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# tiennent — French to English

How French *tiennent* 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: tiennent (31 028). By style: everyday 37 · literary 3 · biblical 19 · parliamentary 1 376 · legal and administrative 3 513 · UN documents 26 080.

## account

Used about 5 822 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 315 · legal and administrative ≈ 73 · UN documents ≈ 5 433). Meaning: [account in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/account/).

- Je souhaite que le Commissaire et le Parlement en **tiennent** compte.
  I hope the Commissioner and the House will take **account** of this.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1740733)

- Les comptes de 2008 **tiennent** déjà compte de la vente d’ABN AMRO N à l’État néerlandais.
  The 2008 accounts took already into **account** the sale of ABN AMRO N to the Dutch State.
  ([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 2293911)

- Elle a recommandé que les prochains plans stratégiques du Comité **tiennent** compte des priorités thématiques.
  She recommended that the Committee &apos; s next strategic plans take into **account** thematic priorities.
  ([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 19863058)

- Les prix ne **tiennent** pas compte des changements structurels qui se produisent à mesure que les ressources s'épuisent.
  Prices take no **account** of the structural changes that happen when resources peter out.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 459508)

- Des recommandations sont-elles ensuite formulées à l &apos; adresse des autorités, et celles-ci en **tiennent**-elles compte?
  Were recommendations made to the authorities following such visits and did the authorities take them into **account**?
  ([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 20424415)

## take

Used about 1 888 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 57 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 830). Meaning: [take in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/take/).

- La plupart des garçons **tiennent** de leur père.
  Most boys **take** after their fathers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#41173](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/41173) [\#3641982](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3641982))

- Nous devrions mettre tout en uvre pour garantir l'égalité des débats qui se **tiennent** dans cette enceinte, quel que soit le moment!
  We should attach the greatest value to the absolute principle of equal status for all debates in this House, whenever they **take** place.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1824176)

- Les réunions se **tiennent** normalement à Bruxelles.
  The meetings shall normally **take** place in Brussels.
  ([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 1478364)

- Vous nous dites que les frontières de l'Union européenne **tiennent** à nos valeurs, mais nos valeurs, elles sont universelles, et nous ne pouvons pas accueillir tout le monde.
  You tell us the European Union's borders are set by our values, but our values are universal and we cannot **take** in everyone.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 900219)

- Ces actes délégués **tiennent** compte des preuves scientifiques disponibles.».
  Those delegated acts shall **take** into account available scientific evidence.’;
  ([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 4997182)

## keep

Used about 1 212 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 659 · UN documents ≈ 543). Meaning: [keep in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/keep/).

- Que les politiciens **tiennent** leurs promesses.
  That the politicians **keep** their promises.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#1723270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1723270) [\#559578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/559578))

- J’ai entendu les gémissements des enfants d’Israël, que les Égyptiens **tiennent** dans la servitude, et je me suis souvenu de mon alliance.
  Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians **keep** in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 6:5)

- Le cas échéant, elles **tiennent** des comptes consolidés pour d’autres activités en dehors du secteur de l’électricité.
  Where appropriate, they shall **keep** consolidated accounts for other, non-electricity activities.
  ([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 1759162)

- Ces entités **tiennent** également le Ministère des affaires étrangères régulièrement informé des résultats de leurs enquêtes.
  Those entities also **keep** the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed regularly of the result of their findings.
  ([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 11083107)

- J'imagine que d'autres choses te **tiennent** occupé.
  I would think you have other things to **keep** you busy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3730201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3730201) [\#4142397](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4142397))

## More sentences

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

- Les gens qui ne sont pas pressés se **tiennent** à droite dans les escaliers mécaniques.
  People who are not in a hurry stand on the right side of the escalator.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#19739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19739) [\#896730](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/896730))

- Certains politiques ne **tiennent** jamais leurs promesses de campagne.
  Some politicians never make good on campaign promises.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#273543](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/273543) [\#12467389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12467389))

- J'ai beaucoup de chance d'avoir des amis qui **tiennent** à moi.
  I am very lucky to have friends who care about me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Maxence and CK · checked, community translation · [\#252269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/252269) [\#7698747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7698747))

## Grammar

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