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Forms: seine, seines. Meaning: [seine in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/seine/). - La **Seine** traverse Paris. The **Seine** crosses Paris. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#9076334](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9076334) [\#828792](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/828792)) - À moins de se jeter à la **Seine**, qu'allait-il faire? What was he intending to do, if not to throw himself into the **Seine**? ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27767) - Mais, comme toujours, vérité sur les bords du Jourdain, erreur sur les bords de la **Seine**. But, as always, there is truth on the banks of the Jordan, mistakes on the banks of the **Seine**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1865028) - 94201 Ivry-sur-**Seine** Cedex F-94201 Ivry sur **Seine** Cedex ([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 3726277) - SICAMEX, IVRY SURE **SEINE** SICAMEX, IVRY SURE **SEINE** ([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 21341721) ## breasts Used about 47 934 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 38 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 1 879 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 508 · UN documents ≈ 44 491). Forms: breast, breasts. - Elle a de gros **seins**. She has big **breasts**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8414951](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8414951) [\#784421](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/784421)) - Et elle cacha sa tête rouge dans le **sein** du jeune homme superbe et enivré. And she hid her blushing face on the **breast** of the superb and intoxicated young man. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20384) - Mon bien-aimé est pour moi un bouquet de myrrhe, Qui repose entre mes **seins**. My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my **breasts**. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · SOL 1:13) - Il s'agit du mot "tittytainment", mixant l'argot américain de **seins** et le mot passe-temps. It is 'tittytainment' , formed from the American slang for **breasts** and the word entertainment. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 88428) - Dernière mammographie (radiographie des **seins**) Last time of a mammography (**breast** X-ray) ([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 2878709) ## within Used about 26 776 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 6 105 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 838 · UN documents ≈ 16 808). Meaning: [within in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/within/). - Au **sein** de chaque homme, il y en a des milliers. **Within** every man are thousands. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and canonrebel · checked, community translation · [\#27633](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/27633) [\#12337618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12337618)) - Mon esprit est abattu au-dedans de moi, Mon cœur est troublé dans mon **sein**. Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed **within** me. My heart within me is desolate. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 143:4) - L'action de l'Europe au **sein** de l'OMC doit tendre vers les mêmes objectifs. Europe's action **within** the WTO must pursue the same objectives. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1973782) - Partagez ces informations au **sein** de l'entreprise. Share this information **within** the company. ([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 4854750) - iii) Echange d ' information et coordination au **sein** (iii) Information sharing and coordination **within** ([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 4318130) ## trawls Used about 989 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 989). - Ainsi, l ' article 4 de la Loi sur la pêche maritime de la République socialiste de Monténégro se lit comme suit : " Il est interdit de pêcher à l ' aide de **seines** (chaluts) sur le plateau côtier jusqu ' à un mille nautique de la côte et dans la baie de Boka Kotorska " . Thus article 4 of the Law on Sea Fishery of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro says: " It is prohibited to fish by dragnets (**trawls**) in the coastal shelf up to one nautical mile from the coast and in Boka Kotorska Bay " . ([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 6576468) ## de Used about 470 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 470). Meaning: [de in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/de/). - (DE) M. le Président, je suis enchanté que soyons parvenus à trouver un accord aussi rapidement au **sein** de tous les groupes sur cet important dossier. (**DE**) Mr President, I am delighted that we have found agreement so quickly here in all the groups on this important dossier. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1004485) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Il a été heureux au **sein** de sa famille. He was happy in the bosom of his family. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and auxitt · checked, community translation · [\#24083](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24083) [\#1421835](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1421835)) - J'ai été nourri au **sein** pendant quatre ans. I was breastfed for four years. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and Nuel · checked, community translation · [\#11807567](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11807567) [\#11807817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11807817)) - " Scylla, qui, dérobant ses roches dangereuses, / appelle au loin, du **sein** de ses grottes affreuses, / les vaisseaux que la vague y pousse en mugissant. " "Here Scylla, gaping from her gloomy lair, / the passing vessels on the rocks doth hale." ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#7119753](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7119753) [\#7119764](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7119764)) ## 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. 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