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# abus — French to English

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: abus (48 746). By style: everyday 20 · literary 2 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 2 718 · legal and administrative 1 468 · UN documents 44 537.

## abuse

Used about 43 958 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 925 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 193 · UN documents ≈ 40 826). Forms: abuse, abuses. Meaning: [abuse in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/abuse/).

- C'est un **abus** de pouvoir.
  It's an **abuse** of power.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sisyphe and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4530062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4530062) [\#4534354](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4534354))

- «Septièmement: pour un fil courant, on retient dix sous au prisonnier dans l'atelier des tisserands; c'est un **abus** de l'entrepreneur, puisque la toile n'est pas moins bonne.
  “Seventhly: for a broken thread ten sous are withheld in the weaving shop; this is an **abuse** of the contractor, since the cloth is none the worse for it.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28719)

- Nous pourrions bien ouvrir la porte toute grande à des **abus**.
  Now we may be leaving the door wide open to **abuse**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1349976)

- Circonstances de l’**abus**
  Circumstances of the **abuse**
  ([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 5372485)

- b) Situation mondiale en ce qui concerne l &apos; **abus** de drogues.
  (b) World situation with regard to drug **abuse**.
  ([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 17161317)

## power

Used about 1 043 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 113 · UN documents ≈ 928). Meaning: [power in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/power/).

- Sous la présidence de Bouteflika, la concentration des pouvoirs entre ses mains a conduit à un **abus** de pouvoir.
  Under Bouteflika, the concentration of **power** led to abusive power.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8550777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8550777) [\#11838072](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11838072))

- Il s'agit d'une question de pouvoir et d'**abus** de pouvoir.
  It is a question of **power** and how power is abused.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 486859)

- Il a noté que l &apos; autorité antimonopole était un organisme quasi judiciaire et autonome qui connaissait des **abus** de position dominante et des pratiques commerciales restrictives.
  He noted that the Monopoly Control Authority was a quasi judicial and autonomous agency that dealt with unreasonable monopoly **power** and restrictive business activities.
  ([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 7521901)

- Nous avons vu que sous Bouteflika, la concentration des pouvoirs a conduit à un **abus** de pouvoir.
  We have seen how, under the Bouteflika regime, the concentration of **power** led to abusive power.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8550779](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8550779) [\#11838073](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11838073))

- Dans nombre de sociétés, les femmes sont toujours victimes d'**abus** de pouvoir institutionnalisés, voire légalisés, de la part de mes homologues masculins.
  In a great many societies, the woman is still suffering at the hands of men as a result of institutionalised and sometimes legalised misuse of **power**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 25525)

## alcohol

Used about 959 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 31 · UN documents ≈ 928). Meaning: [alcohol in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/alcohol/).

- L’**abus** d’alcool est dangereux pour la santé.
  **Alcohol** can damage your health.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Fenrir · checked, community translation · [\#11948789](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11948789) [\#11948779](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11948779))

- Connaissance des règles en vigueur en matière d’**abus** d’alcool et de drogues.
  Knowledge of applicable rules on **alcohol** and drugs.
  ([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 5129796)

- La même année, l &apos; indicateur d &apos; **abus** d &apos; alcool parmi les adolescents était de 827,6 pour 100 000.
  The figure for harmful consumption of **alcohol** by juveniles in 2001 was 827.6 per 100,000.
  ([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 11921665)

## prevent

Used about 61 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 61). Meaning: [prevent in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prevent/).

- Cependant, afin de prévenir les **abus**, il est nécessaire de limiter l'application de cette exemption à l'État membre dans lequel le petit exportateur est établi.
  However, in order to **prevent** misuse, it is necessary to limit application of that exemption to the Member State in which the small exporter is established.
  ([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 2126291)

- Les autorités compétentes des États membres prennent les mesures nécessaires pour empêcher toute falsification, **abus** ou manipulation du système de données pour la surveillance radiologique individuelle.
  The competent authorities of the Member States shall take the measures necessary to **prevent** any forgery or misuse of, or tampering with, the data system for individual radiological monitoring.
  ([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 2862503)

## More sentences

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

- L'**abus** de drogues peut conduire à l'impulsivité et à l'agressivité.
  Abusing drugs can lead to impulsivity and aggression.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · [\#6324266](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6324266) [\#6324329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6324329))

- L'**abus** de somnifères est dangereux.
  Abusing sleeping pills is dangerous.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#7924194](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7924194) [\#8537951](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8537951))

- Il a arrêté pour **abus** de fonds publics.
  He was arrested for abusing public funds.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#296244](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/296244) [\#8485705](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8485705))

## Grammar

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