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# abuse — English to French

How English *abuse* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [abuse in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/abuse/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: abuse (97 985), abuses (21 284). By style: everyday 35 · literary 2 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 3 924 · legal and administrative 1 926 · UN documents 113 378.

## abus

Used about 36 903 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 717 · legal and administrative ≈ 923 · UN documents ≈ 34 250).

- It's an **abuse** of power.
  C'est un **abus** de pouvoir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Sisyphe · checked, community translation · [\#4530062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4530062) [\#4534354](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4534354))

- “Seventhly: for a broken thread ten sous are withheld in the weaving shop; this is an **abuse** of the contractor, since the cloth is none the worse for it.
  «Septièmement: pour un fil courant, on retient dix sous au prisonnier dans l'atelier des tisserands; c'est un **abus** de l'entrepreneur, puisque la toile n'est pas moins bonne.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28719)

- Those **abuses** will end.
  Ces **abus** vont prendre fin.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1146806)

- Notification of market **abuse**
  Notification d'**abus** de marché
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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 2191797)

- C. **Abuses** of dominance 7
  C. **Abus** de position dominante 8
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 8415361)

## violations

Used about 21 233 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 654 · legal and administrative ≈ 502 · UN documents ≈ 20 077).

- We must continue to condemn human rights **abuses** in Burma.
  Nous devons continuer de dénoncer les **violations** des droits de l'homme perpétrées en Birmanie.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 98457)

- Responsibility for ordering repression of demonstrations, human rights **abuses**.
  Responsable d'avoir ordonné la répression des manifestations, **violations** des droits de l'homme.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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 3915354)

- The United Nations can and must do more to halt these horrendous **abuses**.
  L &apos; ONU peut et doit faire plus pour que cessent ces **violations** horribles.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 4639602)

- . I oppose China’s one child policy and other human rights **abuses**.
  . - Je suis opposée à la politique chinoise de l’enfant unique et aux autres **violations** des droits de l’homme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 850285)

- Human rights **abuses** and gender violence are rampant.
  Les **violations** des droits de l &apos; homme et la violence dirigée contre les femmes sont monnaie courante.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 11499108)

## contre

Used about 12 117 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 245 · legal and administrative ≈ 60 · UN documents ≈ 11 810).

- They're against animal **abuse**.
  Ils militent **contre** les violences aux animaux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#680055](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/680055) [\#1036532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1036532))

- The battle against drugs and drug **abuse** must be constant and far-reaching.
  Le combat **contre** les drogues et la toxicomanie doit être mené sur tous les fronts, en tous lieux et avec constance.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1921282)

- Pilot project — Framework of best practices to tackle child sexual **abuse**
  Projet pilote — Cadre de pratiques exemplaires en matière de lutte **contre** la pédopornographie
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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 4470568)

- Treatment of Child Sexual **Abuse** http://www.cptcsa.org
  de la violence sexuelle **contre** les enfants http://www.cptcsa.org
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 24341465)

- I would add, however, that the protection of children and adolescents against certain **abuses** must be absolute.
  Je souhaite cependant ajouter que la protection des enfants et des adolescents **contre** un certain nombre de dérives doit être absolue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 191117)

## homme

Used about 6 028 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 123 · UN documents ≈ 5 905).

- **Abuse** of religious freedom is symptomatic of the **abuse** of human rights.
  La violation de la liberté de religion est symptomatique du non-respect des droits de l'**homme**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1958136)

- armed conflict and human rights **abuses**
  armés et des atteintes aux droits de l &apos; **homme**
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 2953706)

- We detailed our concern at the loss of life and the human rights **abuses** which have taken place there since June.
  Nous lui avons exposé nos préoccupations face à la perte de vies et aux atteintes aux droits de l’**homme** survenues depuis juin.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 758655)

- Military personnel have been implicated in a large number of human rights **abuses** throughout the country.
  Des militaires sont impliqués dans de nombreux cas de violation des droits de l &apos; **homme** dans l &apos; ensemble du pays.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 712004)

- This regulation has enabled us to intervene in countries where there is deep conflict with serious **abuses** of human rights.
  Ce règlement nous a donné les moyens d'intervenir dans des pays touchés par des conflits graves dans lesquels on constate un non-respect sérieux des droits de l'**homme**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 46629)

## enfants

Used about 4 726 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 4 724).

