *puis* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: puis (62 605). By style: everyday 1 624 · literary 350 · biblical 459 · parliamentary 6 788 · legal and administrative 4 673 · UN documents 48 711.

## take

Used about 18 276 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 10 · UN documents ≈ 18 267). Meaning: [take in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/take/).

- **Puis** il dit: Enlève-le! Et il avança la main, et le prit.
  He said, “**Take** it.” So he put out his hand and took it.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 6:7)

- **Puis**-je considérer que l &apos; Assemblée souhaite agir de même?
  May I **take** it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
  ([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 554799)

- **Puis**-je considérer que l &apos; Assemblée souhaite faire de même?
  May I **take** it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
  ([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 8747138)

- **Puis**-je considérer que l &apos; Assemblée générale souhaite faire de même?
  May I **take** it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
  ([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 11594379)

- **Puis**-je considérer que l &apos; Assemblée générale prend note du paragraphe 6?
  May I **take** it that the General Assembly takes note of paragraph 6?
  ([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 1653878)

## then

Used about 12 163 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · literary ≈ 321 · biblical ≈ 124 · parliamentary ≈ 1 131 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 434 · UN documents ≈ 8 119). Meaning: [then in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/then/).

- D'abord Tom est allé nager, **puis** il a fait les courses.
  First Tom went swimming, **then** he went shopping.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6582555](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6582555) [\#6582090](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6582090))

- **Puis** il regarda Marius.
  **Then** he glanced at Marius.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16849)

- Ensuite, il est apparu à Jacques, **puis** à tous les apôtres.
  **Then** he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 15:7)

- **Puis**, dans une librairie, j'ai vu un exemplaire à prix réduit.
  But **then** I saw in a bookshop a discounted copy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 326900)

- Ce dernier sera composé de 10, **puis** de 14 membres.
  The latter will be made up of 10, **then** 14 members.
  ([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 1696812)

## assembly

Used about 3 044 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 044). Meaning: [assembly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/assembly/).

- Ce projet sera soumis au cabinet pour examen, **puis** à l &apos; Assemblée nationale pour adoption.
  The draft will be submitted for the consideration of the Cabinet following which it will be submitted to the National **Assembly** for enactment.
  ([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 2991969)

- Le Président du Gouvernement espagnol a réitéré cet appel dans les allocutions qu &apos; il a prononcées à l &apos; Assemblée générale des Nations Unies en septembre 2012, **puis** le 25 septembre 2013.
  The Spanish Prime Minister reiterated this call in his address to the United Nations General **Assembly** in September 2012 and again on 25 September 2013 before the same forum.
  ([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 27185847)

- L &apos; Assemblée générale a examiné la question tous les ans de sa trente-sixième à sa quarante-troisième session, **puis** tous les deux ans (résolutions 36/33, 37/108, 38/136, 39/83, 40/73, 41/78, 42/154, 43/167, 45/39, 47/31, 49/49, 51/156, 53/97, 55/149, 57/15, 59/37, 61/31 et 63/126).
  The General **Assembly** considered the item annually at its thirty-sixth to forty-third sessions, and biennially thereafter (resolutions 36/33, 37/108, 38/136, 39/83, 40/73, 41/78, 42/154, 43/167, 45/39, 47/31, 49/49, 51/156, 53/97, 55/149, 57/15, 59/37, 61/31 and 63/126).
  ([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 25326118)

## More sentences

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

- **Puis**-je s'il vous plaît utiliser vos toilettes ?
  Can I please use your restroom?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#8900659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8900659) [\#8900698](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8900698))

- Où **puis**-je acheter des billets ?
  Where can I buy tickets?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by glossboss and CK · checked, community translation · [\#40228](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/40228) [\#13184355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13184355))

- Alors, que **puis**-je faire pour vous ?
  So, what can I do for you?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and DostKaplan · checked, community translation · [\#3595277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3595277) [\#3606620](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3606620))

## 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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