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# véritable — French to English

How French *véritable* 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: véritable (34 422), véritables (8 894). By style: everyday 192 · literary 23 · biblical 26 · parliamentary 11 765 · legal and administrative 1 329 · UN documents 29 981.

## real

Used about 10 890 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 97 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 5 147 · legal and administrative ≈ 332 · UN documents ≈ 5 309). Meaning: [real in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/real/).

- C'est un **véritable** idiot.
  He is a **real** fool.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CC · checked, community translation · [\#303502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/303502) [\#11767223](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11767223))

- --Il faut bien, puisque le **véritable** Jean Valjean est trouvé.
  “I am forced to do so, since the **real** Jean Valjean has been found.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4627)

- Voilà où est le **véritable** problème.
  That is the **real** problem.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1866371)

- Il n’existe de **véritables** alternatives aux produits HIS que depuis quelques années.
  **Real** alternatives to HIS’ products only appeared in the most recent years.
  ([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 5070561)

- C &apos; est la première occasion **véritable** en 40 ans.
  This is our first **real** opportunity in 40 years to conclude such a ban.
  ([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 2725196)

## genuine

Used about 8 227 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 838 · legal and administrative ≈ 443 · UN documents ≈ 5 934). Meaning: [genuine in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/genuine/).

- Ce fut un **véritable** choc pour moi.
  That was a **genuine** shock for me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#7946840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7946840) [\#8571217](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8571217))

- «Pauvre enfant!» murmura-t-il avec un **véritable** accent de pitié.
  "Poor boy!" said he, in **genuine** tones of compassion.
  ([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 1800)

- Néanmoins, Monsieur le Président, j'aurais préféré assister, ici, à un **véritable** débat politique.
  But, Mr President, I would rather see a **genuine** political debate.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1758921)

- est unique, **véritable** et authentique;
  is unique, **genuine** and authentic;
  ([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 3597635)

- Un dialogue honnête et une **véritable** coopération sont essentiels à ce partenariat.
  Honest dialogue and **genuine** cooperation are fundamental to such a partnership.
  ([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 4794207)

## true

Used about 5 265 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 69 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 1 716 · legal and administrative ≈ 332 · UN documents ≈ 3 123). Meaning: [true in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/true/).

- C'est une **véritable** artiste.
  She's a **true** artist.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2982381](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2982381) [\#4765586](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4765586))

- La vraie histoire étant mêlée à tout, le **véritable** historien se mêle de tout.
  **True** history being a mixture of all things, the true historian mingles in everything.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21357)

- Cette lumière était la **véritable** lumière, qui, en venant dans le monde, éclaire tout homme.
  The **true** light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 1:9)

- Ce sont eux les **véritables** invalides de la société européenne !
  They are the **true** disabled in this European society.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 179786)

- l’origine **véritable** du vin est indiquée;
  the **true** origin of the wine is indicated;
  ([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 96093)

## More sentences

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

- Les voisins ont fait sur leur balcon une **véritable** serre.
  The neighbours have made their balcony into a proper greenhouse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#8855650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8855650) [\#6160699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6160699))

- Les gens prennent souvent sa désinvolture pour de la **véritable** intelligence.
  People often mistake his glibness for actual intelligence.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and frpzzd · checked, community translation · [\#12941430](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12941430) [\#12941431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12941431))

- Cette voiture est une **véritable** savonnette.
  This car handles like a bar of soap.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14052538](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14052538) [\#11737544](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11737544))

## 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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