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# suit — French to English

How French *suit* 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: suit (197 036), suite (332 684), suites (5 146), suits (125). By style: everyday 543 · literary 47 · biblical 73 · parliamentary 14 178 · legal and administrative 102 766 · UN documents 417 384.

## follow

Used about 155 294 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 181 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 3 840 · legal and administrative ≈ 55 606 · UN documents ≈ 95 651). Forms: follow, following, follows. Meaning: [follow in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/follow/).

- Mon chat me **suit**.
  My cat is **following** me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1911930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1911930) [\#1924672](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1924672))

- --Mais qui diable **suit**-il?
  “But who the deuce is he **following**?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16936)

- celui qui ne prend pas sa croix, et ne me **suit** pas, n’est pas digne de moi.
  He who doesn’t take his cross and **follow** after me isn’t worthy of me.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 10:38)

- Demain, nous discuterons des **suites** de Hampton Court.
  Tomorrow we will discuss the **follow**-up to Hampton Court.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 738112)

- CONVIENNENT DE CE QUI **SUIT**:
  HEREBY AGREE AS **FOLLOWS**:
  ([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 211511)

## suits

Used about 105 754 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 408 · UN documents ≈ 104 346).

- Accord de licence, point 9.2: «Preventing Infringement. (a) AEU \[LuxOpCo\] shall, at its sole expense, use its best efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute any unauthorized use of any Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] Intellectual Property. AEU \[LuxOpCo\] agrees to promptly inform Amazon EHT of any such unauthorized use that comes to the AEU's \[LuxOpCo's\] attention. To facilitate coordination of enforcement activities, AEU \[LuxOpCo\] shall consult with Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] before undertaking any actions to prevent such unauthorized use of Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] Intellectual Property. (b) AEU \[LuxOpCo\] may, at its sole expense, institute and conduct **suits** to protect its rights under this Agreement against infringement and may retain all recoveries from any such **suits**.».
  License Agreement, paragraph 9.2: ‘Preventing Infringement. (a) AEU \[LuxOpCo\] shall, at its sole expense, use its best efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute any unauthorized use of any Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] Intellectual Property. AEU \[LuxOpCo\] agrees to promptly inform Amazon EHT of any such unauthorized use that comes to the AEU's \[LuxOpCo's\] attention. To facilitate coordination of enforcement activities, AEU \[LuxOpCo\] shall consult with Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] before undertaking any actions to prevent such unauthorized use of Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] Intellectual Property. (b) AEU \[LuxOpCo\] may, at its sole expense, institute and conduct **suits** to protect its rights under this Agreement against infringement and may retain all recoveries from any such suits.’.
  ([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 4515123)

- MEN &apos; S **SUITS**
  MEN &apos; S **SUITS**
  ([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 10455787)

- Accord de licence, point 9.2: «(a) AEU \[LuxOpCo\] shall, at its sole expense, use its best efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute any unauthorised use of any Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] Intellectual Property. AEU \[LuxOpCo\] agrees to promptly inform Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] of any such unauthorised use that comes to the AEU \[LuxOpCo\]'s attention. To facilitate coordination of enforcement activities, AEU \[LuxOpCo\] shall consult with Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] before undertaking any actions to prevent such unauthorised use of Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] Intellectual Property. (b) AEU \[LuxOpCo\] may, at its sole expense, institute and conduct **suits** to protect its rights under this Agreement against infringement any may retain all recoveries from any such **suits**.» Voir aussi l'accord de licence, point 2.3 (Maintenance) et point 9.5 (Compliance, Data Protection).
  License Agreement, section 9.2: ‘(a) AEU \[LuxOpCo\] shall, at its sole expense, use its best efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute any unauthorised use of any Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] Intellectual Property. AEU \[LuxOpCo\] agrees to promptly inform Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] of any such unauthorised use that comes to the AEU \[LuxOpCo\]'s attention. To facilitate coordination of enforcement activities, AEU \[LuxOpCo\] shall consult with Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] before undertaking any actions to prevent such unauthorised use of Amazon EHT \[LuxSCS\] Intellectual Property. (b) AEU \[LuxOpCo\] may, at its sole expense, institute and conduct **suits** to protect its rights under this Agreement against infringement any may retain all recoveries from any such suits.’ See also License Agreement, paragraph 2.3 (Maintenance) and paragraph 9.5 (Compliance, Data Protection).
  ([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 4514189)

- Men &apos; s **suits**
  Men &apos; s **suits**
  ([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 15441026)

- **Suits**, trousers and vests
  **Suits**, trousers and vests
  ([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 15441025)

## taken

Used about 23 425 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 871 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 335 · UN documents ≈ 15 217). Meaning: [taken in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/taken/).

