Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Translate** · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/)

This page as HTML: <https://translate.elamur.ai/free/en/fr-en/verser/>

# verser — French to English

How French *verser* 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: versaient (230), versait (211), verse (3 067), versent (2 792), verser (25 891), verses (26), versez (25), versons (58), versé (15 223), versée (12 835), versées (23 054), versés (9 653). By style: everyday 102 · literary 8 · biblical 35 · parliamentary 1 849 · legal and administrative 12 061 · UN documents 79 010.

## paid

Used about 25 066 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 489 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 538 · UN documents ≈ 19 037).

- Nous avons **versé** un acompte de 30 % pour la commande.
  We **paid** a 30% deposit for the order.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13406127](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406127) [\#13406126](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406126))

- Cette étrange révolution avait à peine été un choc; elle n'avait pas même fait à la royauté vaincue l'honneur de la traiter en ennemie et de **verser** son sang.
  This strange revolution had hardly produced a shock; it had not even **paid** to vanquished royalty the honor of treating it as an enemy, and of shedding its blood.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18045)

- La première tranche CE sera **versée** en juillet.
  The first EC tranche will be **paid** in July.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 53201)

- A. Total pensions **versées**
  A/Total pensions **paid**
  ([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 2530533)

- On ne **versait** pas d &apos; indemnité distincte pour conjoint à charge.
  A separate spouse allowance was not **paid**.
  ([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 13024653)

## contributions

Used about 13 114 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 34 · legal and administrative ≈ 277 · UN documents ≈ 12 803).

- Mais, dit-on, le fait est que l'Allemagne **verse** 60 % des contributions.
  But, we are told, Germany provides 60 % of the **contributions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1935734)

- Appel aux contributions non **versées**
  Calling on unpaid **contributions**
  ([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 4737345)

- NOUVELLES CONTRIBUTIONS **VERSÉES** ET ANNONCES DE CONTRIBUTIONS
  CHART OF NEW **CONTRIBUTIONS** AND PLEDGES
  ([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 8163160)

- Pour certains États membres, cette augmentation grèvera considérablement les finances publiques en termes de contributions **versées** par l'État membre.
  For some Member States this increase implies perceptible costs for their national budgets in the form of higher membership **contributions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1787803)

- Cotisations de pension **versées** à des régimes à cotisations définies
  Pension **contributions** to defined contribution schemes
  ([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 1819587)

## pay

Used about 7 992 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 216 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 215 · UN documents ≈ 5 559). Meaning: [pay in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pay/).

- Mr Mitchell a exigé que je **verse** le reste de l'argent pour la fin de la semaine.
  Mr Mitchel demanded that I **pay** the rest of the money by the end of the week.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#32269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32269) [\#457890](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/457890))

- Celui-ci refusait de la lui **verser**.
  It refused to **pay**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 502111)

- **versent** une contribution anticipée à Athena; ou
  **pay** contributions to Athena in advance; or
  ([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 2298020)

- Les régimes de base, dont le régime général, **versent** les retraites de base.
  The basic schemes, including the general one, **pay** standard pensions.
  ([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 7176281)

- Si vous voulez que vos employés soient heureux, vous devez leur **verser** un salaire décent.
  If you want your workers to be happy, you need to **pay** them a decent wage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adrael and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1144626](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1144626) [\#1144731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1144731))

## million

Used about 3 251 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 96 · legal and administrative ≈ 123 · UN documents ≈ 3 032). Meaning: [million in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/million/).

- Or, 40 millions seulement ont réellement été **versés**.
  Only EUR 40 **million** was actually delivered.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1325370)

- Quarante millions de couronnes norvégiennes ont été **versés** en 2007.
  NOK 40 **million** were disbursed in 2007.
  ([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 5641264)

- Pas moins de six pays de programme ont **versé** 1 million de dollars ou davantage.
  As many as six programme countries contributed $1 **million** or more. .
  ([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 15296953)

- En 2006, nous avons **versé** 64 millions d'euros à son fonds général.
  In 2006 we provided EUR 64 **million** to its General Fund.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 880912)

- La commune de Kosakowo a **versé** 100000 PLN (25000 EUR) au moment de la création de la société.
  Kosakowo provided a cash contribution of PLN 0,1 **million** (EUR 25000) when the company was founded.
  ([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 3174437)

## amount

Used about 2 358 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 43 · legal and administrative ≈ 462 · UN documents ≈ 1 853). Meaning: [amount in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/amount/).

- Ils équivalent, en réalité, aux aides directes **versées** à l’industrie de la pêche.
  They **amount**, in actual fact, to direct subsidies to the fishing industry.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 811726)

- Le montant total du prêt a été **versé** en 2014.
  The total **amount** of the facility was disbursed in 2014.
  ([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 5057914)

- Un montant supplémentaire dont il sera convenu sera **versé** d’avance au début du deuxième semestre.
  A further advance **amount** to be mutually agreed upon will be provided at the beginning of the second half of the year.
  ([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 4589012)

- Ce pourrait bien être la somme la plus importante **versée** à ce jour dans le cadre de ce Fonds.
  This could well be the highest **amount** ever granted to date by this fund.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1287798)

- Le montant en cause est **versé** à l'entreprise à sa demande.
  The relevant **amount** is disbursed to the company upon its request.
  ([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 542960)

## More sentences

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

- Il n'a pas seulement pour prédilection de dévaliser sa victime, mais il se délecte de **verser** le sang et dans l'exercice de la cruauté.
  He is not only partial to robbing his victim, but he delights in the shedding of blood, and in the exercise of cruelty.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1803865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1803865) [\#1804359](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1804359))

- Tu peux **verser** le vin dans le verre.
  You can pour the wine into the glass.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2270605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2270605) [\#3245279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3245279))

- Recette écossaise de soupe à la tomate : **verser** de l'eau chaude dans une tasse rouge.
  Scottish recipe for tomato soup: Pour hot water into a red cup.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Mutusen and sam\_m · checked, community translation · [\#1559355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1559355) [\#1366682](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1366682))

## 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. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=fr-en&word=verser).


Every example is quoted under its source's licence and credited with it; the rest of the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.
