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# pouvoir — French to English

How French *pouvoir* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: pouvoir (190 130), pouvoirs (117 311). By style: everyday 921 · literary 26 · biblical 79 · parliamentary 28 654 · legal and administrative 34 814 · UN documents 242 947.

## power

Used about 79 821 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 461 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 15 · parliamentary ≈ 13 133 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 055 · UN documents ≈ 53 145). Forms: power, powers. Meaning: [power in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/power/).

- J'abuse de mes **pouvoirs**.
  I'm abusing my **powers**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Fenrir · checked, community translation · [\#11759378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11759378) [\#11759376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11759376))

- Souvent le **pouvoir** lui-même est une faction.
  **Power** itself is often a faction.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18228)

- La mort et la vie sont au **pouvoir** de la langue; Quiconque l’aime en mangera les fruits.
  Death and life are in the **power** of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 18:21)

- L'ESMA devrait également avoir un **pouvoir** d'exécution renforcé.
  ESMA should also have greater **power** of enforcement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1456076)

- **Pouvoir** d'accorder des dérogations
  **Power** to grant derogations
  ([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 4037756)

## authority

Used about 25 645 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 23 · parliamentary ≈ 298 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 539 · UN documents ≈ 22 776). Meaning: [authority in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authority/).

- Tom a outrepassé ses **pouvoirs**.
  Tom overstepped his **authority**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5374961](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5374961) [\#5375288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5375288))

- et pour les envoyer prêcher avec le **pouvoir** de chasser les démons.
  and to have **authority** to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 3:15)

- Nous sommes conscients des immenses difficultés auxquelles doit faire face aujourd’hui le **pouvoir** de transition afghan.
  We know the immense challenges that confront the Afghan Transitional **Authority** today.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 562251)

- Au cours d'une négociation, le **pouvoir** adjudicateur assure l'égalité de traitement de tous les soumissionnaires.
  During a negotiation, the contracting **authority** shall ensure equal treatment for all tenderers.
  ([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 3769332)

- Le paragraphe d) du même préambule dispose : &quot; Le peuple est la source des **pouvoirs**.
  Paragraph (d) of the preamble reads: “The people is the source of **authority**.
  ([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 2701365)

## able

Used about 15 474 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 115 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 2 686 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 539 · UN documents ≈ 10 123). Meaning: [able in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/able/).

- On doit **pouvoir** s'adapter.
  You have to be **able** to adapt.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#11537757](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11537757) [\#10646469](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10646469))

- Nous regrettons de ne **pouvoir** offrir à nos lecteurs ce morceau remarquable.
  We regret that we are not **able** to offer to our readers this remarkable piece.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5102)

- Revêtez-vous de toutes les armes de Dieu, afin de **pouvoir** tenir ferme contre les ruses du diable.
  Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be **able** to stand against the wiles of the devil.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EPH 6:11)

- Les internautes chinois doivent **pouvoir** accéder à des informations non censurées.
  Chinese Internet users must be **able** to access uncensored information.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1332230)

- Plaisir de **pouvoir** effectuer une sélection parmi une très grande variété de vins de la Communauté de différentes origines.
  The attraction of being **able** to choose from a very wide selection of Community wines of different origins
  ([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 1644542)

## More sentences

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

- Je ne suis pas sûre de **pouvoir** me fier à toi.
  I'm not sure I can trust you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2275662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2275662) [\#2281335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2281335))

- Je ne pense pas **pouvoir** assister à votre fête.
  I don't think that I can make it to your party.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7235926](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7235926) [\#2534703](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2534703))

- Nous mangeons de manière à **pouvoir** vivre.
  We eat so we can live.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Shadd · checked, community translation · [\#22860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22860) [\#1288138](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1288138))

## 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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