avocat — French to English

How French avocat 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: avocat (29 122), avocate (1 138), avocates (347), avocats (26 114). By style: everyday 332 · literary 32 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 1 296 · legal and administrative 2 364 · UN documents 52 696.

lawyer

Used about 36 822 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 278 · literary ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 963 · legal and administrative ≈ 985 · UN documents ≈ 34 582). Forms: lawyer, lawyers. Meaning: lawyer in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je suis avocate.

  I'm a lawyer.

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• --C'est fini, dit l'avocat.

  “It is finished,” said the lawyer.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5806

• Exercice de la profession d'avocat

  Practice of the profession of lawyer

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• Assistance d'un avocat

  Assistance by a lawyer

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• fédération des avocates; Parlement

  Federation of Women Lawyers; Parliament

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advocate

Used about 3 960 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 140 · legal and administrative ≈ 517 · UN documents ≈ 3 294). Meaning: advocate in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je me fais juste l'avocat du diable.

  I'm just playing the devil's advocate.

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• --Nego[107], répliqua l'avocat.

  “Nego, I deny it,” replied the advocate.

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• Je n'entends pas ici me faire l'avocat de la Grèce.

  I do not intend here to advocate in favour of Greece.

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• Juges présidents et premier avocat général

  Presiding judges and First Advocate-General

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• 1953 Avocate à la Cour suprême d ' Afrique du Sud

  1953 Advocate, Supreme Court of South Africa

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attorney

Used about 3 664 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 26 · legal and administrative ≈ 49 · UN documents ≈ 3 568). Meaning: attorney in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je suis avocate.

  I'm an attorney.

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• L'avocat général prit la parole:

  The district-attorney took the word:—

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6173

• Monsieur le Président, concernant l'urgence, je voudrais faire remarquer que le cas de M. Ganzert, avocat à Wels, a été rejeté.

  Mr President, I would like it noted as a matter of urgency that the case of Dr. Ganzert, an attorney from Wels, has been dismissed.

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• Državno pravobranilstvo Republike Slovenije (Bureau de l'avocat général de la République de Slovénie)

  Državno pravobranilstvo Republike Slovenije (National Attorney of the Republic of Slovenia)

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• 1986-1990 Avocate (profession libérale), Trinité-et-Tobago

  Barrister/Attorney at Law (self-employed), Trinidad and Tobago

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legal

Used about 1 722 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 26 · legal and administrative ≈ 49 · UN documents ≈ 1 647). Meaning: legal in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Pendant huit mois, ils se sont vu refuser le droit de consulter un avocat.

  For eight months, they were denied the opportunity of legal counsel.

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• LV: obligation de nationalité pour les avocats assermentés, auxquels est réservée la représentation juridique dans les procédures pénales.

  LV: Nationality requirement for sworn solicitors, to whom legal representation in criminal proceedings is reserved.

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• 1977 Avocate de l ' assistance judiciaire (Senior Counsel).

  1977 Senior Legal Aid Counsel.

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• Cette situation est impossible, car nul, qu'il soit notaire, juge ou avocat, ne peut connaître les 28 systèmes juridiques européens.

  This is not right in practice because nobody - no solicitor, judge or barrister - is in a position to know 28 European legal systems.

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• Chef de la colonie pénitentiaire IK-9 de Horki, responsable du traitement inhumain de D. Dashkevich, y compris d'actes de torture et d'un refus d'accès à un avocat.

  Head of penal colony IK-9 in Horki, responsible for inhumane treatment of D. Dashkevich, including tortures and denial of access to legal representatives.

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court

Used about 1 221 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 123 · UN documents ≈ 1 098). Meaning: court in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le nombre d'avocats généraux à la Cour de Justice de l'Union européenne est porté à:

  The number of Advocates-General of the Court of Justice of the European Union shall be increased to:

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• Avocate générale à la Cour d ' appel (Bamenda) 1980-1983.

  Avocat General, Court of Appeal, Bamenda 1980-1983

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• Le 16 janvier 2013, la Cour de justice a demandé d'augmenter de trois personnes le nombre des avocats généraux à la Cour de justice.

  On 16 January 2013, the Court of Justice requested that the number of Advocates-General of the Court of Justice be increased by three.

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• 206. Les avocates sont habilitées, comme leurs confrères, à représenter leurs clients devant la justice.

  206. Female attorneys represent clients in court.

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• En outre, le nombre d'avocats généraux à la Cour de justice a été porté à onze, avec effet au 7 octobre 2015, par la décision 2013/336/UE du Conseil [1].

  In addition, Council Decision 2013/336/EU [1] increased the number of Advocates-General of the Court of Justice to 11, with effect from 7 October 2015.

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judges

Used about 1 045 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 222 · UN documents ≈ 823).

• Début de la période de mandat des juges et des avocats généraux

  Commencement of the term of office of Judges and Advocates General

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• 1 875 avocats et avocates, juges, hommes et femmes, procureurs/procureures

  1,875 trial attorneys, judges, prosecutors and public defenders

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• portant nomination de juges et d'avocats généraux de la Cour de justice

  appointing Judges and Advocates-General to the Court of Justice

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• Les pourcentages de magistrates, de procureurs de sexe féminin et d ' avocates sont, respectivement, de 15,4%, 12,2% et 14,4%.

  The share of female judges is 15.4%, 12.2% for public prosecutors and 14.4% for attorneys.

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• Le mandat des juges et avocats généraux est pour une période de six ans.

  The term of office of these Judges and Advocates-General will be six years.

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More sentences

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

• L'avocat est le fruit de l'avocatier.

  Avocados are the fruit of the avocado tree.

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• Je veux manger mon avocat.

  I want to eat my avocado.

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• Où exerce-t-il la profession d'avocat ?

  Where does he practice law?

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