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# secours — French to English

How French *secours* 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: secours (57 432). By style: everyday 88 · literary 14 · biblical 76 · parliamentary 753 · legal and administrative 3 257 · UN documents 53 244.

## relief

Used about 30 297 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 141 · legal and administrative ≈ 204 · UN documents ≈ 29 950). Meaning: [relief in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/relief/).

- C'eût été partout un spectacle touchant que cette belle fille, fraîche, pure, charmante, et si faible en même temps, ainsi pieusement accourue au **secours** de tant de misère, de difformité et de méchanceté.
  It would have been a touching spectacle anywhere,—this beautiful, fresh, pure, and charming girl, who was at the same time so weak, thus hastening to the **relief** of so much misery, deformity, and malevolence.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3561)

- Les disciples résolurent d’envoyer, chacun selon ses moyens, un **secours** aux frères qui habitaient la Judée.
  As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send **relief** to the brothers who lived in Judea;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 11:29)

- Le fonds de **secours** de l'UE en cas de catastrophe naturelle fut créé en conséquence.
  The EU's disaster **relief** fund was established in response.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 954753)

- Ministre du travail, de la protection sociale, des **secours** et de la réinstallation.
  Minister for Labour, Social Welfare, **Relief** and Resettlement.
  ([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 2243168)

- A. **Secours** et relèvement
  A. **Relief** and rehabilitation
  ([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 4250388)

## emergency

Used about 10 357 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 47 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 425 · UN documents ≈ 8 874). Meaning: [emergency in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/emergency/).

- Où est la sortie de **secours** ?
  Where's the **emergency** exit?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CK · checked, community translation · [\#317955](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/317955) [\#390114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390114))

- Je voudrais également que soient indiquées les sorties de **secours**.
  I would also like to see exit signs in case of **emergency**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2011313)

- Signalisation des issues de **secours** illisible.
  **Emergency** exits signs illegible.
  ([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 3209869)

- 7.6.7 Prescriptions techniques pour les portes de **secours**
  7.6.7. Technical requirements for **emergency** doors
  ([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 11243550)

- Où est la sortie de **secours** ?
  Where is the **emergency** exit?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CK · checked, community translation · [\#450773](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/450773) [\#390114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390114))

## aid

Used about 2 406 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 110 · legal and administrative ≈ 68 · UN documents ≈ 2 219). Meaning: [aid in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aid/).

- Il me faut une trousse de premier **secours**.
  I need a first **aid** kit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and lukaszpp · checked, community translation · [\#436813](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/436813) [\#7028948](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7028948))

- La bohémienne se dressa gracieusement sur la selle de l'officier, elle appuya ses deux mains sur les deux épaules du jeune homme, et le regarda fixement quelques secondes, comme ravie de sa bonne mine et du bon **secours** qu'il venait de lui porter.
  The gypsy gracefully raised herself upright upon the officer’s saddle, placed both hands upon the young man’s shoulders, and gazed fixedly at him for several seconds, as though enchanted with his good looks and with the **aid** which he had just rendered her.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1085)

- Or seule une Europe forte et prospère peut et doit apporter son **secours** à ceux qui en ont besoin.
  Only a strong and prosperous Europe can, must and will intervene where **aid** is needed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1649625)

- Référence renvoyant aux instructions complémentaires de premiers **secours**.
  Reference to supplemental first **aid** instruction.
  ([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 2358266)

- Extincteurs d &apos; incendie et trousses de premier **secours**
  Fire extinguishers and first-**aid** equipment
  ([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 19267527)

## rescue

Used about 2 037 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 157 · legal and administrative ≈ 746 · UN documents ≈ 1 109). Meaning: [rescue in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rescue/).

- Il est venu à mon **secours**.
  He came to my **rescue**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sibelius and CK · checked, community translation · [\#283751](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/283751) [\#1170296](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1170296))

- Heureusement un incident inattendu vint à son **secours**.
  Happily, an unexpected incident came to his **rescue**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 929)

- Dans ta justice, sauve-moi et délivre-moi! Incline vers moi ton oreille, et **secours**-moi!
  Deliver me in your righteousness, and **rescue** me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 71:2)

- Le premier pas devrait être de venir au **secours** de ce pauvre moine tibétain.
  Its first step should be to come to the **rescue** of this poor Tibetan monk.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 736228)

- Canots de **secours** rigides/gonflés
  Rigid/inflated **rescue** boats
  ([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 4605798)

## More sentences

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

- Nous avons besoin d'un plan de **secours**.
  We need a contingency plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#10118095](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10118095) [\#10266038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10266038))

- Est-ce que tu as un plan de **secours** ?
  Do you have a backup plan?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4497837](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4497837) [\#7047038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7047038))

- Au **secours** ! On m'a enfermé !
  Help! I've been locked in!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#4132618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4132618) [\#9775778](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9775778))

## Grammar

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