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# satisfaire — French to English

How French *satisfaire* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: satisfaire (42 113), satisfaires (1). By style: everyday 55 · literary 3 · biblical 8 · parliamentary 2 211 · legal and administrative 9 002 · UN documents 30 835.

## meet

Used about 15 796 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 645 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 188 · UN documents ≈ 11 956). Meaning: [meet in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meet/).

- Nous ne pouvons **satisfaire** vos exigences.
  We can't **meet** your demands.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6873447](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6873447) [\#864982](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/864982))

- Cette Commission doit **satisfaire** à des exigences élevées.
  The new Commission will have to **meet** very high standards.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1974502)

- Le revêtement doit **satisfaire** à quatre exigences de conception:
  The test surface shall **meet** four design requirements:
  ([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 5448695)

- Ce groupe comprend tous ceux qui sont à peu près en mesure de **satisfaire** leurs besoins physiologiques.
  This group includes people more or less able to **meet** their physiological needs.
  ([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 5004417)

- Nous ne pouvons pas **satisfaire** vos besoins.
  We can't **meet** your needs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Quazel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#8075348](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8075348) [\#1048816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1048816))

## comply

Used about 7 123 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 92 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 626 · UN documents ≈ 4 405). Meaning: [comply in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/comply/).

- Je ne peux pas **satisfaire** votre demande.
  I cannot **comply** with your request.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1589629)

- Une autorité de contrôle saisie d'une demande ne peut refuser d'y **satisfaire**, sauf si:
  The requested supervisory authority shall not refuse to **comply** with the request 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 3896627)

- 3.2.6.7 Les unités d &apos; éclairage conçues pour **satisfaire** aux prescriptions du paragraphe 6.22.5 du présent Règlement;
  Lighting units which are designed to **comply** with the requirements of paragraph 6.22.5. of this Regulation.
  ([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 29916552)

- À ce propos, les Tchèques sont tenus de **satisfaire** au critère établi à Copenhague, en vertu duquel les minorités ne peuvent faire l'objet d'aucune discrimination.
  So far as this point is concerned, the Czechs have taken upon themselves the obligation to **comply** with the Copenhagen criterion that there can be no discrimination against minorities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 445344)

- Les lingettes humides et les autres produits pré-imprégnés doivent **satisfaire** à cette exigence.
  Wet wipes and other pre-moistened products shall **comply** with this requirement.
  ([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 4506477)

## satisfy

Used about 4 483 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 507 · legal and administrative ≈ 188 · UN documents ≈ 3 776). Meaning: [satisfy in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/satisfy/).

- Je ne l'ai fait que pour te **satisfaire**.
  I did it just to **satisfy** you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10700569](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10700569) [\#1288915](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1288915))

- «Bourgeois, manants et habitants, pour **satisfaire** ceux qui veulent qu'on recommence et ceux qui veulent qu'on finisse, son éminence ordonne que l'on continue.»
  “Bourgeois, rustics, and citizens, in order to **satisfy** those who wish the play to begin again, and those who wish it to end, his eminence orders that it be continued.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 564)

- On ne tient pas pour innocent le voleur qui dérobe Pour **satisfaire** son appétit, quand il a faim;
  Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to **satisfy** himself when he is hungry,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 6:30)

- Il s'agit d'un budget destiné à **satisfaire** les ministres des finances.
  This is a budget to **satisfy** finance ministers.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1661792)

- Cela devrait effectivement permettre de **satisfaire** la demande dans l’Union européenne.
  This should indeed contribute to **satisfy** the demand in the EU.
  ([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 1624952)

## requirements

Used about 2 843 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 138 · legal and administrative ≈ 188 · UN documents ≈ 2 517).

