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# weapon — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: weapon (51 753), weapons (185 570). By style: everyday 153 · literary 8 · biblical 35 · parliamentary 4 246 · legal and administrative 4 651 · UN documents 228 230.

## armes

Used about 214 533 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 150 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 26 · parliamentary ≈ 3 494 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 021 · UN documents ≈ 206 833). Forms: arme, armes.

- It's a **weapon**.
  C'est une **arme**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sixtynine · checked, community translation · [\#1894603](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1894603) [\#1894908](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1894908))

- “Do you recognize this **weapon**?” demanded the king.
  «Reconnais-tu cette **arme**? demanda le roi.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7635)

- He will flee from the iron **weapon**. The bronze arrow will strike him through.
  S’il échappe aux **armes** de fer, L’arc d’airain le transpercera.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 20:24)

- Atomic **weapons** are still here.
  Les **armes** atomiques sont toujours là.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1862315)

- Machinery and equipment + **Weapons** systems;
  Machines et équipements + systèmes d'**armes**
  ([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 4546063)

## nucléaires

Used about 4 755 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 755).

- That amendment would ensure that the obligation to respect the NPT fell equally on nuclear-**weapon** States and non-nuclear-**weapon** States.
  Cet amendement devra garantir que l &apos; obligation du respect du TNP s &apos; impose aussi bien aux États **nucléaires** qu &apos; aux États non nucléaires.
  ([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 14152176)

- The world must create a safe, orderly system to field civilian nuclear plants without adding to the danger of **weapons** proliferation.
  Le monde doit créer un système ordonné et sans danger autorisant la mise en place d &apos; installations **nucléaires** à usage civil sans accroître les dangers de prolifération des armements.
  ([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 11794019)

## non

Used about 2 620 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 242 · UN documents ≈ 2 377).

- **Weapon**-sights not controlled by the EU Common Military List.
  viseurs d'armement **non** visés par la liste commune des équipements militaires de l'Union européenne.
  ([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 2920637)

- The 1995 REVIEW AND EXTENSION CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR **WEAPONS** (NPT) will take place at Headquarters from 17 April to 12 May 1995.
  The 1995 REVIEW AND EXTENSION CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE TREATY ON THE **NON**-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (NPT) will take place at Headquarters from 17 April to 12 May 1995.
  ([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 2107633)

- Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with **weapons**, and parts of such vehicles
  Chars et automobiles blindées de combat, armés ou **non**; leurs parties
  ([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 37566)

## états

Used about 44 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 44).

- The EU has acknowledged the importance of nuclear-**weapon**-free zones, established on the basis of arrangements freely achieved among the member states of the regions concerned.
  L’UE a reconnu l’importance de zones dénucléarisées établies sur la base d’accords conclus librement entre les **États** membres des régions concernées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 560633)

## More sentences

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

- **Weapons** free my friend. **Weapons** free.
  Feu à volonté, mon ami. Feu à volonté.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13867684](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13867684) [\#13867685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13867685))

- I hope we have better **weapons** than the enemy does.
  J'espère que nous sommes mieux armés que l'ennemi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and smonff · checked, community translation · [\#2640021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2640021) [\#4744040](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4744040))

- Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter **weapon** in his hand. One man in the middle of them was clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the bronze altar.
  Et voici, six hommes arrivèrent par le chemin de la porte supérieure du côté du septentrion, chacun son instrument de destruction à la main. Il y avait au milieu d’eux un homme vêtu de lin, et portant une écritoire à la ceinture. Ils vinrent se placer près de l’autel d’airain.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 9:2)

## 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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