- Le juste périt, et nul n’y prend garde; Les gens de bien sont enlevés, et nul ne fait attention Que c’est par **suite** de la malice que le juste est enlevé.
  The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are **taken** away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 57:1)

- **Suites** données aux résolutions du Parlement: cf. procès-verbal
  Action **taken** on Parliament's resolutions: see Minutes
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 864721)

- des **suites** administratives ou contentieuses réservées aux opérations en cause.
  any administrative or legal action **taken** subsequent to the operations concerned.
  ([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 96242)

- En conséquence, aucune **suite** n &apos; avait été donnée à ces recommandations.
  Accordingly, no action had been **taken** with a view to implementing the recommendations.
  ([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 12241547)

- s’il rend le gage, s’il restitue ce qu’il a ravi, s’il **suit** les préceptes qui donnent la vie, sans commettre l’iniquité, il vivra, il ne mourra pas.
  if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had **taken** by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he will surely live. He will not die.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 33:15)

## after

Used about 18 185 times in the texts (literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 197 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 927 · UN documents ≈ 13 043). Meaning: [after in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/after/).

- Il y avait, dans l'accent dont cet oh! non, fut prononcé à la **suite** de cet oh! oui, quelque chose d'ineffable dont Fleur-de-Lys fut blessée.
  There was in the intonation of that “Oh! no,” uttered **after** that “Oh! yes,” an ineffable something which wounded Fleur-de-Lys.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3740)

- Et quiconque ne porte pas sa croix, et ne me **suit** pas, ne peut être mon disciple.
  Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come **after** me, can’t be my disciple.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 14:27)

- La plupart d’entre eux sont décédés des **suites** d’horribles actes de torture, de massacres et de la famine.
  Most deaths occurred **after** horrific acts of torture, massacre and starvation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 807221)

- **suites** d'une intervention chirurgicale cardiaque valvulaire;
  **after** cardiac valve surgery;
  ([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 4886396)

- 18. Après l &apos; ancien alinéa 15.18 c), ajouter un nouvel alinéa libellé comme **suit** :
  18. **After** former paragraph 15.18 (c), add a new subparagraph reading:
  ([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 3481323)

## up

Used about 9 435 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 788 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 112 · UN documents ≈ 6 522). Meaning: [up in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/up/).

- Ton salaire **suit**-il l'inflation ?
  Is your salary keeping **up** with inflation?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#70756](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/70756) [\#12020059](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12020059))

- Je saute sur le roc; mon oncle me **suit** lestement, tandis que le chasseur demeure à son poste, comme un homme au-dessus de ces étonnements.
  I leaped **up** on the rock; my uncle lightly followed, while our hunter remained at his post, like a man too wise ever to be astonished.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3074)

- Barak convoqua Zabulon et Nephthali à Kédesch; dix mille hommes marchèrent à sa **suite**, et Débora partit avec lui.
  Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went **up** with him.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 4:10)

- Les États membres ont par la **suite** formulé des orientations permettant de gérer ces crises.
  Member States subsequently drew **up** guidelines to handle such crises.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1211476)

- Aucune **suite** formelle n’a été donnée à ces suggestions.
  These suggestions were not formally followed **up**.
  ([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 2516609)

## More sentences

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

- Le délice qu'il a connu lorsqu'il regardait une peinture belle était principalement le désir de la possession ; et la satiété bientôt **suit** la possession.
  The delight he experienced when he looked upon a fine painting, was mainly the desire of possession; and satiety soon followed possession.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by weirdie and Cangarejo · checked, community translation · [\#11557262](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11557262) [\#11557273](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11557273))

- La justice **suit** son cours.
  Justice will take its course.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and chelita2 · checked, community translation · [\#4132269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4132269) [\#4134715](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4134715))

- La flamme **suit** de près la fumée.
  Where there's smoke, there's fire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6699078](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6699078) [\#6199652](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6199652))

## 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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