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# exercise — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: exercise (116 883), exercises (12 420). By style: everyday 196 · literary 7 · biblical 8 · parliamentary 4 376 · legal and administrative 12 159 · UN documents 112 557.

## exercice

Used about 71 580 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 171 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 3 054 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 727 · UN documents ≈ 58 623). Forms: exerce, exercer, exercice, exercices.

- He **exercises**.
  Il fait de l'**exercice**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#8476203](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8476203) [\#9017653](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9017653))

- “I have consulted upon this point many ecclesiastics laboring in Our Lord, who occupy themselves in the **exercises** of the clerical life, and who bear wonderful fruit.”
  --J'ai consulté sur cette question plusieurs ecclésiastiques travaillant en Notre-Seigneur qui s'occupent dans l'**exercice** de la vie cléricale et qui font un fruit admirable.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11522)

- For bodily **exercise** has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come.
  **Exerce**-toi à la piété; car l’exercice corporel est utile à peu de chose, tandis que la piété est utile à tout, ayant la promesse de la vie présente et de celle qui est à venir.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 4:8)

- This is not an **exercise** in sympathy.
  Il ne s'agit pas d'un **exercice** de copinage.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 939674)

- **Exercise** of the delegation
  **Exercice** de la délégation
  ([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 2200859)

## droit

Used about 10 643 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 91 · UN documents ≈ 10 552).

- I have noticed that each time the minority **exercises** a right, the Rules of Procedure are changed.
  Je constate que, toutes les fois que la minorité fait usage d'un **droit**, on change le règlement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1265627)

- 33. The CHAIRMAN invited those delegations that wished to do so to **exercise** their right of reply.
  33. Le PRESIDENT invite les délégations qui souhaitent faire usage du **droit** de réponse à prendre la parole.
  ([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 2969352)

- Most of them have already found other lives and are certainly unlikely to **exercise** the right to return to precisely the houses in which they once lived.
  La plupart d'entre elles ont refait leur vie ailleurs, et ne voudront certainement pas faire usage du **droit** de retourner dans la maison où elles habitaient autrefois.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2015512)

- 30. Also at the same meeting, the representative of Eritrea made a statement in **exercise** of the right of reply.
  À la même séance, la représentante de l &apos; Érythrée a fait une déclaration au titre du **droit** de réponse.
  ([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 22606138)

- Our air defences, acting in **exercise** of the legitimate right to defend the homeland, engaged the aircraft and, at 2315 hours, drove them off.
  Exerçant leur **droit** légitime de défendre le pays, nos forces antiaériennes les ont contraints à rebrousser chemin à 23 h 15.
  ([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 9601607)

## faire

Used about 3 660 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 137 · UN documents ≈ 3 517).

- You should do abs **exercises**.
  Vous devriez **faire** des abdominaux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Fenrir · checked, community translation · [\#11759319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11759319) [\#11759318](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11759318))

- Then he began to read them promptly, one after the other, made a sign to Master Olivier who appeared to **exercise** the office of minister, to take a pen, and without communicating to him the contents of the despatches, he began to dictate in a low voice, the replies which the latter wrote, on his knees, in an inconvenient attitude before the table.
  Puis il se mit à les lire promptement l'une après l'autre, fit signe à maître Olivier, qui paraissait avoir près de lui office de ministre, de prendre une plume, et, sans lui **faire** part au contenu des dépêches, commença à lui en dicter à voix basse les réponses, que celui-ci écrivait, assez incommodément agenouillé devant la table.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7513)

- The partners have had more than enough time to **exercise** influence on this.
  Les partenaires ont eu plus que le temps nécessaire pour pouvoir **faire** valoir leur position en la matière.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 518587)

- I appeal to all sides to **exercise** restraint.
  J &apos; appelle toutes les parties à **faire** preuve de mesure.
  ([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 21734465)

- I need to **exercise** a bit. Do you want to come with me?
  J’ai besoin de **faire** un peu de sport, ça te dit de m’accompagner ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13194184](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13194184) [\#12750287](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12750287))

## contrôle

Used about 174 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 46 · legal and administrative ≈ 128).

- At the same time, Cuban independent NGOs are not allowed to work as the government **exercises** a draconian control over them.
  Parallèlement, les ONG indépendantes cubaines n'ont pas la possibilité de faire leur travail, car elles font l'objet d'un **contrôle** draconien de la part du gouvernement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1359733)

- The government **exercises** full ownership and financial control over Sinosure.
  Sinosure appartient en totalité aux pouvoirs publics et est soumise à leur **contrôle** financier.
  ([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 3044589)

## More sentences

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

- My brother has bought an **exercise** bicycle in order to stay fit.
  Mon frère a acheté un vélo stationnaire pour rester en forme.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13863613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13863613) [\#13863615](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13863615))

- Please **exercise** every caution against cowboy salesmen of water purifiers and fraudulent-test sales.
  Soyez systématiquement vigilant avec les vendeurs peu scrupuleux de purificateurs d'eau et les faux inspecteurs de qualité des équipements.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fcbond and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#329417](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/329417) [\#330905](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/330905))

- The **exercise** book doesn't belong to you, it belongs to him.
  Le cahier ne t'appartient pas, il lui appartient.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11894921](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11894921) [\#452036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/452036))

## 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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