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# tirer — French to English

How French *tirer* 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: tiraient (483), tirait (422), tire (5 255), tirent (4 646), tirer (49 871), tires (136), tirez (114), tirons (346), tiré (16 489), tirée (3 065), tirées (10 540), tirés (29 918). By style: everyday 591 · literary 58 · biblical 85 · parliamentary 7 980 · legal and administrative 7 114 · UN documents 105 457.

## lessons

Used about 18 319 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 106 · legal and administrative ≈ 210 · UN documents ≈ 17 003).

- N'a-t-on pas **tiré** les leçons ?
  Have the **lessons** not been learnt?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 3549)

- les leçons **tirées** d’expériences similaires déjà conduites.
  the **lessons** learned from similar experiences in the past.
  ([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 1016935)

- Quels enseignements en **tirons**-nous?
  What are the **lessons** learned?
  ([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 25039861)

- Plusieurs leçons peuvent être **tirées**.
  There are several **lessons** to be drawn.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 853783)

- **tirer** des enseignements utiles pour l'amélioration des futurs programmes opérationnels.
  draw **lessons** useful in improving future operational 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 4327634)

## draw

Used about 4 852 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 340 · legal and administrative ≈ 841 · UN documents ≈ 3 630). Forms: draw, drawn. Meaning: [draw in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/draw/).

- **Tirons** à la courte-paille !
  Let's **draw** straws.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3395535](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3395535) [\#3411841](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3411841))

- --Eh bien, dit un des bandits, **tirons** au sort à qui passera le premier.
  “Well,” said the ruffians, “let’s **draw** lots to see who shall go down first.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17824)

- Malheur à ceux qui **tirent** l’iniquité avec les cordes du vice, Et le péché comme avec les traits d’un char,
  Woe to those who **draw** iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 5:18)

- Et quelle conclusion la Commission **tire**-t-elle?
  So what conclusion does the Commission **draw**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 629519)

- Pulvérisateurs et poudreuses conçus pour être portés ou **tirés** par tracteur
  Sprayers and powder distributors designed to be mounted on or **drawn** by tractors
  ([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 2167366)

## conclusions

Used about 4 238 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 1 106 · legal and administrative ≈ 249 · UN documents ≈ 2 866).

- **Tirez** vos propres conclusions.
  Draw your own **conclusions**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4496834](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4496834) [\#8994669](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8994669))

- J'en **tire** deux conclusions.
  I draw two **conclusions** from this.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1206485)

- Ceux-ci en **tirent** les conséquences qu'ils estimeraient appropriées.
  They shall draw therefrom the **conclusions** which they deem appropriate.
  ([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 625817)

- Il en a **tiré** les conclusions suivantes.
  The following **conclusions** have been noted.
  ([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 1344453)

- Vous **tirez** des conclusions hâtives.
  You're jumping to **conclusions**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2542118](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2542118) [\#10939699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10939699))

## learned

Used about 1 057 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 102 · UN documents ≈ 955).

- La leçon doit être **tirée**.
  There is a lesson to be **learned**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 109245)

- De nombreux enseignements ont été **tirés** sur la protection des civils dans les situations tendues.
  68. Much has been **learned** about civilian protection in volatile situations.
  ([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 28743154)

- C'est à Ottawa que nous avons **tiré** cette leçon.
  We **learned** this lesson from Ottawa.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1932904)

- Il y avait des limites aux enseignements qui pouvaient être **tirés** en examinant seulement les contributions et les meilleures pratiques.
  There were limits to what could be **learned** about this issue by focusing narrowly on positive contributions and best practices.
  ([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 14349524)

- C'est précisément la leçon essentielle que nous avons **tirée** de la crise.
  That is the essential lesson that we have **learned** from the crisis.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1493652)

## More sentences

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

- Essaie de **tirer** profit de chaque occasion.
  Try to make the most of every opportunity.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and CM · checked, community translation · [\#67406](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67406) [\#841055](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/841055))

- Je ne veux pas vous **tirer** dessus.
  I don't want to shoot you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2012431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2012431) [\#2561287](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2561287))

- Nous cherchâmes à en **tirer** le meilleur parti.
  We tried to make the best of it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and yosia49 · checked, community translation · [\#3555094](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3555094) [\#3536485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3536485))

## 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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