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# seuls — French to English

How French *seuls* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: seuls (36 833). By style: everyday 193 · literary 12 · biblical 20 · parliamentary 4 044 · legal and administrative 5 400 · UN documents 27 164.

## only

Used about 22 426 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 72 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 2 780 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 150 · UN documents ≈ 16 412). Meaning: [only in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/only/).

- Nous **seuls** pouvons les sauver.
  **Only** we can save them.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#5357777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5357777) [\#8823593](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8823593))

- C'étaient les deux **seuls** baisers qu'il eût donnés dans sa vie.
  These were the **only** two kisses which he had bestowed in the course of his life.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27097)

- Ce n’est point avec vous **seuls** que je traite cette alliance, cette alliance contractée avec serment.
  Neither do I make this covenant and this oath with you **only**,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 29:14)

- **Seuls** des accords à l'échelle de l'Union européenne peuvent être envisagés.
  **Only** agreements at EU level can be considered.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 925253)

- **Seuls** les glucides ci-après peuvent être utilisés:
  **Only** the following carbohydrates may be used:
  ([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 3924846)

## alone

Used about 3 552 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 92 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 506 · legal and administrative ≈ 113 · UN documents ≈ 2 830). Meaning: [alone in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/alone/).

- Nous sommes ici **seuls**.
  We're here **alone**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2240586](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2240586) [\#4801648](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4801648))

- --Je te jure qu'il faut que nous soyons **seuls**.
  “I swear to you, that it is indispensable that we should be **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 30503)

- A eux **seuls** appartenait le pays, Et parmi eux nul étranger n’était encore venu.
  to whom **alone** the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 15:19)

- Nous avons protesté au Parlement européen et nous ne sommes pas les **seuls**.
  We have protested in the European Parliament, and we are not **alone** in having protested.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 292540)

- Toutefois, dans certains cas particuliers, ils peuvent être reliés par leur pas ou être utilisés **seuls**, tout en restant soudables.
  However, in particular cases they can be connected by their thread or be used **alone**, although they remain weldable.
  ([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 1826023)

## texts

Used about 1 463 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 463).

- (Les textes en langues française et néerlandaise sont les **seuls** faisant foi)
  (Only the Dutch and French **texts** are authentic)
  ([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 3856988)

- (Les textes en langues allemande et néerlandaise sont les **seuls** faisant foi.)
  (Only the Dutch and German **texts** are authentic)
  ([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 5341728)

- (Les textes en langues néerlandaise et française sont les **seuls** faisant foi.)
  (Only the Dutch and French **texts** are authentic)
  ([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 5118793)

- (Les textes en langues allemande, française et néerlandaise sont les **seuls** faisant foi.)
  (Only the Dutch, French and German **texts** are authentic)
  ([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 3808949)

- (Les textes en langues anglaise, croate, espagnole et grecque sont les **seuls** faisant foi.)
  (Only the Croatian, English, Greek and Spanish **texts** are authentic)
  ([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 3144518)

## More sentences

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

- Laves-tu les mains à tes enfants avant de manger ou peuvent-ils se les laver tout **seuls** ?
  Do you wash your children's hands before eating or can they wash them themselves?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#11615638](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11615638) [\#4080938](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4080938))

- Je ne voulais juste pas que vous vous y rendiez **seuls**.
  I just didn't want you to go there by yourself.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2362141](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2362141) [\#2370072](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2370072))

- Cela montre que l'anglais n'est plus maintenant la langue des **seuls** habitants de l'Angleterre.
  This shows that English isn't just for the British anymore.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mkacfr and jeanne · checked, community translation · [\#460257](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/460257) [\#12658](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12658))

## 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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