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# vigueur — French to English

How French *vigueur* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: vigueur (233 886), vigueurs (1). By style: everyday 26 · literary 2 · biblical 25 · parliamentary 9 807 · legal and administrative 74 923 · UN documents 149 104.

## force

Used about 157 923 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 5 516 · legal and administrative ≈ 70 240 · UN documents ≈ 82 159). Meaning: [force in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/force/).

- La loi n'est plus en **vigueur**.
  The law is no longer in **force**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#5121401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5121401) [\#8450280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8450280))

- Pourquoi ces modifications ne sont-elles pas encore en **vigueur**?
  Why are these changes not in **force**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1347765)

- Langue et entrée en **vigueur**
  Language and entry into **force**
  ([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 1260043)

- Pas encore en **vigueur** au 28 avril 2009
  Not yet in **force** as at 28 April 2009
  ([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 21169770)

- Cette loi est-elle toujours en **vigueur** ?
  Is that law still in **force**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and sharptoothed · checked, community translation · [\#2649832](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2649832) [\#7966941](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7966941))

## entry

Used about 3 247 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 204 · UN documents ≈ 3 043). Meaning: [entry in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/entry/).

- À ce sujet, le gouvernent italien prétend avoir des difficultés à identifier la date d'entrée en **vigueur** exacte.
  On this subject, the Italian government complains of having difficulty in identifying the exact date of **entry**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 988850)

- Il dispose également que toute loi imposant des peines plus lourdes ne peut être appliquée à des infractions commises avant son entrée en **vigueur**.
  No law imposing a higher penalty \[for an offence\] will be applied to an offence committed prior to its **entry** into effect.
  ([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 20419433)

## enter

Used about 1 561 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 561). Meaning: [enter in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/enter/).

- (Cette inscription entrera en **vigueur** le 4 avril 2017)
  (This inclusion will **enter** into effect on 4 April 2017)
  ([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 4250679)

## publication

Used about 1 561 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 561). Meaning: [publication in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/publication/).

- La présente décision entre en **vigueur** le jour suivant celui de sa publication au Journal officiel de l’Union européenne.
  This Decision shall apply from the day following that of its **publication** in the Official Journal of the European Union.
  ([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 800836)

## union

Used about 204 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 204). Meaning: [union in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/union/).

- Ensuite, les conditions en **vigueur** au sein de l'Union européenne et entre les États membres varient énormément.
  Secondly, conditions in the European **Union** and between the Member States vary enormously.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1004259)

## day

Used about 2 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1). Meaning: [day in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/day/).

- Certains pensent qu'intellectualiser réduira leur **vigueur** sexuelle. C'est comme une superstition d'aujourd'hui.
  Some think that too much intellectualizing will reduce their sexual vigour. It's like modern-**day** superstition.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and nonong · checked, community translation · [\#4622065](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4622065) [\#4624810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4624810))

- Car nuit et jour ta main s’appesantissait sur moi, Ma **vigueur** n’était plus que sécheresse, comme celle de l’été. — Pause.
  For **day** and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 32:4)

## More sentences

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

- La réglementation fut abolie, mais fut ensuite remise en **vigueur**.
  The regulation was abolished, but then it was reenacted.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#48780](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/48780) [\#1260998](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1260998))

- Dans ma chambre, une interdiction de fumer est en **vigueur**.
  In my room, a no-smoking policy is in effect.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and weirdie · checked, community translation · [\#11559640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11559640) [\#1227448](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1227448))

- Il y a eu récemment des signaux indiquant que l'économie prend de la **vigueur**.
  Recently, there have been signs that the economy is picking up steam.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and BHO · checked, community translation · [\#896662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/896662) [\#896668](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/896668))

## 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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