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By style: everyday 3 898 · literary 127 · biblical 462 · parliamentary 32 723 · legal and administrative 12 574 · UN documents 172 523. ## found Used about 47 347 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 950 · literary ≈ 49 · biblical ≈ 154 · parliamentary ≈ 6 879 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 385 · UN documents ≈ 35 929). Meaning: [found in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/found/). - Je l'ai **trouvé** là. I **found** it there. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#4539152](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4539152) [\#2329736](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2329736)) - Il se **trouvait** lâche. He **found** that he was a coward. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28625) - si du moins nous sommes **trouvés** vêtus et non pas nus. if indeed being clothed, we will not be **found** naked. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 5:3) - Ils ne l'ont pas **trouvée**. It could not be **found**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1941065) - 1 données d’importation non **trouvées** 1 Import data not **found** ([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 3948248) ## find Used about 23 110 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 064 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 68 · parliamentary ≈ 3 595 · legal and administrative ≈ 569 · UN documents ≈ 17 803). Meaning: [find in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/find/). - L'as-tu **trouvé** ? Did you **find** him? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and CH · checked, community translation · [\#3918102](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3918102) [\#9702615](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9702615)) - Je vas **trouver** mon vieux. I’ll go and **find** my old man.” ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16086) - 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) - **Trouvez**-moi un autre siège!". **Find** me another seat!' ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1305243) - N'a pas **trouvé** de travail salarié Could not **find** a job as an employee ([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 3913788) ## where Used about 3 898 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 342 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 1 425 · legal and administrative ≈ 825 · UN documents ≈ 1 295). Meaning: [where in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/where/). - Où se **trouve** la maison ? **Where** is the house? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#11264431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11264431) [\#8643697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8643697)) - —Il faut donc en conclure que le point d'attraction magnétique se **trouve** compris entre la surface du globe et l'endroit où nous sommes parvenus? "Would you then conclude," I said, "that the magnetic pole is somewhere between the surface of the globe and the point **where** we are?" ([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 2700) - Le nom du premier est Pischon; c’est celui qui entoure tout le pays de Havila, où se **trouve** l’or. The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, **where** there is gold; ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 2:11) - Je vous demande: **trouvez** l'erreur! I ask you: **where** is the fault in this? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1175000) - 6 Pays dans lequel les biens se **trouvent** 6 Country **where** the goods are located ([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 4900356) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Nous espérons **trouver** une solution rapidement. We hope to come up with a solution soon. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Yemana and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5661616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5661616) [\#5661681](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5661681)) - Ils sont allés en Australie avec l'intention de **trouver** de l'or. They went out to Australia seeking gold. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#306392](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/306392) [\#390252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390252)) - Est-ce que tu peux **trouver** une meilleure idée que celle-ci ? Can you think of a better idea than this one? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#55329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/55329) [\#8755898](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8755898)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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