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# type — French to English

How French *type* 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: type (251 578), types (92 274). By style: everyday 396 · literary 5 · parliamentary 12 118 · legal and administrative 89 186 · UN documents 242 147.

## type

Used about 205 324 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 78 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 4 797 · legal and administrative ≈ 56 670 · UN documents ≈ 143 775). Forms: type, types. Meaning: [type in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/type/).

- Tu n'es pas mon **type**.
  You're not my **type**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1911929](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1911929) [\#13319439](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13319439))

- Le progrès est le but, l'idéal est le **type**.
  Progress is the goal, the ideal is the **type**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11103)

- De quels **types** de changement avons-nous besoin?
  What **type** of changes do we need?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1459353)

- Peroxydes organiques, **type** A
  Organic Peroxides, **Type** A
  ([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 1637812)

- h) Colis du **type** C.
  (h) **Type** C package.
  ([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 7564546)

## kind

Used about 26 843 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 74 · parliamentary ≈ 3 408 · legal and administrative ≈ 15 793 · UN documents ≈ 7 567). Forms: kind, kinds. Meaning: [kind in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/kind/).

- T'es mon **type** de gonzesse.
  You're my **kind** of gal.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2546858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2546858) [\#4561788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4561788))

- Ainsi, en ce qui me concerne, ce **type** d'argument n'est pas valable.
  I do not therefore accept this **kind** of argument.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 417526)

- des **types** utilisés pour fours
  Of a **kind** used for furnaces
  ([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 185777)

- Nombre, catégorie et **type** de la (ou des) source(s) lumineuse(s) :
  Number, category and **kind** of light source(s):
  ([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 19173945)

- J'ai lu plein de **types** de livres.
  I read all **kinds** of books.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mamat and mamat · checked, community translation · [\#253185](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/253185) [\#477546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477546))

## different

Used about 5 301 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 252 · UN documents ≈ 5 045). Meaning: [different in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/different/).

- Je lis cinq différents **types** de magazine chaque mois.
  I read five **different** magazines each month.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mamat and J\_S · checked, community translation · [\#843963](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/843963) [\#647154](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/647154))

- Une distinction appropriée est essentielle, car ces deux **types** d’investisseurs nécessitent un cadre réglementaire complètement différent.
  It is vital that we have a proper distinction, because each needs a completely **different** regulatory framework.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 575209)

- On ne dispose d &apos; aucune donnée groupée sur la fréquence du recours à ces différents **types** de services.
  There is no aggregate information on how often these **different** kinds of services have been utilized.
  ([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 27611962)

- Mais, en plus de ces vérifications liées à l'apurement des comptes, un contrôle efficace requiert d'autres **types** de vérifications, par exemple, par le croisement des différentes informations disponibles.
  However, as well as these verifications relating to the settlement of accounts, effective control requires other instruments such as, for example, the cross-checking of the **different** information available.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 66631)

- Je suis allée dans plusieurs régions du monde et j &apos; ai vu divers **types** de destruction, mais les scènes dans le camp de Djénine étaient différentes, terribles et dramatiques.
  I have been to several regions of the world and have seen destruction of various kinds, but the scenes in the Jenin camp were **different**, terrible and tragic.
  ([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 8878252)

## More sentences

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

- Qui crois-tu que ce **type** soit ?
  Who do you think that guy is?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3823490](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3823490) [\#7682463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7682463))

- C'est un **type** assez connu.
  He is a pretty great guy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CC · checked, community translation · [\#292250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/292250) [\#1989446](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1989446))

- Comment peux-tu tolérer ce **type** ?
  How can you put up with that guy?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and CM · checked, community translation · [\#2122499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2122499) [\#2122497](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2122497))

## 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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