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# sexual — English to French

How English *sexual* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: sexual (137 193), sexuals (12). By style: everyday 41 · biblical 36 · parliamentary 2 798 · legal and administrative 988 · UN documents 133 342.

## sexuel

Used about 99 268 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 37 · parliamentary ≈ 2 681 · legal and administrative ≈ 988 · UN documents ≈ 95 562). Forms: sexuel, sexuelle, sexuelles, sexuels.

- Tom is a **sexual** offender.
  Tom est un agresseur **sexuel**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14055636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14055636) [\#14055634](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14055634))

- **Sexual** harassment is a repugnant phenomenon.
  Le harcèlement **sexuel** est un phénomène répugnant.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 198488)

- FISH **SEXUAL** DEVELOPMENT TEST
  ESSAI DE DÉVELOPPEMENT **SEXUEL** DES POISSONS
  ([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 3939786)

- Non-penetrative **sexual** assault
  Agression **sexuelle** sans pénétration
  ([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 15237403)

- I have no **sexual** desire.
  Je n'ai aucun appétit **sexuel**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by al\_ex\_an\_der and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#271271](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/271271) [\#631742](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/631742))

## exploitation

Used about 8 889 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 8 889).

- Special measures for protection from **sexual** exploitation and
  Dispositions spéciales visant à prévenir l &apos; **exploitation**
  ([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 28704096)

- C. **Sexual** exploitation and abuse of children by United Nations peacekeeping and other United Nations personnel
  C. **Exploitation** et sévices sexuels de la part du personnel de maintien de la paix des Nations Unies
  ([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 16461930)

- 3. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on special measures for protection from **sexual** exploitation and **sexual** abuse;
  3. Prend acte du rapport du Secrétaire général sur les dispositions spéciales visant à prévenir l &apos; **exploitation** et les abus sexuels ;
  ([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 15007927)

- 30. Somalia is a source and reportedly also a destination country for women and children trafficked for forced labour and commercial **sexual** exploitation.
  30. Somalia is a source and reportedly also a destination country for women and children trafficked for forced labour and commercial sexual **exploitation**.
  ([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 25712045)

## violence

Used about 2 281 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 58 · UN documents ≈ 2 222). Forms: violence, violences.

- In addition, they faced physical abuses in the form of beatings from their employers or were at risk of **sexual** exploitation by the families employing them.
  Ils faisaient en outre l'objet de **violences** physiques de la part de leurs employeurs qui les battaient, quand ils ne risquaient pas d'être exploités sexuellement par la famille.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1778457)

- Genital Mutilation and **Sexual** Violence
  Mutilation génitale et **violence** sexiste
  ([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 17428179)

## contre

Used about 5 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 5).

- Flee **sexual** immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits **sexual** immorality sins against his own body.
  Fuyez l’impudicité. Quelque autre péché qu’un homme commette, ce péché est hors du corps; mais celui qui se livre à l’impudicité pèche **contre** son propre corps.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 6:18)

- that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from **sexual** immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”
  savoir, de vous abstenir des viandes sacrifiées aux idoles, du sang, des animaux étouffés, et de l’impudicité, choses **contre** lesquelles vous vous trouverez bien de vous tenir en garde. Adieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 15:29)

- Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to **sexual** immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
  que Sodome et Gomorrhe et les villes voisines, qui se livrèrent comme eux à l’impudicité et à des vices **contre** nature, sont données en exemple, subissant la peine d’un feu éternel.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JUD 1:7)

- But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit **sexual** immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
  Mais ce que j’ai **contre** toi, c’est que tu laisses la femme Jézabel, qui se dit prophétesse, enseigner et séduire mes serviteurs, pour qu’ils se livrent à l’impudicité et qu’ils mangent des viandes sacrifiées aux idoles.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · REV 2:20)

- But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit **sexual** immorality.
  Mais j’ai quelque chose **contre** toi, c’est que tu as là des gens attachés à la doctrine de Balaam, qui enseignait à Balak à mettre une pierre d’achoppement devant les fils d’Israël, pour qu’ils mangeassent des viandes sacrifiées aux idoles et qu’ils se livrassent à l’impudicité.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · REV 2:14)

## enfants

Used about 1 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1).

- You do the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of **sexual** immorality. We have one Father, God.”
  Vous faites les œuvres de votre père. Ils lui dirent: Nous ne sommes pas des **enfants** illégitimes; nous avons un seul Père, Dieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 8:41)

## More sentences

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

- Tom is a **sexual** offender.
  Tom est un pointeur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14055636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14055636) [\#14055562](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14055562))

- Tom is a **sexual** predator.
  Tom est un pointeur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14055639](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14055639) [\#14055562](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14055562))

- Did you have **sexual** relations with that woman?
  Avez-vous eu des rapports avec cette femme ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12480084](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12480084) [\#2103828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2103828))

## 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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