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# unique — French to English

How French *unique* 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: unique (80 391), uniques (5 644). By style: everyday 151 · literary 11 · biblical 22 · parliamentary 13 255 · legal and administrative 22 768 · UN documents 49 828.

## single

Used about 39 880 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 6 837 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 198 · UN documents ≈ 22 838). Meaning: [single in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/single/).

- Un **unique** rayon de lumière brillait à travers une fissure de la fenêtre aux volets fermés.
  A **single** ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#567809](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/567809) [\#567822](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/567822))

- Dans cet immense horizon qui prenait tant d'aspects autour de lui, sa contemplation était concentrée sur un point **unique**.
  In that immense horizon, which assumed so many aspects about him, his contemplation was concentrated on a **single** point.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8963)

- Les guichets **uniques** d'abord.
  Firstly, the points of **single** contact.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1488402)

- DAU = document administratif **unique**
  SAD = **Single** Administrative Document
  ([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 4608060)

- Économie et marché **uniques**
  **Single** market and economy
  ([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 2386910)

## unique

Used about 19 130 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 54 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 814 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 878 · UN documents ≈ 10 381). Meaning: [unique in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/unique/).

- Ce n'est pas **unique**.
  This isn't **unique**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5853124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5853124) [\#7109013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7109013))

- Il y avait dans le couvent un livre qui n'a jamais été imprimé qu'à exemplaire **unique**, et qu'il est défendu de lire.
  There was in the convent a book which has never been printed except as a **unique** copy, and which it is forbidden to read.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10607)

- Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Un malheur, un malheur **unique**! Voici, il vient!
  “The Lord GOD says: ‘A disaster! A **unique** disaster! Behold, it comes.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 7:5)

- Ils ne sont pas **uniques**.
  They are not **unique**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 445576)

- numéro d’identification **unique** du don,
  **Unique** Donation ID number
  ([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 904698)

## one

Used about 7 632 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 837 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 609 · UN documents ≈ 4 152). Meaning: [one in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/one/).

- Est-ce une rue à sens **unique** ?
  Is this a **one**-way street?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#10681414](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10681414) [\#10322558](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10322558))

- Jean Valjean, de son côté, semblait avoir une pensée **unique**.
  Jean Valjean, on his side, seemed to have but **one** thought.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28273)

- Jésus répondit: Voici le premier: Écoute, Israël, le Seigneur, notre Dieu, est l’**unique** Seigneur;
  Jesus answered, “The greatest is: ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is **one**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 12:29)

- L'idée d'un "guichet **unique**" est une bonne idée.
  The idea of a '**one**-stop' register is a good one.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1074959)

- Tableau concernant les redevances **uniques**
  Table for **one**-off fees
  ([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 3114936)

## market

Used about 419 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 419). Meaning: [market in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/market/).

- Dès lors, la politique pour le marché **unique** doit être améliorée.
  That is why there really is scope for improvement in our internal **market** policy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2027917)

- En Europe, nous n'arrivons qu'à grand-peine à nous entendre sur la création d'un marché européen **unique**.
  In Europe, uniting in a common European **market** is proving to be an arduous task.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 51435)

- Grâce aux nouvelles facilités, notamment à travers les guichets **uniques**, le marché intérieur de l’Union progressera.
  Thanks to the new facilities, particularly provided via the one-stop shops, the Union's internal **market** will make progress.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 776625)

## More sentences

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

- Est-ce que toi aussi tu es fille **unique** ?
  Are you an only child as well?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and CK · checked, community translation · [\#11900729](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11900729) [\#11900816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11900816))

- Je ne suis pas une enfant **unique**.
  I'm not an only child.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2547170](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2547170) [\#4862754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4862754))

- Ce n'est pas l'**unique** problème.
  That's not the only problem.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2195442](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2195442) [\#2195923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2195923))

## Grammar

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