usage — French to English

How French usage 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: usage (78 735), usages (8 632). By style: everyday 114 · literary 12 · biblical 25 · parliamentary 3 577 · legal and administrative 21 420 · UN documents 62 219.

use

Used about 41 817 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 88 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 602 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 603 · UN documents ≈ 28 517). Forms: use, uses. Meaning: use in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Fais-en bon usage.

  Make good use of it.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Blabla and tieguy · checked, community translation · #13860629 #3349551

• Il a fallu en restreindre l'usage.

  The use of it had to be restricted.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10384

• Nous n’ignorons pas que la loi est bonne, pourvu qu’on en fasse un usage légitime,

  But we know that the law is good if a person uses it lawfully,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 1:8

• On pourrait consacrer cet argent à bien d'autres usages.

  That money could be put to many other uses.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1058391

• Usage de l'option OUI / NON

  Use of option YES / NO

  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 3765976

practice

Used about 6 393 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 335 · legal and administrative ≈ 223 · UN documents ≈ 5 833). Meaning: practice in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Vous observerez mes commandements, et vous ne pratiquerez aucun des usages abominables qui se pratiquaient avant vous, vous ne vous en souillerez pas. Je suis l’Éternel, votre Dieu.

  Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God.’”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 18:30

• Jusqu’à aujourd’hui, les usages ont varié dans ce domaine.

  Practice has varied to date.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 804224

• Le Tribunal a fait usage de cette possibilité dans les instructions pratiques aux parties.

  The Tribunal has taken the opportunity to do so in the Practice Directions to Parties.

  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 2570546

• 4. Paragraphe 4 de l ' article 15, dont les dispositions sont contraires au Code de la famille et aux usages en vigueur;

  4. Article 15, paragraph 4, as it is inconsistent with the provisions of family law and established practice.

  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 22418194

• La question posée est avant tout du ressort du droit et des usages nationaux.

  The issue raised by the honourable Member is primarily a matter for national law and practice.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1870892

purposes

Used about 4 580 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 224 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 116 · UN documents ≈ 3 241).

• Ces sommes pourraient être utilisées dans nos villes et pour d'autres usages sociaux.

  These funds could be used in our towns and for other social purposes.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 113856

• spécialement élaborées pour les nourrissons et pour les usages diététiques:

  Specially prepared as infant food or for dietetic purposes:

  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 4171368

• 8. Pour le SEBC, un registre unique pourrait aussi avoir plusieurs autres usages.

  8. For the ESCB, such a unique register could have multiple other purposes such as:

  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 17252770

• Troisièmement, nous avons besoin d'une séparation claire entre graisse alimentaire et graisse produite pour des usages techniques.

  Thirdly, we need the clear segregation of food fat and fat produced for technical purposes.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1466974

• Articles à usage chirurgical, médical ou hygiénique, non conditionnés pour la vente au détail

  Articles of a kind used for surgical, medical or hygienic purposes, not put up for retail sale

  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 2692305

More sentences

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

• Remettez bien le couteau à sa place après usage.

  After using the knife, please be sure to put it back where it was.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #36540 #15117

• Nous n'en avons plus l'usage.

  We don't need it anymore.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · #1112417 #1112427

• Invoquer l'usage contre la règle, dans une langue construite, est insensé.

  To cite usage against rule, in a constructed language, is insane.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #893100 #891916

Grammar

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