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# execution — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: execution (34 255), executions (16 720). By style: everyday 7 · literary 8 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 1 321 · legal and administrative 4 820 · UN documents 44 818.

## exécution

Used about 35 464 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 1 156 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 418 · UN documents ≈ 29 879). Forms: exécution, exécutions.

- A stay of **execution** was ordered at the eleventh hour.
  Une suspension de l'**exécution** fut ordonnée in extremis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#601962](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/601962) [\#817931](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/817931))

- To be present at **executions** constitutes a duty.
  Assister aux **exécutions** constitue un devoir.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12727)

- Every **execution** is an error.
  Toute **exécution** est une erreur.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 109721)

- death penalty or **execution**; or
  la peine de mort ou l'**exécution**, ou
  ([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 427570)

- Most **executions** are beheadings.
  La plupart des **exécutions** se font par décapitation.
  ([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 29226281)

## mort

Used about 975 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 41 · UN documents ≈ 934).

- There are currently 57 convicts on death row awaiting **execution**.
  À l'heure actuelle, 57 condamnés attendent dans le couloir de la **mort**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1362088)

- The death penalty has been applied several times. The form of **execution** is by hanging.
  La peine de **mort**, sous forme de pendaison, a été appliquée plusieurs fois.
  ([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 716772)

- South Korea seemed to have committed itself along those lines, since no **executions** have been carried out there since December 1997.
  La Corée du Sud semblait s'être engagée dans cette voie, aucune condamnation à **mort** n'ayant été exécutée depuis décembre 1997.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1362040)

- The Government reported that their **execution** had taken place after a military court had sentenced them to death for treason.
  Le Gouvernement a fait savoir que ces personnes avaient été exécutées après avoir été condamnées à **mort** pour trahison par un tribunal militaire.
  ([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 5165659)

- There are millions of people in the country who do not enjoy full political rights, and one of their leaders is awaiting **execution** in prison.
  Il y a dans le pays des millions de citoyens qui ne jouissent pas pleinement des droits politiques, et un de leurs leaders attend en prison une condamnation à **mort**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2037991)

## arbitraires

Used about 467 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 467).

- &quot; (e) The cases of summary or arbitrary **execution**, disappearance, torture, harassment, unlawful arrest, widespread persecution and arbitrary detention for long periods;
  e) Les cas d &apos; exécution sommaire ou arbitraire de disparitions, de torture, d &apos; arrestations illégales, de persécutions systématiques et de détentions **arbitraires** pour de longues périodes;
  ([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 10095156)

## sommaires

Used about 467 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 467).

- summary or arbitrary **executions** 26 9
  extrajudiciaires, **sommaires** ou arbitraires 26 9
  ([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 8096237)

## More sentences

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

- A regional observatory will be directed to monitor the **execution** of the plan.
  Un observatoire régional sera chargé du suivi de la mise en œuvre du plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by witbrock and sciuro · checked, community translation · [\#430069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/430069) [\#429920](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/429920))

- Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree came near to be put in **execution**, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it turned out that the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),
  Au douzième mois, qui est le mois d’Adar, le treizième jour du mois, jour où devaient s’exécuter l’ordre et l’édit du roi, et où les ennemis des Juifs avaient espéré dominer sur eux, ce fut le contraire qui arriva, et les Juifs dominèrent sur leurs ennemis.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EST 9:1)

- The district-attorney forwarded it to M. sur M. by a special messenger, at full speed, and entrusted its **execution** to Police Inspector Javert.
  L'avocat général l'envoya à Montreuil-sur-mer par un exprès, à franc étrier, et en chargea l'inspecteur de police Javert.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6422)

## Grammar

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