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# acquitter — French to English

How French *acquitter* 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: acquittaient (395), acquittait (449), acquitte (7 564), acquittent (6 123), acquitter (67 523), acquittez (32), acquittons (44), acquitté (6 313), acquittée (2 084), acquittées (7 008), acquittés (4 483). By style: everyday 25 · literary 1 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 813 · legal and administrative 4 631 · UN documents 96 544.

## obligations

Used about 19 506 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 53 · legal and administrative ≈ 492 · UN documents ≈ 18 961).

- Considérons maintenant les obligations dont la Turquie doit s’**acquitter**.
  Let me turn to the **obligations** which Turkey needs to respect.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 854431)

- Ils se sont **acquittés** des obligations préalables découlant de l'accord.
  They shall have fulfilled prior **obligations** arising under the Agreement.
  ([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 151448)

- Nous nous **acquittons** des obligations que nous avons contractées.
  We are meeting the **obligations** we have undertaken.
  ([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 4794101)

- J'ai voté en faveur de ce rapport, car il permet au FEM de s'**acquitter** de ses obligations.
  I have voted in favour of the report, because it allows the EGF to fulfil its **obligations**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1436962)

- L’observateur doit s’être **acquitté** de ses obligations financières et autres avant que son retrait puisse prendre effet.
  Financial and other **obligations** must be fulfilled before a withdrawal by an Observer can take effect.
  ([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 2818707)

## acquitted

Used about 8 307 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 76 · legal and administrative ≈ 94 · UN documents ≈ 8 126). Meaning: [acquitted in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/acquitted/).

- Tom a été **acquitté**.
  Tom has been **acquitted**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Maxence and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2272666](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2272666) [\#7701640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7701640))

- Elles devraient être jugées et **acquittées** ou déclarées coupables, libérées ou punies.
  They should be tried and **acquitted** or convicted, released or punished.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1206813)

- **Acquitté** par la CPI de tous les chefs d'accusation en décembre 2012.
  **Acquitted** of all charges by the ICC in December 2012.
  ([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 3171610)

- Inculpés, jugés et condamnés et/ou **acquittés**
  Charged, tried, sentenced and/or **acquitted**
  ([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 4453210)

- Je pense que Tom sera **acquitté**.
  I believe Tom will be **acquitted**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Yemana and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5688085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5688085) [\#5688278](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5688278))

## out

Used about 7 006 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 35 · legal and administrative ≈ 199 · UN documents ≈ 6 772). Meaning: [out in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/out/).

- J'estime que nous nous sommes **acquittés** de cette tâche.
  I am of the opinion that we have successfully carried **out** this function of monitoring.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1547225)

- Les organismes compétents s’**acquittent** des tâches suivantes:
  The competent bodies shall carry **out** the following tasks:
  ([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 1047754)

- L &apos; ONRT s &apos; **acquitte** activement des fonctions qui lui sont assignées.
  The ONRT has been active in carrying **out** its mandated functions.
  ([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 24339194)

- La façon dont la Commission s'**acquitte** de cette tâche est d'ailleurs tout à fait remarquable, Monsieur le Commissaire.
  Moreover, the way in which the Commission is carrying **out** this task is quite remarkable, Commissioner.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1896097)

- s'**acquittent** des fonctions et missions énoncées à l'annexe VIII;
  carry **out** the functions and duties set out in Annex VIII;
  ([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 619139)

## paid

Used about 4 944 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 71 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 583 · UN documents ≈ 3 289).

- À cette époque, à la vérité, il n'y avait plus dans cette masure d'autres habitants que lui et ces Jondrette dont il avait une fois **acquitté** le loyer, sans avoir du reste jamais parlé ni au père, ni aux filles.
  At that epoch, to tell the truth, there were no other inhabitants in the house, except himself and those Jondrettes whose rent he had once **paid**, without, moreover, ever having spoken to either father, mother, or daughters.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15813)

- Tous les timbres à **acquitter**, tous les documents à soumettre...
  All the stamps that need to be **paid** for, all the documents that have to be submitted.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1114616)

- Les frais sont **acquittés** en euros.
  All fees shall be **paid** in euro.
  ([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 5259832)

- Tous les arriérés de contributions devraient être **acquittés** par les États Membres.
  All arrears of assessed contributions should be **paid** by Member States.
  ([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 711056)

- Nombre d'entre elles ne rencontreraient pas de difficultés financières si leurs factures étaient **acquittées**.
  Many would not have any financial problems if their invoices were **paid**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1489550)

## More sentences

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

- Laisse-moi m’**acquitter** auprès de toi.
  Let me make it up to you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3818195](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3818195) [\#11064359](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11064359))

- Je veux m’**acquitter** auprès de toi.
  I want to make it up to you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2033392](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2033392) [\#11064362](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11064362))

- Je jure de m’**acquitter** auprès de vous.
  I swear that I'll make it up to you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#8285350](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8285350) [\#11064368](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11064368))

## 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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