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# customs — English to French

How English *customs* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: customs (84 520). By style: everyday 44 · literary 1 · biblical 9 · parliamentary 3 411 · legal and administrative 30 162 · UN documents 50 893.

## douanes

Used about 69 950 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 3 056 · legal and administrative ≈ 27 649 · UN documents ≈ 39 230). Forms: douane, douanes, douanier, douaniers, douanière, douanières.

- Where is the **Customs** Service?
  Où se trouve le service des **douanes** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#272081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/272081) [\#442401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/442401))

- A reduction in **customs** duties is planned.
  Une réduction des droits de **douane** est prévue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1008791)

- Office Place of Delivery — **Customs**
  Bureau lieu de livraison — **douanes**
  ([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 3246093)

- Harmonized System **Customs** Code
  Système harmonisé de code **douanier**
  ([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 14464506)

- A **customs** declaration is required.
  Une déclaration en **douanes** est requise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#20816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20816) [\#579934](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/579934))

## coutumes

Used about 2 292 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 23 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 142 · UN documents ≈ 2 121).

- Other lands, other **customs**.
  Autres pays, autres **coutumes**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#2983070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2983070) [\#10948323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10948323))

- and advocate **customs** which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”
  ce sont des Juifs, qui annoncent des **coutumes** qu’il ne nous est permis ni de recevoir ni de suivre, à nous qui sommes Romains.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 16:21)

- We need to go back to paying more attention to ensuring that our **customs**, traditions and moral values are upheld, and respected by others.
  Nous devons de nouveau en faire davantage pour garantir que nos **coutumes**, traditions et valeurs morales sont préservées et respectées par les autres.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1563208)

- Indigenous peoples have the right to practise and revitalize their cultural traditions and **customs**.
  Les peuples autochtones ont le droit d &apos; observer et de revivifier leurs traditions culturelles et leurs **coutumes**.
  ([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 1198770)

- Every country has its own **customs**.
  Chaque pays a ses propres **coutumes**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sharris123 and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#7779363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7779363) [\#410432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/410432))

## autorités

Used about 1 060 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 060).

- The **customs** authorities may forward this data to the responsible criminal prosecution authorities as well as to other financial authorities under certain conditions.
  Elles peuvent également les transmettre aux **autorités** judiciaires fédérales ainsi qu &apos; à d &apos; autres administrations financières, sous certaines conditions.
  ([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 12573753)

## More sentences

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

- Other times, other **customs**.
  Autres temps, autres mœurs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CarpeLanam and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#7441099](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7441099) [\#1625018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1625018))

- Social order does not come from nature. It is founded on **customs**.
  L'ordre social ne vient pas de la nature. Il est fondé sur des conventions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by blay\_paul and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#415655](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/415655) [\#412848](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/412848))

- Social **customs** vary from country to country.
  Les usages sociaux sont différents d'un pays à l'autre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Lumpawurump · checked, community translation · [\#265341](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/265341) [\#334116](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/334116))

## Grammar

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