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# tenue — French to English

How French *tenue* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: tenue (163 020), tenues (45 031). By style: everyday 92 · literary 2 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 2 874 · legal and administrative 7 750 · UN documents 197 330.

## held

Used about 114 017 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 629 · legal and administrative ≈ 323 · UN documents ≈ 113 054).

- La réunion s'est **tenue** ici.
  The meeting was **held** here.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#22502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22502) [\#1337291](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1337291))

- 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)

- **tenue** au Palais des Nations, à Genève,
  **Held** at the Palais des Nations, Geneva
  ([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 7855575)

- La réunion s'est **tenue** là.
  The meeting was **held** here.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#22502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22502) [\#1337290](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1337290))

## meeting

Used about 29 456 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 30 · legal and administrative ≈ 646 · UN documents ≈ 28 777). Forms: meeting, meetings. Meaning: [meeting in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meeting/).

- 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))

- 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 entre la Commission et la Finlande s’est **tenue** le 11 octobre 2005.
  A **meeting** was held between the Commission and Finland on 11 October 2005.
  ([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 2507609)

- :: 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)

- Il y a eu une proposition selon laquelle l'assemblée générale devrait être **tenue** en octobre.
  There was a suggestion that the general **meeting** should take place in October.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CM · checked, community translation · [\#73446](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/73446) [\#139952](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/139952))

## required

Used about 7 599 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 60 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 372 · UN documents ≈ 6 167).

- 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)

- une liste des entités **tenues** de fournir des informations aux GRT;
  a list of the entities **required** to provide information to the TSOs;
  ([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 3659070)

- Les personnes condamnées sont en outre **tenues** d &apos; exécuter l &apos; intégralité de leur peine.
  Convicted persons were also **required** to serve the entire sentence imposed.
  ([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 25897938)

- Il doit, par exemple, être clairement établi que les parties à ces accords sont **tenues** de se conformer aux normes internationales et aux obligations qui en découlent.
  It must, for example, be clearly established that the parties to these agreements are **required** to comply with the international standards and obligations incumbent on them.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 775033)

- Les banques sont **tenues** de faire appel à un cabinet de comptables pour agir à titre de vérificateur.
  Banks are **required** to have a firm of accountants to be auditors of the bank.
  ([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 258680)

## took

Used about 4 766 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 90 · legal and administrative ≈ 565 · UN documents ≈ 4 111).

- Je dois faire référence à la conférence sur la responsabilité sociale des entreprises qui s'est **tenue** à Stockholm les 10 et 11 novembre 2009.
  I must refer to the conference on the social responsibility of businesses which **took** place in Stockholm on 10 and 11 November 2009.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1330534)

- 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)

- Le document final adopté par l &apos; Assemblée générale à l &apos; issue de sa session sur la crise, **tenue** en juin 2009, dénote cet état de fait.
  20. The outcome document of the General Assembly session on the crisis, which **took** place in June 2009, illustrates this.
  ([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 19848053)

- Je voudrais citer la réunion du Conseil du Forum européen des personnes handicapées qui s'est **tenue** à Prague du 28 février au 1er mars 2009.
  I would like to mention the meeting of the Council of the European Disability Forum which **took** place in Prague between 28 February and 1 March 2009.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1257356)

- Des réunions avec les Pays-Bas se sont **tenues** les 9 juillet 2013, 25 février 2015 et 13 octobre 2015.
  Meetings with the Netherlands **took** place on 9 July 2013, 25 February 2015 and 13 October 2015.
  ([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 3864686)

## elections

Used about 2 385 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 329 · UN documents ≈ 2 056).

- Des élections **tenues** en bonne et due forme sont indispensables à la stabilité et au développement en Géorgie.
  Properly conducted **elections** are a prerequisite for stability and development in Georgia.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 541856)

- Le Conseil se félicite également de la réussite des élections présidentielle et législatives **tenues** en 2012, qui ont concouru à la consolidation des institutions démocratiques du TimorLeste.
  The Council also welcomes the successful presidential and parliamentary **elections** conducted in 2012, which have helped to consolidate TimorLeste &apos; s democratic institutions.
  ([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 30234914)

- Je me joins à l'appel à la **tenue** d'élections justes et libres et à la demande de levée de l'état d'urgence dans les meilleurs délais.
  I also join the call for free and fair **elections** and the lifting of emergency measures in the near future.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1117736)

- Celui-ci - le rapport de l'OSCE - comporte des recommandations sur la manière d'améliorer les processus électoraux et la **tenue** des élections.
  It - the report - includes recommendations on improving electoral procedures and the holding of **elections**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1610682)

- L'annonce de la **tenue** d'élections et d'un référendum constitutionnel constitue un signe encourageant pour le proche avenir.
  The announcement of the calling of **elections** and of a constitutional referendum constitute an encouraging sign for the near future.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1383379)

## place

Used about 232 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 150 · legal and administrative ≈ 81). Meaning: [place in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/place/).

- Je suis allé à toutes les expositions d'art moderne qui se sont **tenues** à Tokyo l'année dernière.
  I went to every modern art show that took **place** in Tokyo last year.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#252255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/252255) [\#688496](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/688496))

- Avant cela, cependant, elles sont **tenues** de respecter certains critères.
  Before this takes **place**, though, they must meet certain criteria.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 664657)

- Le gouvernement allemand déclare qu'il existait un accord entre les actionnaires prévoyant le versement de ces versements compensatoires, mais que la WestLB n'y était juridiquement pas **tenue**.
  Germany has explained that there was an agreement between the owners that such recovery payments should take **place** but that there was no corresponding legal obligation on WestLB.
  ([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 838490)

- Avant cela, cependant, elles sont **tenues** de respecter certains critères, qui doivent être maintenus.
  Before this takes **place**, though, they must meet certain criteria, which must continue to apply.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 664618)

- C'est à la lumière de ce constat que la **tenue** du sommet de Johannesburg prend tout son sens et qu'elle trouvera, espérons-le, toute son utilité.
  Against this background it is meaningful and hopefully also useful that Johannesburg actually takes **place**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 327388)

## More sentences

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

- Ta **tenue** fait très bohème.
  Your outfit gives off such a bohemian vibe.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13581980](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13581980) [\#13581983](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13581983))

- Le choix des collants peut transformer une **tenue** simple en un look sophistiqué.
  Choosing to wear leggings can give a sophisticated look to a simple ensemble.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#14020567](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14020567) [\#12740546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12740546))

- J'aime ta **tenue**.
  I like your outfit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2377633](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2377633) [\#2383839](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2383839))

## 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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