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# violences — French to English

How French *violences* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: violences (54 696). By style: everyday 8 · literary 2 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 1 372 · legal and administrative 787 · UN documents 52 523.

## violence

Used about 41 315 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 258 · legal and administrative ≈ 656 · UN documents ≈ 39 392). Meaning: [violence in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/violence/).

- Je suis contre les **violences** faites aux femmes.
  I'm against **violence** against women.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#3945072](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3945072) [\#9034903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9034903))

- L’Égypte sera dévastée, Édom sera réduit en désert, A cause des **violences** contre les enfants de Juda, Dont ils ont répandu le sang innocent dans leur pays.
  Egypt will be a desolation and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the **violence** done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOE 3:19)

- **Violences** à l'encontre des femmes - Programme «Daphné»
  **Violence** against women - Daphne programme
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1963024)

- Victimes de tortures ou de **violences**
  Victims of torture and **violence**
  ([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 2850798)

- **Violences** sexuelles et à caractère sexiste
  Sexual- and gender-based **violence**
  ([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 17734885)

## sexual

Used about 5 545 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 57 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 · UN documents ≈ 5 471). Meaning: [sexual in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sexual/).

- Leurs droits ont été bafoués à de multiples reprises : viol, **violences** sexuelles, mariages forcés et prostitution.
  They have suffered a multitude of human rights abuses: rape, **sexual** assault, forced marriages and prostitution.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2050210)

- Une attention particulière doit être portée aux besoins des détenus qui ont subi des **violences** physiques, mentales ou sexuelles.
  Particular attention shall be paid to the needs of prisoners who have experienced physical, mental or **sexual** 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 4226897)

- Les articles ci-après du Code pénal sanctionnent les **violences** sexuelles sur mineurs :
  The Criminal Code provides for penalties establishing liability for **sexual** abuse of minors in the following articles:
  ([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 13419094)

- Les femmes sont doublement victimes des conflits armés car elles sont exposées aux **violences** et aux abus sexuels qui ont parfois été utilisés comme arme de guerre.
  Women are double victims of armed conflicts since they are also subjected to rapes and **sexual** abuse, which have sometimes been used as weapons of war.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 121052)

- Le Rapporteur spécial a reçu des témoignages de **violences** sexuelles utilisées comme méthode de guerre contre des femmes tutsies.
  The Special Rapporteur received testimony on the **sexual** assault of Tutsi women as a war tactic.
  ([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 4510043)

## abuse

Used about 2 189 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 2 188). Meaning: [abuse in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/abuse/).

- Ils militent contre les **violences** aux animaux.
  They're against animal **abuse**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#680055](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/680055) [\#1036532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1036532))

- 178. D &apos; après le droit coutumier, les auteurs présumés de **violences** à enfants sont également passibles de sanctions.
  178. Under customary law alleged perpetrators of child **abuse** were also subjected to punishment.
  ([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 29498452)

- L &apos; immense majorité des femmes incarcérées a été victime de **violences**, soit à l &apos; âge adulte, soit dans l &apos; enfance.
  The vast majority of women prisoners are victims of violent crime, particularly **abuse** as an adult and/or child.
  ([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 22892555)

## physical

Used about 2 188 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 188). Meaning: [physical in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/physical/).

- 50. La maltraitance à enfant, notamment les **violences** physiques, est réprimée par la législation pénale.
  50. Child abuse, including **physical** child abuse, is a criminal offence.
  ([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 24070804)

- Aucune mesure de réadaptation physique et psychologique et de réinsertion sociale des mineurs victimes de **violences** ou de sévices n &apos; est prise à ce niveau.
  The Government has made no provision for the **physical** and psychological rehabilitation or for the reintegration into society of minors who have suffered abuse or ill-treatment.
  ([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 1027492)

## victims

Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1).

- Il y a trop de victimes de **violences** policières.
  There are too many **victims** of police brutality.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and karloelkebekio · checked, community translation · [\#3727290](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3727290) [\#11255429](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11255429))

## More sentences

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

- Faites retentir votre voix dans les palais d’Asdod Et dans les palais du pays d’Égypte, Et dites: Rassemblez-vous sur les montagnes de Samarie, Et voyez quelle immense confusion au milieu d’elle, Quelles **violences** dans son sein!
  Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · AMO 3:9)

- Les vieux partis légitimistes n'en assaillaient pas moins la révolution de 1830 avec toutes les **violences** qui jaillissent du faux raisonnement.
  Nonetheless did the old legitimist parties assail the Revolution of 1830 with all the vehemence which arises from false reasoning.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18238)

- Les **violences** de la destinée ont cela de particulier que, si perfectionnés ou si refroidis que nous soyons, elles nous tirent du fond des entrailles la nature humaine et la forcent de reparaître au dehors.
  The peculiar feature of the violences of destiny is, that however polished or cool we may be, they wring human nature from our very bowels, and force it to reappear on the surface.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6621)

## Grammar

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