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# acquérir — French to English

How French *acquérir* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: acquérir (23 931). By style: everyday 61 · literary 3 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 833 · legal and administrative 2 092 · UN documents 20 938.

## acquire

Used about 14 439 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 295 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 046 · UN documents ≈ 13 086). Forms: acquire, acquiring. Meaning: [acquire in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/acquire/).

- Je me suis débrouillé pour **acquérir** l'ouvrage après une longue recherche.
  I managed to **acquire** the book after a long search.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#278023](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/278023) [\#1243478](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1243478))

- C'était une véritable fièvre d'**acquérir** et de thésauriser en fait de science.
  His was a veritable fever for **acquiring** and hoarding, in the matter of science.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2111)

- Les ressortissants de pays tiers devront également **acquérir** cette qualification initiale.
  People from third countries are also to **acquire** these basic skills.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 440970)

- Chaque investisseur devait **acquérir** au moins deux quirats.
  Each investor would **acquire** at least two co-ownership shares.
  ([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 1400992)

- Droit d &apos; **acquérir** une nationalité 305 - 306 103
  Right to **acquire** a nationality 305 - 306 104
  ([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 13382155)

## knowledge

Used about 1 361 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 52 · UN documents ≈ 1 309). Meaning: [knowledge in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/knowledge/).

- Il convient d'**acquérir** davantage de connaissances et d'obtenir de plus amples informations à propos des nanomatériaux.
  More **knowledge** and information must be obtained on nanomaterials.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1231753)

- Cet enseignement doit permettre aux élèves d &apos; **acquérir** une certaine autonomie sur le plan personnel et social;
  This body of **knowledge** helps pupils to become personally and social self-sufficient;
  ([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 9103061)

- La Lituanie perçoit encore négativement les personnes plus âgées cherchant à **acquérir** des connaissances.
  Lithuania still holds on to a negative attitude towards older people pursuing **knowledge**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 868839)

- La Bulgarie a pu **acquérir** un certain savoir-faire et une certaine expérience de la gestion des problèmes du processus de réforme.
  Bulgaria has managed to gain some **knowledge** and experience in handling the problems of the reform process.
  ([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 4604052)

- Le service volontaire est une source de compréhension et de connaissances que l'on ne peut **acquérir** sur les bancs de l'école.
  Voluntary service creates the kind of understanding and **knowledge** which cannot be gained at a school desk.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1731393)

## purchase

Used about 846 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 17 · legal and administrative ≈ 392 · UN documents ≈ 436). Meaning: [purchase in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/purchase/).

- Tous les secteurs peuvent fabriquer des produits d’une gamme potentiellement infinie de formats, que les consommateurs peuvent **acquérir**.
  All sectors may manufacture, and consumers may **purchase**, products within a potentially infinite range of sizes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 772908)

- (–) Obligations réelles ou éventuelles d’**acquérir** ses propres instruments T2
  (-) Actual or contingent obligations to **purchase** own T2 instruments
  ([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 5164785)

- L &apos; augmentation des effectifs se traduira par la nécessité d &apos; **acquérir** du mobilier et du matériel de bureau supplémentaires tels que des ordinateurs.
  The addition of new staff members will result in a need to **purchase** additional office furniture and equipment such as computers.
  ([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 16167463)

- (-) Obligations réelles ou éventuelles d’**acquérir** ses propres instruments AT1
  (-) Actual or contingent obligations to **purchase** own AT1 instruments
  ([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 4046601)

- (–) Obligations réelles ou éventuelles d'**acquérir** ses propres instruments AT1
  (-) Actual or contingent obligations to **purchase** own AT1 instruments
  ([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 4875748)

## skills

Used about 515 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 35 · legal and administrative ≈ 44 · UN documents ≈ 436).

- Toute personne doit également être placée dans une situation telle qu'elle puisse **acquérir** une qualification et adapter cette qualification.
  They should be enabled to gain and update qualifications and **skills**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 119332)

- moyen d’**acquérir** des compétences informatiques: autoformation en appliquant l’apprentissage par la pratique,
  way of obtaining e-**skills**: self-study in the sense of learning-by-doing
  ([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 699557)

- **Acquérir** des connaissances et des compétences
  Acquired knowledge and **skills**
  ([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 29003508)

- Il ou elle n'a aucun droit, ayant été formé(e) et reconverti(e) pour **acquérir** des compétences éphémères selon les besoins capitalistes du moment.
  He or she has no rights, having been trained and retrained in disposable **skills** according to the capitalist needs of the time.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1079642)

## immovable

Used about 44 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 44).

- Il est notamment en mesure d’**acquérir** et d’aliéner des biens mobiliers et immobiliers et d’ester en justice.
  It shall, in particular, be capable of acquiring and disposing of movable and **immovable** property and being party to legal proceedings.
  ([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 4746280)

## More sentences

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

- Où puis-je me rendre pour **acquérir** des livres et des catalogues d'art ?
  Where can I go to buy art books and catalogs?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1280171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1280171) [\#1280497](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1280497))

- Vous pouvez **acquérir** de nouvelles compétences à mesure que vous progressez dans le jeu.
  You can learn new abilities as you progress through the game.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and sabretou · checked, community translation · [\#6167796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6167796) [\#6615930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6615930))

- Où puis-je **acquérir** un billet ?
  Where can I get a ticket?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#272475](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/272475) [\#1335976](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1335976))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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