pouvoir — French to English

How French pouvoir 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: pouvoir (190 130), pouvoirs (117 311). By style: everyday 921 · literary 26 · biblical 79 · parliamentary 28 654 · legal and administrative 34 814 · UN documents 242 947.

power

Used about 79 821 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 461 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 15 · parliamentary ≈ 13 133 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 055 · UN documents ≈ 53 145). Forms: power, powers. Meaning: power in the Elamur Dictionary.

• J'abuse de mes pouvoirs.

  I'm abusing my powers.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Fenrir · checked, community translation · #11759378 #11759376

• Souvent le pouvoir lui-même est une faction.

  Power itself is often a faction.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18228

• La mort et la vie sont au pouvoir de la langue; Quiconque l’aime en mangera les fruits.

  Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 18:21

• L'ESMA devrait également avoir un pouvoir d'exécution renforcé.

  ESMA should also have greater power of enforcement.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1456076

• Pouvoir d'accorder des dérogations

  Power to grant derogations

  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 4037756

authority

Used about 25 645 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 23 · parliamentary ≈ 298 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 539 · UN documents ≈ 22 776). Meaning: authority in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Tom a outrepassé ses pouvoirs.

  Tom overstepped his authority.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and CK · checked, community translation · #5374961 #5375288

• et pour les envoyer prêcher avec le pouvoir de chasser les démons.

  and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 3:15

• Nous sommes conscients des immenses difficultés auxquelles doit faire face aujourd’hui le pouvoir de transition afghan.

  We know the immense challenges that confront the Afghan Transitional Authority today.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 562251

• Au cours d'une négociation, le pouvoir adjudicateur assure l'égalité de traitement de tous les soumissionnaires.

  During a negotiation, the contracting authority shall ensure equal treatment for all tenderers.

  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 3769332

• Le paragraphe d) du même préambule dispose : " Le peuple est la source des pouvoirs.

  Paragraph (d) of the preamble reads: “The people is the source of authority.

  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 2701365

able

Used about 15 474 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 115 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 2 686 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 539 · UN documents ≈ 10 123). Meaning: able in the Elamur Dictionary.

• On doit pouvoir s'adapter.

  You have to be able to adapt.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and sundown · checked, community translation · #11537757 #10646469

• Nous regrettons de ne pouvoir offrir à nos lecteurs ce morceau remarquable.

  We regret that we are not able to offer to our readers this remarkable piece.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5102

• Revêtez-vous de toutes les armes de Dieu, afin de pouvoir tenir ferme contre les ruses du diable.

  Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EPH 6:11

• Les internautes chinois doivent pouvoir accéder à des informations non censurées.

  Chinese Internet users must be able to access uncensored information.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1332230

• Plaisir de pouvoir effectuer une sélection parmi une très grande variété de vins de la Communauté de différentes origines.

  The attraction of being able to choose from a very wide selection of Community wines of different origins

  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 1644542

More sentences

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

• Je ne suis pas sûre de pouvoir me fier à toi.

  I'm not sure I can trust you.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #2275662 #2281335

• Je ne pense pas pouvoir assister à votre fête.

  I don't think that I can make it to your party.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #7235926 #2534703

• Nous mangeons de manière à pouvoir vivre.

  We eat so we can live.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Shadd · checked, community translation · #22860 #1288138

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