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# simple — French to English

How French *simple* 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: simple (37 880), simples (12 904). By style: everyday 441 · literary 39 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 8 757 · legal and administrative 7 397 · UN documents 34 139.

## simple

Used about 21 763 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 240 · literary ≈ 29 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 3 375 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 466 · UN documents ≈ 15 647). Meaning: [simple in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simple/).

- C'est très **simple**.
  It is very **simple**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and ulyssemc1 · checked, community translation · [\#619770](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/619770) [\#8715395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8715395))

- --Rien de plus **simple**.
  “Nothing is more **simple**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14280)

- L’Éternel garde les **simples**; J’étais malheureux, et il m’a sauvé.
  The LORD preserves the **simple**. I was brought low, and he saved 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 116:6)

- Ce sont des vérités toutes **simples**.
  That is a **simple** fact.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1701750)

- Éligibilité des programmes **simples**
  Eligibility of **simple** programmes
  ([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 3707783)

## mere

Used about 4 312 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 274 · legal and administrative ≈ 462 · UN documents ≈ 3 556). Meaning: [mere in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mere/).

- La **simple** vue du sang le fait s'évanouir.
  The **mere** sight of blood makes him faint.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#4976355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4976355) [\#11184514](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11184514))

- Du reste, rien qu'à la **simple** inspection de la toilette de Cosette, une femme eût reconnu qu'elle n'avait pas de mère.
  Moreover, from the **mere** inspection of Cosette’s toilet, a woman would have recognized the fact that she had no mother.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19417)

- Nous ne devons pas perdre de vue le fait que tout apport de nos deniers publics est une **simple** goutte dans l'océan.
  We must not lose sight of the fact that any public money we can give is a **mere** drop in the ocean.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2010328)

- L’action de charger ou ordonner suppose plutôt «un rôle plus actif que de **simples** actes d’encouragement».
  Rather, entrustment or direction implies ‘a more active role of the government than **mere** acts of encouragement’.
  ([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 5221132)

- Pour certains, le **simple** fait d &apos; être arrêté signifiait la même chose.
  For some, the **mere** fact of detention had the same implication.
  ([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 7643044)

## single

Used about 3 242 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 274 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 541 · UN documents ≈ 1 422). Meaning: [single in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/single/).

- J'aimerais réserver une chambre **simple**.
  I'd like to reserve a **single** room.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Popolon and CK · checked, community translation · [\#52465](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/52465) [\#2940788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2940788))

- Cinquièmement, l’élargissement exige également des mécanismes plus **simples** de gestion, particulièrement grâce à un comité de comitologie unique.
  Fifthly, enlargement also demands simpler management mechanisms, particularly through one **single** comitology committee.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 551062)

- Par «feu **simple**», on entend:
  ‘A **single** lamp’ means:
  ([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 5582148)

- Les emballages **simples** munis d &apos; évents; et
  - **single** packagings fitted with vents; and
  ([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 14414547)

- Ainsi les choses seront grandement simplifiées, et j'espère qu'un règlement unique sur l'aquaculture rendra l'ensemble des procédures encore plus **simples**.
  This will simplify matters greatly, and I hope that a **single** regulation on aquaculture will make the procedures as a whole even simpler.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1434373)

## yarn

Used about 1 464 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 464). Meaning: [yarn in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yarn/).

- Fils **simples**, en fibres peignées
  Single **yarn**, of combed fibres
  ([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 5279741)

- 0– Fils **simples**, en fibres peignées
  0– Single **yarn**, of combed fibres
  ([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 3291800)

- Fabrication à partir de fils **simples** \[32\]
  Manufacture from single **yarn** \[32\]
  ([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 16263)

- Fabrication à partir de fils **simples** écrus \[9\] \[10\]
  Manufacture from unbleached single **yarn** \[9\] \[10\]
  ([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 69538)

- de fibres synthétiques, titrant en fils **simples** 67 décitex ou plus
  Of synthetic fibres, measuring per single **yarn** 67 dtex or more
  ([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 205461)

## More sentences

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

- Tout était plus **simple** en ce temps-là.
  Everything was simpler in those days.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2708903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2708903) [\#8755987](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8755987))

- Ce n'est pas une **simple** platitude. Je le pense vraiment.
  That is not just a platitude. I really mean it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#7049453](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7049453) [\#11058347](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11058347))

- C'est aussi **simple** que ça.
  It's as easy as that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5006435](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5006435) [\#1489272](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1489272))

## Grammar

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