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# vivant — French to English

How French *vivant* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: vivant (43 587), vivante (1 191), vivantes (7 393), vivants (8 313). By style: everyday 259 · literary 38 · biblical 233 · parliamentary 2 441 · legal and administrative 7 506 · UN documents 50 007.

## living

Used about 22 462 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 61 · literary ≈ 23 · biblical ≈ 132 · parliamentary ≈ 1 030 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 463 · UN documents ≈ 18 753). Meaning: [living in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/living/).

- C'est un fossile **vivant** !
  He is a **living** fossil!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#32325](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32325) [\#13483](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13483))

- On ne sait plus ce qu'on doit, ni aux **vivants**, ni aux morts.
  One no longer knows what is due to the **living** or to the dead.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11639)

- Je marcherai devant l’Éternel, Sur la terre des **vivants**.
  I will walk before the LORD in the land of the **living**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 116:9)

- une pénétration facile dans les cellules **vivantes**.
  can easily penetrate **living** cells.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1259436)

- Biomasse **vivante** au-dessus du sol
  Above ground **living** biomass
  ([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 1998367)

## births

Used about 12 502 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 12 502).

- (taux pour 1 000 naissances **vivantes**)
  (Rate per 1,000 live **births**)
  ([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 20648613)

- de chiffres âgées de 15 à 44 ans **vivantes**
  Number of abortions per 100 live **births**
  ([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 28980068)

- Taux de mortalité pour 1 000 naissances **vivantes**
  Infant mortality rate per 1 000 live **births**
  ([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 22388946)

- En 1999, Malte a enregistré 4 308 naissances **vivantes**.
  In 1999, Malta registered 4308 live **births**.
  ([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 8997251)

- a Nombre de décès maternels pour 100 000 naissances **vivantes**.
  a Maternal deaths per 100,000 live **births**.
  ([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 18048130)

## live

Used about 10 298 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 483 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 792 · UN documents ≈ 5 990). Meaning: [live in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/live/).

- Je n'ai jamais vu de baleine **vivante**.
  I've never seen a **live** whale.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fs and CK · checked, community translation · [\#258980](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/258980) [\#537801](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/537801))

- Mais, je suis **vivant**! Et la gloire de l’Éternel remplira toute la terre.
  but in very deed—as I **live**, and as all the earth shall be filled with the LORD’s glory—
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 14:21)

- Transport d'animaux **vivants**
  Transport of **live** animals
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1756944)

- **vivants**, frais ou réfrigérés
  **Live**, fresh or chilled
  ([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 3005603)

- Insectes **vivants** (en nombre)
  **Live** insects (by number)
  ([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 20866689)

## alive

Used about 5 108 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 163 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 35 · parliamentary ≈ 318 · legal and administrative ≈ 156 · UN documents ≈ 4 428). Meaning: [alive in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/alive/).

- Je les veux **vivants**.
  I want them **alive**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1453639](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1453639) [\#1453646](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1453646))

- Ah! vous êtes **vivant**, voilà le bouquet.
  Ah! you are **alive**, that’s the best of it!”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12330)

- ils prirent **vivant** le roi d’Aï, et l’amenèrent à Josué.
  They captured the king of Ai **alive**, and brought him to Joshua.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOS 8:23)

- La Constitution est **vivante**.
  The Constitution is **alive**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 608258)

- Quantité estimée de thon rouge à transférer, à la fois en quantités de poisson **vivant** et en quantités embarquées
  Estimated quantity of BFT to be transferred, both specifying quantities **alive** and taken on board
  ([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 2370155)

## per

Used about 521 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 521). Meaning: [per in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/per/).

- Taux de mortalité infantile (pour 1000 naissances **vivantes**) 28,4 (1992)
  Infant mortality rate (**per** 1,000) 28.4 (1992)
  ([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 8200535)

- Le nombre total des mères **vivant** seules était de 450, soit 26 % des femmes sans emploi, et celui des mères **vivant** en cohabitation de 552 (soit 33 %).
  Single mothers totalled 450, or 26 **per** cent of the unemployed women, and 552 (33 per cent) were mothers in cohabitation.
  ([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 4861360)

## dead

Used about 446 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 13 · legal and administrative ≈ 430). Meaning: [dead in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dead/).

- Même les morts-**vivants** retournent un jour dans leur tombe.
  Even the walking-**dead** eventually return to the grave.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and saeb · checked, community translation · [\#741458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/741458) [\#1675517](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1675517))

- Mais celle qui vit dans les plaisirs est morte, quoique **vivante**.
  But she who gives herself to pleasure is **dead** while she lives.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 5:6)

- Il est un symbole de morts **vivants**.
  It is a symbol of **dead** men walking.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1039944)

- Répartition de capture (**vivant**, mort, indéterminé)
  Catch Disposition (Alive, **Dead**, Unknown)
  ([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 5228973)

- le fait de savoir si les tortues marines rejetées étaient **vivantes** ou mortes;
  whether the sea turtles have been discarded **dead** or released alive;
  ([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 3726112)

## More sentences

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

- Nous ne sommes pas des êtres humains **vivant** une expérience spirituelle, nous sommes des êtres spirituels **vivant** une expérience humaine.
  We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jerom and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#413873](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/413873) [\#413986](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/413986))

- Tom est un parasite **vivant** aux dépens des autres, qui gagnent de l'argent durement.
  Tom is a parasite who lives at the expense of others who earn money through hard work.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sorgan and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#6204419](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6204419) [\#6206159](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6206159))

- Le robot semblait tellement **vivant** que c'était terrifiant.
  The robot was so lifelike that it was creepy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#675435](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/675435) [\#827157](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/827157))

## 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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