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: # puisse — French to English How French *puisse* 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: puisse (84 367), puisses (102). By style: everyday 628 · literary 9 · biblical 54 · parliamentary 10 866 · legal and administrative 7 825 · UN documents 65 087. ## so Used about 19 262 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 65 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 2 770 · legal and administrative ≈ 479 · UN documents ≈ 15 940). Meaning: [so in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/so/). - Es-tu si stupide que tu ne **puisses** le voir ? Are you **so** stupid that you can't see it? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3731813](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3731813) [\#3884559](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3884559)) - Sire! la clémence est la seule lumière qui **puisse** éclairer l'intérieur d'une grande âme. Oh, sire! clemency is the only light which can enlighten the interior of **so** great a soul. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7687) - ou s’il fait tomber sur lui par mégarde une pierre qui **puisse** causer la mort, et que la mort en soit la suite, sans qu’il ait de la haine contre lui et qu’il lui cherche du mal, or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him **so** that he died, and he was not his enemy and not seeking his harm, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 35:23) - J'espère que nous aurons de nouveaux traités afin que le débat **puisse** aborder des questions essentielles. Hopefully, we will have new treaties, **so** that the debate can move on to core issues. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1036962) - des dispositions pour contacter immédiatement le personnel compétent, afin qu’il **puisse** prendre toutes les décisions qui s’imposent. arrangements for contacting competent staff immediately **so** they can take any decisions required. ([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 2206976) ## could Used about 4 849 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 65 · legal and administrative ≈ 798 · UN documents ≈ 3 985). - J'aimerais que tu **puisses** venir avec nous. I wish you **could** come with us. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#17838](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17838) [\#477480](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477480)) - Enfin, Viasat indique qu’il est peu probable que l’État danois **puisse** invoquer l’article 106, paragraphe 2. Finally, Viasat also states that it is unlikely that Article 106(2) **could** be invoked by the Danish Government. ([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 2488732) - Elles ont engagé les pays à contribuer encore davantage aux ressources ordinaires pour que l ' UNICEF **puisse** s ' acquitter de sa tâche principale. They called on countries to further increase their contributions to regular resources to help ensure that UNICEF **could** carry out its core mandate. ([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 17146473) - J'aimerais que tu **puisses** rester ici plus longtemps. I wish you **could** stay here longer. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2540618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2540618) [\#9730066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9730066)) - Sur cette base, il existait une possibilité que l’aide au sauvetage **puisse** être considérée comme une aide à la restructuration. Based on this point, there was a possibility that the rescue aid **could** qualify as restructuring aid. ([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 1393527) ## able Used about 2 742 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 1 065 · legal and administrative ≈ 319 · UN documents ≈ 1 328). Meaning: [able in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/able/). - Je ne pense pas que Tom **puisse** faire ça. I don't think that Tom is **able** to do that. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7231276](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7231276) [\#3465945](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3465945)) - --Il faut qu'il **puisse** au besoin repartir le lendemain. “He must be **able** to set out again on the next day if necessary.” ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4868) - Je le dis à votre honte. Ainsi il n’y a parmi vous pas un seul homme sage qui **puisse** prononcer entre ses frères. I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be **able** to decide between his brothers? ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 6:5) - Je me réjouis que la présidence **puisse**, malgré tout, être présente. I am very pleased to see that the Presidency is **able** to be present after all. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 816778) - Il est donc nécessaire que la Commission **puisse** fixer un coefficient d’attribution applicable aux demandes reçues. Therefore, if necessary, the Commission should be **able** to fix an allocation coefficient applicable to the applications received. ([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 2877305) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Je ne pense pas que je **puisse** attendre plus longtemps. I don't think I can wait any longer. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2323103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2323103) [\#2534708](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2534708)) - Tu es la seule personne que je connaisse qui **puisse** m'aider. You're the only person I know who can help me. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#954853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/954853) [\#959471](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/959471)) - Il n'y a personne ici qui **puisse** m'aider à le faire. There's no one here who can help me do that. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ekim and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6978134](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6978134) [\#10688270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10688270)) ## 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=puisse). 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.