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# prevent — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: prevent (157 464), prevents (5 892). By style: everyday 101 · literary 21 · parliamentary 10 539 · legal and administrative 13 807 · UN documents 138 888.

## empêcher

Used about 71 980 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 63 · literary ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 3 952 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 191 · UN documents ≈ 60 764). Forms: empêche, empêcher.

- Who can **prevent** it?
  Qui peut l'**empêcher** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2270201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2270201) [\#3245349](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3245349))

- “Which does not **prevent** him from defending it,” responded Enjolras.
  --Ce qui ne l'**empêche** pas de la défendre, répondit Enjolras.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26599)

- How are we to **prevent** this?
  Comment pouvons-nous **empêcher** cela ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 370631)

- the type of device to **prevent** unauthorised use.
  type du dispositif destiné à **empêcher** une utilisation non autorisée;
  ([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 5500858)

- Article 2 - All measures to **prevent** acts of torture
  Article 2 (Mesures visant à **empêcher** la commission d &apos; actes de torture)
  ([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 13364559)

## prévenir

Used about 34 302 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 878 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 582 · UN documents ≈ 31 829).

- Who can **prevent** it?
  Qui peut le **prévenir** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2270201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2270201) [\#3245347](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3245347))

- It has allowed us to investigate and **prevent** attacks.
  Il nous a permis d'enquêter et de **prévenir** des attentats.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1341392)

- MEASURES TO **PREVENT** TERRORIST OFFENCES
  MESURES VISANT À **PRÉVENIR** LES INFRACTIONS TERRORISTES
  ([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 1387558)

- (d) Take different measures to **prevent** domestic violence;
  De prendre les diverses mesures permettant de **prévenir** la violence familiale;
  ([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 20617164)

- Dates help to **prevent** cancer.
  Les dattes aident à **prévenir** le cancer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and always · checked, community translation · [\#9360361](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9360361) [\#12141234](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12141234))

## éviter

Used about 9 433 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 2 196 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 438 · UN documents ≈ 5 787).

- That's exactly what we're trying to **prevent**.
  C'est exactement ce qu'on essaye d'**éviter**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11734106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11734106) [\#12733034](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12733034))

- This legislation could **prevent** that kind of situation arising.
  Avec cette législation, on pourrait **éviter** ce genre de situation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 245457)

- Requirements to **prevent** vehicles from degradation for snow, ice and hail conditions.
  Exigences pour **éviter** une détérioration des véhicules par temps de neige, de glace et de grêle.
  ([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 3543055)

- This then **prevents** such pleas from being used as a delaying tactics.
  Cette procédure permet d &apos; **éviter** le recours à ces exceptions comme manœuvres dilatoires.
  ([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 7532790)

- Brushing your teeth helps **prevent** tooth decay.
  Le brossage dentaire aide à **éviter** les caries.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#10612587](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10612587) [\#10553540](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10553540))

## toute

Used about 1 083 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 220 · legal and administrative ≈ 863).

- We must guarantee the principle of free transplants and **prevent** any pressure from being put on potential donors.
  Le principe de gratuité doit être garanti et **toute** pression sur un donneur potentiel doit être écartée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1388447)

- This **prevents** aid-financed inorganic growth of LBBW.
  Ceci fait obstacle à **toute** croissance anorganique de LBBW financée par l’aide octroyée.
  ([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 2003846)

- The Union is pleased with this statement and hopes that the Russian authorities will fulfil their commitment and **prevent** any further violation of human rights.
  L'Union accueille avec plaisir cette déclaration et espère que les autorités russes respecteront leur engagement et éviteront **toute** nouvelle violation des droits de l'homme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 303516)

- **prevent** either Party from taking any action for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security.
  comme empêchant l'une ou l'autre partie d'entreprendre **toute** action pour le maintien de la paix et de la sécurité internationales.
  ([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 317783)

- The use of Roman numerals as approval numbers should be avoided so as to **prevent** any confusion with other symbols.
  L'utilisation de chiffres romains pour les numéros d'homologation doit être évitée, afin d'exclure **toute** confusion avec d'autres symboles.
  ([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 5518173)

## More sentences

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

- Being blind did not **prevent** him from obtaining a doctorate in mathematics.
  Être aveugle ne l'a pas empêché d'obtenir un doctorat en mathématiques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#10714954](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10714954) [\#11060061](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11060061))

- Seize this brigand! **Prevent** him from escaping!
  Emparez-vous de ce brigand ! Empêchez qu'il ne s'échappe !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1931641](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1931641) [\#1931578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1931578))

- Vaccinations help **prevent** childhood diseases.
  Les vaccinations aident à protéger contre les maladies infantiles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and bart · checked, community translation · [\#681788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/681788) [\#1177977](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1177977))

## 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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