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# usage — French to English

How French *usage* 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: usage (78 735), usages (8 632). By style: everyday 114 · literary 12 · biblical 25 · parliamentary 3 577 · legal and administrative 21 420 · UN documents 62 219.

## use

Used about 41 817 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 88 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 602 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 603 · UN documents ≈ 28 517). Forms: use, uses. Meaning: [use in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/use/).

- Fais-en bon **usage**.
  Make good **use** of it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Blabla and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#13860629](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13860629) [\#3349551](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3349551))

- Il a fallu en restreindre l'**usage**.
  The **use** of it had to be restricted.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10384)

- Nous n’ignorons pas que la loi est bonne, pourvu qu’on en fasse un **usage** légitime,
  But we know that the law is good if a person **uses** it lawfully,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 1:8)

- On pourrait consacrer cet argent à bien d'autres **usages**.
  That money could be put to many other **uses**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1058391)

- **Usage** de l'option OUI / NON
  **Use** of option YES / NO
  ([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 3765976)

## practice

Used about 6 393 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 335 · legal and administrative ≈ 223 · UN documents ≈ 5 833). Meaning: [practice in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/practice/).

- Vous observerez mes commandements, et vous ne pratiquerez aucun des **usages** abominables qui se pratiquaient avant vous, vous ne vous en souillerez pas. Je suis l’Éternel, votre Dieu.
  Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not **practice** any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God.’”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 18:30)

- Jusqu’à aujourd’hui, les **usages** ont varié dans ce domaine.
  **Practice** has varied to date.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 804224)

- Le Tribunal a fait **usage** de cette possibilité dans les instructions pratiques aux parties.
  The Tribunal has taken the opportunity to do so in the **Practice** Directions to Parties.
  ([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 2570546)

- 4. Paragraphe 4 de l &apos; article 15, dont les dispositions sont contraires au Code de la famille et aux **usages** en vigueur;
  4. Article 15, paragraph 4, as it is inconsistent with the provisions of family law and established **practice**.
  ([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 22418194)

- La question posée est avant tout du ressort du droit et des **usages** nationaux.
  The issue raised by the honourable Member is primarily a matter for national law and **practice**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1870892)

## purposes

Used about 4 580 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 224 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 116 · UN documents ≈ 3 241).

- Ces sommes pourraient être utilisées dans nos villes et pour d'autres **usages** sociaux.
  These funds could be used in our towns and for other social **purposes**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 113856)

- spécialement élaborées pour les nourrissons et pour les **usages** diététiques:
  Specially prepared as infant food or for dietetic **purposes**:
  ([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 4171368)

- 8. Pour le SEBC, un registre unique pourrait aussi avoir plusieurs autres **usages**.
  8. For the ESCB, such a unique register could have multiple other **purposes** such as:
  ([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 17252770)

- Troisièmement, nous avons besoin d'une séparation claire entre graisse alimentaire et graisse produite pour des **usages** techniques.
  Thirdly, we need the clear segregation of food fat and fat produced for technical **purposes**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1466974)

- Articles à **usage** chirurgical, médical ou hygiénique, non conditionnés pour la vente au détail
  Articles of a kind used for surgical, medical or hygienic **purposes**, not put up for retail sale
  ([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 2692305)

## More sentences

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

- Remettez bien le couteau à sa place après **usage**.
  After using the knife, please be sure to put it back where it was.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#36540](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36540) [\#15117](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15117))

- Nous n'en avons plus l'**usage**.
  We don't need it anymore.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1112417](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1112417) [\#1112427](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1112427))

- Invoquer l'**usage** contre la règle, dans une langue construite, est insensé.
  To cite usage against rule, in a constructed language, is insane.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#893100](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/893100) [\#891916](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/891916))

## 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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