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# trouve — French to English

How French *trouve* 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: trouve (54 223), trouves (123). By style: everyday 1 164 · literary 20 · biblical 124 · parliamentary 9 564 · legal and administrative 4 303 · UN documents 39 171.

## find

Used about 4 515 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 303 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 54 · parliamentary ≈ 2 590 · legal and administrative ≈ 84 · UN documents ≈ 1 478). Forms: find, finds. Meaning: [find in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/find/).

- Je **trouve** ça offensant.
  I **find** that offensive.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2326533](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2326533) [\#2422813](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2422813))

- Comme on **trouve** que cela suffit!
  How all-sufficient one **finds** it!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31229)

- craignez qu’il ne vous **trouve** endormis, à son arrivée soudaine.
  lest, coming suddenly, he might **find** you sleeping.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 13:36)

- Je **trouve** également inacceptable ce qui se passe ici.
  I also **find** what is happening here quite unacceptable.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 392042)

- En l'espèce, la Commission ne **trouve** aucun motif permettant de conclure à la compatibilité de la mesure en cause.
  In the present case, the Commission does not **find** any ground for compatibility of the contested measure.
  ([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 4837942)

## found

Used about 3 231 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 797 · legal and administrative ≈ 169 · UN documents ≈ 2 217). Meaning: [found in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/found/).

- Ce terme ne se **trouve** pas dans le dictionnaire.
  This term is not **found** in the dictionary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#12105757](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12105757) [\#12105763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12105763))

- Il paraît que de nos jours on y **trouve** aussi, tantôt une poire à poudre avec des balles, tantôt un vieux jeu de cartes gras et roussi qui a évidemment servi aux diables.
  It seems that in our day there is sometimes **found** a powder-horn with bullets, sometimes an old pack of cards greasy and worn, which has evidently served the devil.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7839)

- Cherchez l’Éternel pendant qu’il se **trouve**; Invoquez-le, tandis qu’il est près.
  Seek the LORD while he may be **found**. Call on him while he is near.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 55:6)

- La solution se **trouve** aussi à Moscou.
  The solution is also to be **found** in Moscow.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1893254)

- Le texte doit être accompagné d’une illustration de l’étiquette de mise en garde telle qu’elle se **trouve** dans le véhicule.
  The text shall be accompanied by an illustration of the warning label as **found** in the vehicle.
  ([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 5506936)

## think

Used about 1 713 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 315 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 395). Meaning: [think in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/think/).

- Me **trouves**-tu laid ?
  Do you **think** I'm ugly?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#953230](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/953230) [\#3143257](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3143257))

- —Ah! tu **trouves**, Axel?
  "You **think** so, Axel?"
  ([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 3584)

- Je **trouve** cela scandaleux!
  I **think** it is outrageous!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1606771)

- Je **trouve** ça génial.
  I **think** this is great.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LdjuherTaqvaylit and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4980125](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4980125) [\#12629432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12629432))

- --Je **trouve** qu'il lui ressemble.
  “I **think** the likeness is strong.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22359)

## More sentences

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

- Où se **trouve** la gare ?
  Where's the train station?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4048962](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4048962) [\#4049037](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4049037))

- C'est moi qui me **trouve** au centre.
  I'm the one in the middle.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by maydoo and CM · checked, community translation · [\#2586781](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2586781) [\#3697691](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3697691))

- Où se **trouve** le magasin le plus proche ?
  Where's the closest shop?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#8856713](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8856713) [\#1198594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1198594))

## Grammar

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