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# vertu — French to English

How French *vertu* 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: vertu (236 062), vertue (1), vertues (1), vertus (817). By style: everyday 51 · literary 18 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 3 586 · legal and administrative 49 206 · UN documents 184 009.

## under

Used about 82 641 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 710 · legal and administrative ≈ 18 090 · UN documents ≈ 63 840). Meaning: [under in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/under/).

- En répondant aux demandes en **vertu** de la Loi Pour la liberté d'information, les services administratifs devraient agir promptement et dans un esprit de coopération, reconnaissant que ces administrations sont au service du public.
  In responding to requests **under** the FOIA, executive branch agencies should act promptly and in a spirit of cooperation, recognizing that such agencies are servants of the public.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3652796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3652796) [\#3654309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654309))

- En **vertu** du droit communautaire, l'unanimité est en effet requise à ce sujet.
  **Under** EU law, unanimity in this regard is essential.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1105155)

- Rapport d'essais délivré en **vertu** de la directive 2009/144/CE \[9\]:
  Test report issued **under** Directive 2009/144/EC \[9\]:
  ([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 3614102)

- en **vertu** des articles 16 et 17 du Pacte
  **under** articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant
  ([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 1054895)

- Cela fera partie de l'audit de performance mené en **vertu** de l'article 318 du traité de Lisbonne.
  That will form part of the performance audit **under** Article 318 of the Treaty of Lisbon.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1547828)

## virtue

Used about 76 563 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · literary ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 532 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 618 · UN documents ≈ 71 350). Forms: virtue, virtues. Meaning: [virtue in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/virtue/).

- La charité est une **vertu**.
  Charity is a **virtue**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by saillier and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#11857015](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11857015) [\#13875425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13875425))

- Très gracieux Sire, la débonnaireté est **vertu** de lion et de roi.
  Very gracious sire, kindness is the **virtue** of a lion and a king.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7669)

- Comme sa divine puissance nous a donné tout ce qui contribue à la vie et à la piété, au moyen de la connaissance de celui qui nous a appelés par sa propre gloire et par sa **vertu**,
  seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and **virtue**,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2PE 1:3)

- La prime à l'arbre a donc ses **vertus**.
  A tree subsidy therefore has its **virtues**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1791101)

- Ce vin était considéré comme tout à fait extraordinaire et était censé posséder des **vertus** miraculeuses.
  This wine was considered quite extraordinary and boasted miraculous **virtues**.
  ([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 1864605)

## treaty

Used about 10 261 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 149 · legal and administrative ≈ 724 · UN documents ≈ 9 388). Meaning: [treaty in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/treaty/).

- Et il l'est d'autant plus qu'en **vertu** du traité d'Amsterdam, le Parlement jouit de pouvoirs accrus.
  And all the more so once Parliament's powers are increased by the **Treaty** of Amsterdam.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1790443)

- Pour cette seule raison, la Commission ne peut reconnaître d'exception à l'application de l'article 87, paragraphe 1, du traité CE, en **vertu** de l'article 86, paragraphe 2, du traité CE.
  On those grounds alone the Commission cannot allow an exemption from the application of Article 87(1) of the EC **Treaty** on the basis of Article 86(2).
  ([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 839170)

- C. Organes créés en **vertu** d &apos; instruments internationaux
  C. **Treaty**-based bodies
  ([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 2413074)

- C'est à elle que nous nous adressons, et c'est elle qui doit faire l'objet d'une décharge en **vertu** du traité.
  It is the one we are talking to and is the one that is subject to discharge in the **treaty**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1375070)

- créés en **vertu** d &apos; instruments relatifs aux droits de l &apos; homme
  of the human rights **treaty** bodies
  ([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 29984942)

## according

Used about 3 158 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 261 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 894).

- Mais celui de l’esclave naquit selon la chair, et celui de la femme libre naquit en **vertu** de la promesse.
  However, the son by the servant was born **according** to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 4:23)

- En **vertu** de ces documents, la direction des fonds structurels est confiée à la Commission par le Conseil.
  **According** to those documents, the management of the structural fund is entrusted to the Commission by the Council.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1729871)

- Billets en euros émis par la BCE, en **vertu** de la décision BCE/2001/15
  Euro banknotes issued by the ECB, **according** to Decision ECB/2001/15
  ([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 771070)

- et quelle est envers nous qui croyons l’infinie grandeur de sa puissance, se manifestant avec efficacité par la **vertu** de sa force.
  and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, **according** to that working of the strength of his might
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EPH 1:19)

- Ces sujets sont très sensibles et, en **vertu** du principe de subsidiarité, relèvent des différents États membres.
  These are very sensitive topics and, **according** to the subsidiarity principle, they are a matter for the individual Member States.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1340802)

## More sentences

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

- Ses enseignements sont contenus dans le Livre de la Voie et de la **Vertu**, un livre profond que les taoïstes considèrent comme l'autorité suprême en matière de religion.
  His teachings are incorporated in a profound book Daode Jing which Taoists regard as the final authority and doctrines of the religion.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and eastasiastudent · checked, community translation · [\#898027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/898027) [\#898254](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/898254))

- Je lui pardonnerai en **vertu** de la considération que je vous porte.
  I will forgive him out of consideration for you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#17438](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17438) [\#477117](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477117))

- Je crois à la **vertu** de se lever tôt.
  I believe in getting up early.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#274060](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/274060) [\#1967300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1967300))

## 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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