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# physical — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: physical (98 786), physicals (17). By style: everyday 56 · literary 4 · parliamentary 1 670 · legal and administrative 9 110 · UN documents 87 963.

## physique

Used about 63 255 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 44 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 322 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 288 · UN documents ≈ 54 598). Forms: physique, physiques.

- He has a **physical** defect.
  Il a une malformation **physique**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14021162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14021162) [\#14021165](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14021165))

- One detail, which we must not omit, is that he possessed a **physical** strength which was not approached by a single one of the denizens of the galleys.
  Un détail que nous ne devons pas omettre, c'est qu'il était d'une force **physique** dont n'approchait pas un des habitants du bagne.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2040)

- It has been a direct **physical** attack which we have all witnessed.
  C'était une agression **physique** et directe, nous l'avons tous constaté.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1791655)

- Consignment selected for **physical** checks
  Lot sélectionné pour des contrôles **physiques**
  ([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 1873294)

- **physical** and psychological recovery and
  notamment la réadaptation **physique** et
  ([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 3781120)

## enfants

Used about 6 101 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 35 · UN documents ≈ 6 066).

- One of the most humiliating experiences of sexually abused women and children is not to be believed unless they can furnish proof in the form of **physical** injuries.
  Le plus humiliant pour les femmes et les **enfants** victimes d'abus sexuels est de ne trouver crédit auprès de tiers que s'ils peuvent faire état de blessures corporelles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1987773)

- 2. Children in armed conflicts, including **physical** and
  2. **Enfants** touchés par des conflits armés, réadaptation
  ([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 9116509)

- Onethird of children with special needs receive paramedical services, such as **physical** and occupational therapy, on a regular basis.
  - Un tiers des **enfants** ayant des besoins spéciaux reçoivent de manière régulière des services paramédicaux comme une thérapie, une physiothérapie ou une ergothérapie.
  ([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 9123833)

- The Act pronounces a right for children to be brought up without violence and prohibits **physical** punishment, emotional injury and other humiliating actions.
  La Loi stipule le droit des **enfants** d &apos; être élevés sans violence et interdit les punitions corporelles, la blessure émotionnelle et autres actes humiliants.
  ([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 10394407)

- 151. All public schools benefit from this programme, which seeks to improve the health status of children (from primary to high school). Annual **physicals** are performed on students enrolled in grades 1, 6 and 10, which minimize their need to miss classes for annual **physicals** and immunization.
  Toutes les écoles publiques primaires et secondaires bénéficient de ces services, qui visent à améliorer l &apos; état de santé des **enfants** en faisant passer chaque année des visites médicales aux élèves des première, sixième et dixième années d &apos; école et en les vaccinant pour qu &apos; ils n &apos; aient pas à manquer l &apos; école à cette fin.
  ([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 24218058)

## éducation

Used about 1 551 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 35 · UN documents ≈ 1 517).

- As a teacher, I would like to remind that positive results in education cannot be obtained by fear, constraint and **physical** punishment.
  En tant qu'enseignant, je tiens à souligner que l'on n'obtient pas de résultats positifs en **éducation** par la peur, la contrainte et les punitions corporelles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1129428)

- Bachelor &apos; s degree in **physical** education
  Licence en **éducation** sportive
  ([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 16938202)

## More sentences

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

- Police failed to produce **physical** evidence.
  La police n'a pas réussi à produire des preuves matérielles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#4009058](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4009058) [\#4009098](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4009098))

- I had a **physical** checkup.
  J'ai eu un examen médical.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and fhartmann · checked, community translation · [\#257226](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/257226) [\#426974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/426974))

- I'm interested in things meta-**physical**.
  Je suis intéressé par les choses métaphysiques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by irrationale and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2164564](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2164564) [\#2164823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2164823))

## 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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