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# civil — English to French

How English *civil* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: civil (315 343), civils (424). By style: everyday 36 · literary 6 · parliamentary 10 929 · legal and administrative 12 581 · UN documents 292 215.

## civile

Used about 262 711 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · literary ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 8 424 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 746 · UN documents ≈ 243 513). Forms: civil, civile, civils.

- Can we avoid a **civil** war?
  Peut-on éviter une guerre **civile** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6076555](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6076555) [\#12457686](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12457686))

- CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM **CIVIL** WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC WAR
  Marius, en sortant de la guerre **civile**, s'apprête à la guerre domestique
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28841)

- We must help build up the **civil** administration.
  Nous devons contribuer à bâtir l’administration **civile**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 846386)

- the enforcement of **civil** law claims.
  l’exécution des demandes de droit **civil**.
  ([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 5139453)

- D. **Civil** rights and freedoms
  D. Droits **civils** et libertés
  ([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 20648241)

## droits

Used about 6 547 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 455 · UN documents ≈ 6 088).

- We must fight to preserve our **civil** rights.
  Nous devons nous battre pour préserver nos **droits** civiques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5924055](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5924055) [\#10561263](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10561263))

- Or for proper democratic decisions and the safeguarding of **civil** liberties?
  Du caractère démocratique et légitime des décisions adoptées, de la protection des **droits** des citoyens?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1879064)

- Promotion and protection of all human rights, **civil**,
  Promotion et protection de tous les **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 27489307)

- We must fight to safeguard our **civil** rights.
  Nous devons nous battre pour préserver nos **droits** civiques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5924056](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5924056) [\#10561263](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10561263))

- After all, numerous Zimbabwean **civil** liberties and human rights organisations rely on foreign donations.
  Après tout, de nombreuses organisations zimbabwéennes de défense des libertés civiles et des **droits** de l’homme dépendent de dons étrangers.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 637089)

## international

Used about 3 044 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 044).

- International **Civil** Aviation Organization
  **International** Civil Aviation Organization
  ([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 21139072)

## pacte

Used about 3 044 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 044).

- This constitutes cruel and inhuman treatment within the meaning of article 7 of the International Covenant on **Civil** and Political Rights.
  Une telle obligation constitue un traitement cruel et inhumain au sens de l &apos; article 7 du **Pacte**.
  ([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 27150939)

## More sentences

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

- He wrote a book about the American **Civil** War.
  Il a écrit un livre sur la guerre de Sécession.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and Cocorico · checked, community translation · [\#302140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/302140) [\#802908](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/802908))

- All wars are **civil** wars, because all men are brothers.
  Toutes les guerres sont des guerres civiles, car tous les hommes sont frères.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#13673340](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13673340) [\#13673336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13673336))

- **Civil** unrest and political instability plague Morocco.
  Les troubles sociaux et l'instabilité politique affectent profondément le Maroc.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11590104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11590104) [\#11590105](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11590105))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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