force — French to English
How French force is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: force (151 648), forces (183 303). By style: everyday 303 · literary 92 · biblical 247 · parliamentary 14 081 · legal and administrative 12 501 · UN documents 307 727.
force
Used about 259 931 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 98 · literary ≈ 41 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 7 187 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 985 · UN documents ≈ 243 617). Forms: force, forces. Meaning: force in the Elamur Dictionary.
Ils l'ont pris de force.
They took it by force.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · #1315318 #7093812Céderons-nous à la force?
Shall we yield to force?
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2229Après cela, Sanchérib, roi d’Assyrie, envoya ses serviteurs à Jérusalem, pendant qu’il était devant Lakis avec toutes ses forces; il les envoya vers Ézéchias, roi de Juda, et vers tous ceux de Juda qui étaient à Jérusalem, pour leur dire:
After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was attacking Lachish, and all his forces were with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 32:9Une task-force a donc été créée au sein de la Commission.
The Commission has therefore set up a task force.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 395459Task force «Partenariat oriental»
Task Force on the Eastern Partnership
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 2007645
strength
Used about 7 896 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 79 · literary ≈ 26 · biblical ≈ 110 · parliamentary ≈ 880 · legal and administrative ≈ 391 · UN documents ≈ 6 411). Meaning: strength in the Elamur Dictionary.
La force dans l'unité.
In unity is strength.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Adelpa · checked, community translation · #6041469 #492395—Réparer nos forces en mangeant.»
"Recruit our strength by eating."
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3774Elle ceint de force ses reins, Et elle affermit ses bras.
She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 31:17Avons-nous la force et la détermination d'aboutir ou sommes-nous désorientés ?
Do we have the strength and determination to complete the final lap, or shall we miss the entrance to the stadium because we have lost our bearings?
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 124848force de 19 kN ou plus,
a strength of 19 kN or more,
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 4973818
armed
Used about 3 352 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 147 · UN documents ≈ 3 205). Meaning: armed in the Elamur Dictionary.
(SV) Monsieur le Président, la carte de l'Europe a été modifiée par des forces armées et par la guerre.
(SV) Mr President, the map of Europe has changed through armed attack and war.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1152118L ' un des hommes a tiré deux coups de semonce et s ' est emparé de force de 1 fusil, de 10 chargeurs et de 300 balles se trouvant dans le véhicule.
One of the armed men fired two warning shots and forcibly took 1 rifle, 10 magazines and 300 rounds of ammunition from the United Nations vehicle.
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 28519507
More sentences
Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.
La force de l'équipe est celle de son membre le plus faible.
The team is only as strong as its weakest member.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #4235720 #4236578Personne ne te force à rester.
Nobody's forcing you to stay.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LeFaune and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #4464799 #4465427Personne ne vous force la main.
Nobody's forcing you.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CM · checked, community translation · #3728995 #7093783
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