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# rester — French to English

How French *rester* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: restaient (4 154), restait (8 706), reste (123 062), restent (37 912), rester (33 952), restes (9 061), restez (377), restons (1 684), resté (8 011), restée (7 036), restées (4 946), restés (6 867). By style: everyday 3 316 · literary 193 · biblical 421 · parliamentary 28 340 · legal and administrative 17 011 · UN documents 196 487.

## remain

Used about 95 279 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 315 · literary ≈ 83 · biblical ≈ 35 · parliamentary ≈ 7 097 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 012 · UN documents ≈ 78 737). Forms: remain, remained. Meaning: [remain in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/remain/).

- **Restons** calmes.
  Let's **remain** calm.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5178387](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5178387) [\#845702](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/845702))

- Moi, je vais **rester** toute seule.
  I shall **remain** entirely alone!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22320)

- Et s’il **reste** dix hommes dans une maison, ils mourront.
  It will happen that if ten men **remain** in one house, they will die.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · AMO 6:9)

- Nous devons **rester** crédibles.
  We must **remain** credible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1444598)

- Elle **reste** valide à moins que:
  It shall **remain** valid unless:
  ([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 2661747)

## still

Used about 18 365 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 107 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 2 760 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 292 · UN documents ≈ 14 187). Meaning: [still in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/still/).

- La porte **restait** ouverte.
  The door was **still** open.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by martin9 and DJ\_Saidez · checked, community translation · [\#9770395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9770395) [\#1516326](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1516326))

- La pierre y était **restée**.
  The stone was **still** there.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20323)

- Si vous **restez** dans ce pays, je vous y établirai et je ne vous détruirai pas, je vous planterai et je ne vous arracherai pas; car je me repens du mal que je vous ai fait.
  ‘If you will **still** live in this land, then I will build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 42:10)

- Nous **restons** ouverts aux suggestions.
  We are **still** open to ideas.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 425240)

- Cette situation **restait** applicable pendant la période d’enquête.
  This situation was **still** applicable during the IP.
  ([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 5215623)

## stay

Used about 5 956 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 993 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 39 · parliamentary ≈ 838 · legal and administrative ≈ 175 · UN documents ≈ 3 901). Meaning: [stay in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stay/).

- **Restons** ici.
  Let's **stay** here.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Malape and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#5146886](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5146886) [\#3320739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3320739))

- --**Reste** avec nous, dit Laigle.
  “**Stay** with us,” said Laigle.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23780)

- Elle était bruyante et rétive; Ses pieds ne **restaient** point dans sa maison;
  She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t **stay** in her house.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 7:11)

- Ne **restez** pas dans les années 60.
  Do not **stay** in the 1960s.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 754538)

- Arrêtez de fumer: **Restez** en vie pour vos proches
  Quit smoking – **stay** alive for those close to you
  ([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 3207336)

## left

Used about 3 765 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 282 · literary ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 96 · parliamentary ≈ 1 035 · legal and administrative ≈ 210 · UN documents ≈ 2 128). Meaning: [left in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/left/).

- Il ne **restait** rien.
  There was nothing **left**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3286813](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3286813) [\#11591718](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11591718))

- --Il me **reste** dix francs, dit Marius.
  “I have ten francs **left**,” said 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 14724)

- Éraste est **resté** à Corinthe, et j’ai laissé Trophime malade à Milet.
  Erastus remained at Corinth, but I **left** Trophimus at Miletus sick.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2TI 4:20)

- Dans quel pays les avions **restaient**-ils en l’air?
  Where was it that aircraft were **left** hanging in the air?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 553022)

- Le **reste** était utilisé comme remblais ou formait des terrils.
  The remainder was either used as back-fill or **left** to form waste heaps.
  ([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 3802403)

## More sentences

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

- J'aurais aimé pouvoir **rester** plus longtemps.
  I wish I could've stayed longer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1140128](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1140128) [\#1140477](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1140477))

- Je savais que j'aurais dû **rester** chez moi.
  I knew I should have stayed home.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CC · checked, community translation · [\#6868334](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6868334) [\#6307829](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6307829))

- Monsieur Sato est sur une autre ligne. Pouvez-vous **rester** en ligne une minute ?
  Mr Sato is on another line. Will you hold the line a minute?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Petro1 and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#243533](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/243533) [\#8369](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8369))

## Grammar

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