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# tenu — French to English

How French *tenu* 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: tenu (287 887), tenue (163 020), tenues (45 031), tenus (40 197). By style: everyday 218 · literary 11 · biblical 27 · parliamentary 12 845 · legal and administrative 45 473 · UN documents 477 561.

## held

Used about 185 683 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 940 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 132 · UN documents ≈ 181 573).

- J'ai **tenu** la porte ouverte.
  I **held** the door open.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#255142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/255142) [\#10868589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10868589))

- Les six escarpes, interdits et sombres d'être **tenus** en échec par une fille, allèrent sous l'ombre portée de la lanterne et tinrent conseil avec des haussements d'épaule humiliés et furieux.
  The six rascals, speechless and gloomy at being **held** in check by a girl, retreated beneath the shadow cast by the lantern, and held counsel with furious and humiliated shrugs.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22137)

- La BCE est **tenue** de poursuivre les objectifs de Lisbonne.
  The ECB is being **held** responsible for meeting the Lisbon objectives.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 494156)

- Machines à moteur non **tenues** à la main
  Non-hand-**held** engines
  ([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 4201330)

- Elle a **tenu** 15 séances.
  The Commission **held** 15 meetings.
  ([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 9194872)

## required

Used about 48 184 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 335 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 053 · UN documents ≈ 39 797).

- Aux termes de la directive, les États membres sont **tenus** de mettre un terme à ce genre de disséminations non autorisées.
  Under the directive Member States are **required** to terminate such unauthorised releases.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 157310)

- B force de freinage nécessaire, compte **tenu** de la résistance au roulement,
  B\* **required** braking force;
  ([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 5480093)

- Les États sont **tenus** de promulguer des lois internes qui:
  States are **required** to enact national laws that:
  ([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 29211406)

- Nous remarquons également que les parties à la CGPM sont **tenues** d'assurer la mise en œuvre totale des mesures convenues à compter de la date fixée par la CGPM.
  Moreover, we note that the parties to the GFCM are **required** to ensure full implementation of agreed measures from the date set by the GFCM.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1504990)

- Les exploitants sont **tenus** de procéder chaque année à un inventaire physique.
  Operators are **required** to undertake an annual PIT.
  ([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 880112)

## meeting

Used about 40 054 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 134 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 605 · UN documents ≈ 37 309). Forms: meeting, meetings. Meaning: [meeting in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meeting/).

- Nous avons **tenu** une réunion secrète.
  We had a secret **meeting**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#317858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/317858) [\#1330324](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1330324))

- Ces thèmes ont fait l’objet d’approfondissements durant les sessions de la CIG qui se sont **tenues** dans la première moitié du mois d’octobre.
  These issues were examined at the IGC **meetings** which took place in the first half of October.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 516614)

- Une réunion de suivi entre la Commission et Orona s’est **tenue** le 9 juin 2016.
  A follow-up **meeting** between the Commission and Orona took place on 9 June 2016.
  ([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 5348876)

- :: 8 notes aux dossiers sur chacune des réunions **tenues** dans le cadre du Mécanisme conjoint
  :: 8 notes to the files on each IPRM **meeting**
  ([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 23389055)

- La réunion s'est **tenue** hier.
  The **meeting** took place yesterday.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#22567](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22567) [\#968179](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/968179))

## More sentences

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

- Le projet se déroule mieux que prévu, compte **tenu** de la difficulté de la tâche à accomplir.
  The project is going better than expected, given the difficulty of the task at hand.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Luornu · checked, community translation · [\#11029684](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11029684) [\#11029685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11029685))

- Je m'en suis **tenu** à la recette.
  I just followed the recipe.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2362171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2362171) [\#2369975](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2369975))

- Je suis désolé de ne pas avoir **tenu** ma promesse.
  I'm sorry I didn't keep my promise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and supplementfacts · checked, community translation · [\#1103237](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1103237) [\#9729918](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9729918))

## 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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