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# véhicule — French to English

How French *véhicule* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: véhicule (113 479), véhicules (141 546). By style: everyday 65 · literary 2 · parliamentary 4 262 · legal and administrative 69 936 · UN documents 180 760.

## vehicle

Used about 230 545 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 3 019 · legal and administrative ≈ 65 565 · UN documents ≈ 161 931). Forms: vehicle, vehicles. Meaning: [vehicle in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/vehicle/).

- Le **véhicule** est volé.
  The **vehicle** is stolen.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#10361969](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10361969) [\#10485992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10485992))

- Laigle de Meaux, dont les yeux erraient dans une sorte de flânerie diffuse, aperçut, à travers ce somnambulisme, un **véhicule** à deux roues cheminant dans la place, lequel allait au pas, et comme indécis.
  Laigle de Meaux, whose eyes were straying about in a sort of diffuse lounging, perceived, athwart his somnambulism, a two-wheeled **vehicle** proceeding through the place, at a foot pace and apparently in indecision.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14219)

- Sans certificat, vous ne pouvez utiliser un **véhicule**.
  If you do not have a certificate then you are not allowed to operate the **vehicle**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2149)

- Marque et type du **véhicule**:
  **Vehicle** make and type:
  ([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 5438162)

- 1.3.2.2 Masse d &apos; essai du **véhicule**
  Test mass of the **vehicle**
  ([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 24657835)

## road

Used about 3 766 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 766). Meaning: [road in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/road/).

- Signaux d &apos; indication (messages PMV concernant le tronçon routier sur lequel le **véhicule** se trouve)
  Informative signs Tactical (i.e. VMS messages affecting the same **road** section)
  ([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 14407446)

- 78. À 12 h 20, un groupe terroriste armé a volé un **véhicule** immatriculé no 336990 appartenant au civil Talal Minchar sur la route Hamamiyat-Kfar Zeita, au niveau de la localité de Sakhra.
  78. At 1220, an armed terrorist group stole car number 336990 belonging to citizen Talal Minshar on al-Hamamiyaht-Kafr Zayta **Road**, locality of al-Sakhrah.
  ([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 26767689)

## car

Used about 2 257 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 355 · UN documents ≈ 1 883). Meaning: [car in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/car/).

- C'est son **véhicule**.
  That is her **car**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and piksea · checked, community translation · [\#853158](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/853158) [\#1526083](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1526083))

- J'ignore si le **véhicule** intelligent aura besoin de vastes campagnes de promotion et de publicité.
  I do not know if the intelligent **car** will need enormous promotion and advertising.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1103981)

- Cette force de maintien est nécessaire pour surmonter l &apos; accélération latérale qui est due au fait que le **véhicule** suit une trajectoire circulaire.
  The braking force is necessary to overcome the lateral acceleration that is caused by the **car** following the curve.
  ([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 19157518)

- Il dispose d'un **véhicule**.
  He has a **car**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#513545](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/513545) [\#4626843](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4626843))

- De notre **véhicule** et du haut de notre hélicoptère, nous avons eu une vision terrifiante des dévastations en Bosnie.
  From **car** and helicopter we gained a frightening picture of the destruction in Bosnia.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1753511)

## type

Used about 773 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 44 · legal and administrative ≈ 729). Meaning: [type in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/type/).

- Nous ne sommes pas allés jusqu'à reconnaître cet autobus comme un type de **véhicule**, comme le réclamait M. Murphy.
  We did not go as far as Mr Murphy's request, that we should, to a certain extent, recognise it as a **type**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1828174)

- un système de direction comme dans un **véhicule** automobile traditionnel fondé sur le principe d’Ackerman, actionné au moyen d’un guidon,
  motorcar **type** steering system based on the Ackerman principle controlled by a handlebar,
  ([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 1927409)

## means

Used about 44 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 44). Meaning: [means in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/means/).

- Ensuite, le passage d'un **véhicule** de 40 à 44 tonnes sur 5 axes permet d'économiser 214, 3 millions de litres et de réduire de 18, 4 millions de kilos la quantité de substances toxiques.
  Secondly, a change from 40-tonne trucks to 44-tonners with 5 axles **means** a saving of 214.3 million litres and 18.4 million kg of toxic emissions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1678225)

## More sentences

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

- Il est assis à l'avant du **véhicule**.
  He is sitting in the front seat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and JonLDS · checked, community translation · [\#2522632](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2522632) [\#13199656](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13199656))

- Permis de conduire et papiers du **véhicule**, s'il vous plaît.
  Driver's license and registration, please.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5725292](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5725292) [\#11391324](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11391324))

- Il aime insérer son **véhicule** dans des places de stationnement étroites.
  He likes to squeeze in tight parking spaces.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8259773](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8259773) [\#10892493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10892493))

## Grammar

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