- Mais si les climatologues ont raison, nous sommes encore très loin des conditions nécessaires à **satisfaire**.
  And if the climatologists are right, then we are falling well short of the **requirements** which have to be met.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1792808)

- Lorsqu'un dispositif de réglage de la portée des projecteurs est nécessaire pour **satisfaire** les dispositions des paragraphes 6.2.6.1.1 et 6.2.6.1.2, le dispositif sera automatique.
  In the case where a headlamp-levelling device is necessary to satisfy the **requirements** of paragraphs 6.2.6.1.1 and 6.2.6.1.2, the device shall be automatic.
  ([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 5561020)

- Pour **satisfaire** aux prescriptions du paragraphe 3.3.2., le système OBD doit surveiller:
  In satisfying the **requirements** of paragraph 3.3.2. the OBD system shall monitor:
  ([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 13932242)

- Elle établit les normes auxquelles des espèces végétales doivent **satisfaire** pour être considérées comme nouvelles espèces.
  It lays down the **requirements** which plant types must fulfil in order to be regarded as new types.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1699526)

- d) Les superpositions de différentes images sont admises sous réserve de **satisfaire** aux exigences opérationnelles.
  Provided the functional **requirements** are fulfilled, overlaying of different information layers is permitted.
  ([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 17316341)

## fulfil

Used about 2 551 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 46 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 875 · UN documents ≈ 629). Meaning: [fulfil in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fulfil/).

- À l’instar de tous les autres pays candidats, la Turquie est tenue de **satisfaire** à toutes les conditions.
  Like all the other candidate countries, Turkey is required to **fulfil** all the conditions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 629878)

- Cette coordination n'empêchera cependant pas les États membres d'avoir leurs propres programmes pour **satisfaire** leurs besoins nationaux.
  The coordination will, however, not prevent Member States from having programmes to **fulfil** national needs.
  ([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 3079092)

- L &apos; orateur estime nécessaire d &apos; insister particulièrement sur l &apos; adoption de mesures destinées à **satisfaire** cette aspiration humaine fondamentale.
  He believed it was necessary to lay particular stress on the adoption of measures to **fulfil** that fundamental human aspiration.
  ([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 1957376)

- Il importe de s’assurer que les données disponibles sont pertinentes et de qualité suffisante pour **satisfaire** aux exigences.
  It is important to ensure that the data available is relevant and is of sufficient quality to **fulfil** the requirements.
  ([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 2635996)

- Chaque débitmètre est étalonné aussi souvent que nécessaire afin de **satisfaire** aux exigences d’exactitude de la présente directive.
  Each flow meter shall be calibrated as often as necessary to **fulfil** the accuracy requirements of this Directive.
  ([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 615374)

## needs

Used about 1 888 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 888).

- 2.26 Par &lt; &lt; véhicules conçus pour **satisfaire** des besoins sociaux spécifiques &gt; &gt; , des véhicules diesel de la catégorie M1 qui sont:
  2.26. &quot; Vehicles designed to fulfil specific social **needs** &quot; means diesel vehicles of category M1 which are either:
  ([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 29807291)

- Vu l &apos; ampleur des besoins humanitaires à **satisfaire** en Iraq et les fluctuations du marché du pétrole, le triomphalisme n &apos; est pas de mise.
  Given the magnitude of the humanitarian **needs** in Iraq and the volatility of the oil market, there are no grounds for complacency.
  ([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 6582907)

- Malgré cette évolution inquiétante, l &apos; ONU et ses partenaires continuent d &apos; exécuter des programmes qui sont indispensables pour **satisfaire** les besoins humanitaires et en matière de développement.
  Notwithstanding these troubling developments, the United Nations and its partners continue to implement programmes which are essential in meeting humanitarian and development **needs**.
  ([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 12516559)

## paragraph

Used about 629 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 629). Meaning: [paragraph in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/paragraph/).

- Lors d &apos; un essai exécuté conformément à la procédure décrite au paragraphe 4.6.4.1, l &apos; efficacité de décélération du frein mouillé doit **satisfaire** aux conditions suivantes:
  When the brakes are tested in accordance with the test procedure set out in **paragraph** 4.6.4.1., the wet brake deceleration performance shall be:
  ([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 15561874)

## More sentences

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

- Il n'est pas possible de **satisfaire** tout le monde.
  It isn't possible to please everyone.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7197470](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7197470) [\#11290255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11290255))

- Être rassasié c'est : **Satisfaire** complètement un désir d'apaiser sa faim.
  Being full is: completely satisfying the desire to appease your hunger.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by christian63 and AsaeP · checked, community translation · [\#6089308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6089308) [\#6088805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6088805))

- Aucune nourriture ne peut **satisfaire** leur faim.
  No food can satiate their hunger.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8860254](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8860254) [\#8898796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8898796))

## 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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