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# sens — French to English

How French *sens* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: sens (134 904). By style: everyday 1 410 · literary 30 · biblical 49 · parliamentary 19 093 · legal and administrative 34 542 · UN documents 79 780.

## meaning

Used about 25 606 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 264 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 193 · legal and administrative ≈ 15 832 · UN documents ≈ 8 310). Meaning: [meaning in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meaning/).

- Le **sens** de cette lettre est obscur.
  The **meaning** of this letter is unclear.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and xtofu80 · checked, community translation · [\#1075885](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1075885) [\#1075886](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1075886))

- Cosette sentit le **sens** de ce mot plus encore qu'elle ne le comprit.
  Cosette felt rather than understood the **meaning** of these words.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22241)

- si donc je ne connais pas le **sens** de la langue, je serai un barbare pour celui qui parle, et celui qui parle sera un barbare pour moi.
  If then I don’t know the **meaning** of the language, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 14:11)

- Ce droit est indispensable pour que la directive ait un **sens**.
  This right is indispensable if the directive is to have **meaning**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1768795)

- AIDE D'ÉTAT AU **SENS** DE L'ARTICLE 87, PARAGRAPHE 1, DU TRAITÉ CE
  STATE AID WITHIN THE **MEANING** OF ARTICLE 87(1) OF THE EC TREATY
  ([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 837109)

## sense

Used about 21 477 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 294 · literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 773 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 439 · UN documents ≈ 14 959). Meaning: [sense in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sense/).

- Ça n'a pas de **sens**.
  This makes no **sense**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#55794](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/55794) [\#1538703](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1538703))

- Manger, **sens** vrai: dévorer.
  To eat, true **sense**: to devour.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21259)

- Ils lisaient distinctement dans le livre de la loi de Dieu, et ils en donnaient le **sens** pour faire comprendre ce qu’ils avaient lu.
  They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the **sense**, so that they understood the reading.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 8:8)

- Cela n’a tout simplement aucun **sens**.
  It simply makes no **sense** at all.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 662831)

- La Commission estime qu’en ce **sens**, il importe peu que les activités soient considérées comme des activités d’information, de promotion ou de marketing.
  The Commission considers that in this **sense** it is not relevant whether the activities are categorised as information, promotion or marketing activities.
  ([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 5105193)

## article

Used about 8 139 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 6 477 · UN documents ≈ 1 662). Meaning: [article in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/article/).

- Par conséquent, les mesures constituent des aides d'État au **sens** de l'article 87, paragraphe 1, du traité CE.
  The measures therefore constitute state aid under **Article** 87(1) of the EC Treaty.
  ([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 551521)

- De ce fait, l &apos; article 388-1 du Code civil a été modifié en ce **sens**.
  **Article** 388 - 1 of the Civil Code has therefore been amended accordingly.
  ([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 26085133)

- Montants qui résultent d'opérations de financement des échanges commerciaux au **sens** de l'article 425, paragraphe 2, point b)
  Monies from trade financing transactions according to **article** 425(2)(b)
  ([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 3347915)

- «résident»: résident au **sens** de l’article 1er, point 4, du règlement (CE) no 2533/98 du Conseil;
  ‘resident’ means resident as defined in point 4 of **Article** 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2533/98;
  ([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 5136210)

- «produits végétaux»: les produits végétaux au **sens** de l’article 2, point 2), du règlement (UE) 2016/2031;
  ‘plant products’ means plant products as defined in point (2) of **Article** 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;
  ([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 4300563)

## understanding

Used about 3 342 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 17 · UN documents ≈ 3 324). Meaning: [understanding in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/understanding/).

- La prostitution, le vin et le moût, font perdre le **sens**.
  Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away **understanding**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HOS 4:11)

- La notion de &lt; &lt; participation directe &gt; &gt; au **sens** de la législation ougandaise
  **Understanding** of &quot; direct participation &quot; as used in the laws of Uganda
  ([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 18854741)

- C’est une nation qui a perdu le bon **sens**, Et il n’y a point en eux d’intelligence.
  For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no **understanding** in them.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 32:28)

- Il était entendu qu &apos; aucune modification en ce **sens** n &apos; était nécessaire dans l &apos; article.
  The **understanding** was that no changes to that end in the article were needed.
  ([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 23530399)

- L’homme dépourvu de **sens** prend des engagements, Il cautionne son prochain.
  A man void of **understanding** strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 17:18)

## within

Used about 1 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1). Meaning: [within in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/within/).

- --J'y **sens** toute son âme! s'écriait-il.
  “I feel that her whole soul lies **within** it!” he exclaimed.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15452)

## More sentences

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

- Si une porte ne s'ouvre ni dans votre direction, ni dans l'autre **sens**, alors c'est qu'elle est verrouillée.
  If a door opens neither towards you, nor away from you, then it's locked.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and adamtrousers · checked, community translation · [\#3524871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3524871) [\#3526784](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3526784))

- Je me **sens** un peu maladroit.
  I feel a little awkward.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2325969](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2325969) [\#2415974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2415974))

- La douleur a-t-elle un **sens** ?
  Does pain have purpose?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12777650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12777650) [\#13365274](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365274))

## 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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