violence — English to French

How English violence is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

What it means: violence in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: violence (279 299), violences (456). By style: everyday 94 · literary 15 · biblical 56 · parliamentary 8 529 · legal and administrative 1 812 · UN documents 269 249.

violence

Used about 276 184 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 92 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 43 · parliamentary ≈ 8 351 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 246 · UN documents ≈ 266 444). Forms: violence, violences.

I can't stand violence.
Je ne supporte pas la violence.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and pfpillon · checked, community translation · #4526784 #4526920
In spite of my irritation I was moved with these words, as well as with the violence my uncle was doing to his own wishes in making so hazardous a proposal.
En dépit de mon irritation, je fus ému de ces paroles et de la violence que se faisait mon oncle pour tenir un pareil langage.
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1881
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Je n’ai pourtant commis aucune violence, Et ma prière fut toujours pure.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 16:17
Similar violence led to some 2000 deaths.
Des violences similaires avaient provoqué environ 2 000 morts.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1732769
Incitement to hatred and violence
Incitation à la haine et à la violence.
DGT-TM v2021 · 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 2362072

contre

Used about 566 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 566).

Involved in violence against demonstrators.
Implication dans la répression contre les manifestants.
DGT-TM v2021 · 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 2239260
Minister of Interior; involved in violence against demonstrators.
Ministre de l'intérieur; impliqué dans la répression contre les manifestants.
DGT-TM v2021 · 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 2382410
Vice-President of Syria; involved in violence against the civilian population.
Vice-président; impliqué dans la répression contre la population civile.
DGT-TM v2021 · 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 2256588
Involved in violence against the civilian population as part of the Shabiha militia.
Impliqué dans la répression contre la population civile en tant que membre de la milice Shabiha.
DGT-TM v2021 · 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 2915133
Head of Political Security Directorate; involved in violence against demonstrators.
Chef de la direction de la sécurité politique; impliqué dans la répression contre les manifestants.
DGT-TM v2021 · 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 2914479

toutes

Used about 1 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1).

Above all things, the great violence of 1772 aroused him.
Entre toutes, la grande voie de fait de 1772 le soulevait.
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14054

More sentences

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

Inter-family is more likely than intra-family conflict to result in violence. Or is it?
Les conflits inter-familiaux ont davantage de chances de devenir violents que les conflits intra-familiaux. Ou est-ce bien le cas ?
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by halfb1t and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2082640 #2083530
From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
Depuis le temps de Jean-Baptiste jusqu’à présent, le royaume des cieux est forcé, et ce sont les violents qui s’en emparent.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 11:12
for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.
Car leur cœur médite la ruine, Et leurs lèvres parlent d’iniquité.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 24:2

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