acquérir — French to English

How French acquérir 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: acquérir (23 931). By style: everyday 61 · literary 3 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 833 · legal and administrative 2 092 · UN documents 20 938.

acquire

Used about 14 439 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 295 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 046 · UN documents ≈ 13 086). Forms: acquire, acquiring. Meaning: acquire in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je me suis débrouillé pour acquérir l'ouvrage après une longue recherche.

  I managed to acquire the book after a long search.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · #278023 #1243478

• C'était une véritable fièvre d'acquérir et de thésauriser en fait de science.

  His was a veritable fever for acquiring and hoarding, in the matter of science.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2111

• Les ressortissants de pays tiers devront également acquérir cette qualification initiale.

  People from third countries are also to acquire these basic skills.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 440970

• Chaque investisseur devait acquérir au moins deux quirats.

  Each investor would acquire at least two co-ownership shares.

  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 1400992

• Droit d ' acquérir une nationalité 305 - 306 103

  Right to acquire a nationality 305 - 306 104

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 13382155

knowledge

Used about 1 361 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 52 · UN documents ≈ 1 309). Meaning: knowledge in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il convient d'acquérir davantage de connaissances et d'obtenir de plus amples informations à propos des nanomatériaux.

  More knowledge and information must be obtained on nanomaterials.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1231753

• Cet enseignement doit permettre aux élèves d ' acquérir une certaine autonomie sur le plan personnel et social;

  This body of knowledge helps pupils to become personally and social self-sufficient;

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 9103061

• La Lituanie perçoit encore négativement les personnes plus âgées cherchant à acquérir des connaissances.

  Lithuania still holds on to a negative attitude towards older people pursuing knowledge.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 868839

• La Bulgarie a pu acquérir un certain savoir-faire et une certaine expérience de la gestion des problèmes du processus de réforme.

  Bulgaria has managed to gain some knowledge and experience in handling the problems of the reform process.

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 4604052

• Le service volontaire est une source de compréhension et de connaissances que l'on ne peut acquérir sur les bancs de l'école.

  Voluntary service creates the kind of understanding and knowledge which cannot be gained at a school desk.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1731393

purchase

Used about 846 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 17 · legal and administrative ≈ 392 · UN documents ≈ 436). Meaning: purchase in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Tous les secteurs peuvent fabriquer des produits d’une gamme potentiellement infinie de formats, que les consommateurs peuvent acquérir.

  All sectors may manufacture, and consumers may purchase, products within a potentially infinite range of sizes.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 772908

• (–) Obligations réelles ou éventuelles d’acquérir ses propres instruments T2

  (-) Actual or contingent obligations to purchase own T2 instruments

  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 5164785

• L ' augmentation des effectifs se traduira par la nécessité d ' acquérir du mobilier et du matériel de bureau supplémentaires tels que des ordinateurs.

  The addition of new staff members will result in a need to purchase additional office furniture and equipment such as computers.

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 16167463

• (-) Obligations réelles ou éventuelles d’acquérir ses propres instruments AT1

  (-) Actual or contingent obligations to purchase own AT1 instruments

  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 4046601

• (–) Obligations réelles ou éventuelles d'acquérir ses propres instruments AT1

  (-) Actual or contingent obligations to purchase own AT1 instruments

  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 4875748

skills

Used about 515 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 35 · legal and administrative ≈ 44 · UN documents ≈ 436).

• Toute personne doit également être placée dans une situation telle qu'elle puisse acquérir une qualification et adapter cette qualification.

  They should be enabled to gain and update qualifications and skills.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 119332

• moyen d’acquérir des compétences informatiques: autoformation en appliquant l’apprentissage par la pratique,

  way of obtaining e-skills: self-study in the sense of learning-by-doing

  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 699557

• Acquérir des connaissances et des compétences

  Acquired knowledge and skills

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 29003508

• Il ou elle n'a aucun droit, ayant été formé(e) et reconverti(e) pour acquérir des compétences éphémères selon les besoins capitalistes du moment.

  He or she has no rights, having been trained and retrained in disposable skills according to the capitalist needs of the time.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1079642

immovable

Used about 44 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 44).

• Il est notamment en mesure d’acquérir et d’aliéner des biens mobiliers et immobiliers et d’ester en justice.

  It shall, in particular, be capable of acquiring and disposing of movable and immovable property and being party to legal proceedings.

  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 4746280

More sentences

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

• Où puis-je me rendre pour acquérir des livres et des catalogues d'art ?

  Where can I go to buy art books and catalogs?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #1280171 #1280497

• Vous pouvez acquérir de nouvelles compétences à mesure que vous progressez dans le jeu.

  You can learn new abilities as you progress through the game.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and sabretou · checked, community translation · #6167796 #6615930

• Où puis-je acquérir un billet ?

  Where can I get a ticket?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #272475 #1335976

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