- Child **abuse** is wrong.
  La maltraitance des **enfants** est une mauvaise chose.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11449995](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11449995) [\#11958260](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958260))

- Participants (c) Physical and sexual **abuse** of children within and outside the family
  c) Sévices physiques et sexuels infligés aux **enfants** au sein et à l &apos; extérieur de la famille
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 17048729)

- Child **abuse** is against the law.
  La maltraitance des **enfants** est contraire à la loi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#680054](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/680054) [\#7499467](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7499467))

- In this way, children will be free to pursue their education without **abuse** or violence.
  De cette manière, les **enfants** seront libres de poursuivre leurs études en l &apos; absence de toute maltraitance ou violation.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 23550363)

- At the meeting, problems relating to child **abuse** were included in the agenda and discussed.
  Lors de cette session, les problèmes de la maltraitance des **enfants** étaient inscrits à l &apos; ordre du jour et débattus.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 15222996)

## droits

Used about 1 365 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 123 · legal and administrative ≈ 60 · UN documents ≈ 1 181).

- Amnesty International claims that Facebook and Google **abuse** human rights because of overly aggressive collection of user data.
  Amnesty International affirme que Facebook et Google violent les **droits** de la personne en raison de la collecte excessive de données d’utilisateurs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marioo and marioo · checked, community translation · [\#8338108](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8338108) [\#8338107](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8338107))

- Human rights **abuses** against another individual are human rights **abuses** against us all.
  Toute violation des **droits** humains perpétrée contre autrui est une violation des droits humains de chacun d’entre nous.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 592878)

- As Deputy Head of Iran’s Prisons Organisation, responsible for **abuses** and deprivation of rights in detention center.
  En tant que chef adjoint de l'organisation des prisons iraniennes, il est responsable d'exactions et de privations de **droits** en milieu carcéral.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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 2242528)

- Investigating and following up on complaints from the public about human rights **abuses**, and organizing seminars
  Le traitement et le suivi des doléances de la population lésée dans ses **droits** et en organisant les séminaires;
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 16891498)

- They have suffered a multitude of human rights **abuses**: rape, sexual assault, forced marriages and prostitution.
  Leurs **droits** ont été bafoués à de multiples reprises : viol, violences sexuelles, mariages forcés et prostitution.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2050210)

## pouvoir

Used about 63 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 41 · legal and administrative ≈ 20).

- Thomas **abuses** his power.
  Thomas abuse de son **pouvoir**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ooneykcall and pkill · checked, community translation · [\#10495413](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10495413) [\#10495410](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10495410))

- The missing word is 'religion' , in other words Islam and the political **abuse** of Islam by the ruling power.
  Ce mot, c'est "religion", c'est-à-dire l'Islam et l'utilisation politique de l'Islam de la part du **pouvoir** en place.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 291389)

- Otherwise an **abuse** of powers may be involved.
  Sans quoi, il pourrait y avoir détournement de **pouvoir**.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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 543635)

- Every person has the power to **abuse** their privileges.
  Chaque personne a le **pouvoir** d'abuser de ses privilèges.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by slyfin and franlexcois · checked, community translation · [\#4604638](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4604638) [\#4604665](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4604665))

## More sentences

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

- He flung a stream of **abuse** at me.
  Il a déversé un torrent d'insultes sur moi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#297562](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/297562) [\#9764875](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9764875))

- We can only **abuse** of things that are good.
  On ne peut abuser que de choses qui sont bonnes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#901867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/901867) [\#892785](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/892785))

- I **abuse** Dr. Mabuse.
  J'abuse du docteur Mabuse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Fenrir · checked, community translation · [\#10832592](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10832592) [\#10832590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10832590))

## Grammar

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