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# drogues — French to English

How French *drogues* 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: drogues (70 230). By style: everyday 35 · literary 3 · parliamentary 1 681 · legal and administrative 775 · UN documents 67 736.

## drugs

Used about 61 659 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 33 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 611 · legal and administrative ≈ 743 · UN documents ≈ 59 269). Forms: drug, drugs.

- Ne consomme pas de **drogues**.
  Don't do **drugs**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10836141](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10836141) [\#12478156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12478156))

- --Ça a donc besoin de beaucoup de **drogues**?
  “Does it require many **drugs**?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4090)

- par écrit. - (PL) Je salue le débat sur les **drogues**.
  in writing. - (PL) I welcome the discussion on **drugs**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1067836)

- le dépistage des **drogues**.
  Screening for **drugs** of 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 2545180)

- Aperçu de la situation mondiale en matière de **drogues**
  Overview of the world **drug** situation
  ([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 21870384)

## illicit

Used about 5 661 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 16 · UN documents ≈ 5 645).

- Il est destiné à détecter les substances illicites telles que les explosifs et les **drogues** au moyen de la spectrométrie de mobilité à piège ionique (Ion trap mobility spectrometer — ITMS).
  It is designed for the detection of **illicit** substances, such as explosives and narcotics, by using Ion Trap Mobility Spectrometer (ITMS) technology.
  ([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 2104714)

- e) Culture, production et fabrication illicites de **drogues** dans la région.
  (e) **Illicit** cultivation, production and manufacture of drugs in the region.
  ([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 3023318)

- Ils sont légaux et moins chers que les **drogues** illicites, et leur utilisation est plus acceptable socialement.
  They are legal and cheaper than **illicit** drugs, and their use is more socially acceptable.
  ([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 23514870)

- Dans l &apos; affirmative, veuillez expliquer en détail la méthode utilisée pour surveiller le prix des **drogues** illicites au niveau de la vente de détail.
  If the answer is yes, please describe in detail the methodology used to monitor the price of **illicit** drugs at the retail level.
  ([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 22897190)

- 68. La Namibie a indiqué que des plans stratégiques étaient en place en matière de livraisons surveillées de **drogues** illicites, de précurseurs et du produit du crime.
  Namibia reported that strategic plans on controlled deliveries of **illicit** drugs, precursor chemicals and cash proceeds were in place.
  ([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 25218509)

## trafficking

Used about 1 411 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 411).

- De toute évidence, les catastrophes et les trafiquants de **drogues** ignorent les frontières.
  Obviously, disasters and narcotics **trafficking** respect no boundaries.
  ([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 790096)

## abuse

Used about 2 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2). Meaning: [abuse in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/abuse/).

- As-tu déjà bénéficié d'un traitement pour abus de **drogues** ou d'alcool ?
  Have you ever been treated for drug or alcohol **abuse**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and NurseMeeks · checked, community translation · [\#9849521](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9849521) [\#9889363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9889363))

- Avez-vous déjà bénéficié d'un traitement pour abus de **drogues** ou d'alcool ?
  Have you ever been treated for drug or alcohol **abuse**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and NurseMeeks · checked, community translation · [\#9849521](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9849521) [\#9889359](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9889359))

## More sentences

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

- Lorsque l'alternative est pauvreté et mort ou culture des **drogues**, la mafia joue sur du velours.
  When the alternative is to grow coca or suffer abject poverty and death, the Mafia has an easy task.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1597059)

- Il faut mettre la pression sur les propriétaires de ces lieux pour s'assurer qu'ils prennent toutes les précautions possibles pour empêcher la circulation des **drogues**.
  Pressure must be brought to bear on the owners of these premises to ensure that they are taking every possible precaution to prevent their circulation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1841524)

- À la mi-2010, Ahmed Shah a transféré de l'argent entre le Pakistan et l'Afghanistan pour le compte de commandants taliban et de trafiquants de **drogues**.
  As of mid-2010, Ahmed Shah moved money between Pakistan and Afghanistan for Taliban commanders and for narcotics traffickers.
  ([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 4280341)

## Grammar

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