COMMIT - Translation from English into French

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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French

I. commit <pres part committing; pret, pp committed> [Brit kəˈmɪt, Am kəˈmɪt] VB trans

1. commit (perpetrate):

commit crime, offence, sin, sacrilege, error

commettre

to commit adultery

commettre un adultère

to commit perjury

se parjurer

2. commit (engage, promise):

commit person

engager (to do à faire)

this doesn't commit you to anything

cela ne vous engage à rien

3. commit (assign):

commit money, time

consacrer (to à)

all our funds are already committed

tous nos fonds sont déjà attribués

4. commit LAW:

to commit sb for trial

mettre qn en accusation

to commit sb to a court for trial

renvoyer qn devant un tribunal

to commit sb to jail/to a psychiatric hospital

faire incarcérer/interner qn

to have sb committed

faire interner qn

5. commit (consign):

commit form

confier (to à, to sb's care à la garde de qn)

to commit sth to the flames

livrer qc aux flammes

to commit sth to paper

consigner qc

to commit sth to memory

mémoriser qc

to commit sb's body to the deep

livrer le corps de qn à la mer

6. commit POL:

commit bill

renvoyer en commission

II. to commit oneself VB refl

to commit oneself refl:

to commit oneself

s'engager (to sth à qc, to do à faire)

I can't or I won't commit myself

je ne peux rien promettre (as to quant à)

to commit oneself to sb

se vouer à qn

to commit hara-kiri

faire hara-kiri

to commit perjury

faire un faux témoignage

to commit incest

commettre un inceste

French

English

(se) faire hara-kiri

to commit hara-kiri

commettre un inceste

to commit incest

commettre un infanticide

to commit infanticide

écrouer

to commit [sb] to prison

commettre un parjure

to commit perjury

se suicider

to commit suicide

in the PONS Dictionary

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commit <-tt-> [kəˈmɪt] VB trans

1. commit (carry out):

commit

commettre

to commit suicide

se suicider

2. commit (bind):

commit

engager

to commit oneself to a relationship

s'engager dans une relation

to commit money to a project

mettre de l'argent dans un projet

to commit soldiers to the defence of a region

confier la défense d'une région à des soldats

3. commit (institutionalize):

commit prisoner

incarcérer

commit patient

interner

to commit sb to prison/a hospital

envoyer qn en prison/à l'hôpital

4. commit (entrust):

commit

confier

to commit sth to sb

confier qc à qn

to commit to memory

apprendre par cœur

to commit to paper

rapporter sur papier

OpenDict entry

commit VB

to commit oneself to doing sth

s'engager à faire qc

to commit perjury

faire un faux serment

to commit a blunder

faire une gaffe

French

English

se suicider

to commit suicide

commettre délit, attentat

to commit

(se) faire hara-kiri

to commit hara-kiri

interner

to commit

commettre un parjure

to commit an act of betrayal

s'obliger à faire qc

to commit oneself to doing sth

in the PONS Dictionary

English

French

commit <-tt-> [kə·ˈmɪt] VB trans

1. commit (carry out):

commit

commettre

to commit suicide

se suicider

2. commit (bind):

commit

engager

to commit oneself to a relationship

s'engager dans une relation

to commit money to a project

mettre de l'argent dans un projet

to commit soldiers to the defense of a region

confier la défense d'une région à des soldats

3. commit (institutionalize):

commit prisoner

incarcérer

commit patient

interner

to commit sb to prison/a hospital

envoyer qn en prison/à l'hôpital

4. commit (entrust):

commit

confier

to commit sth to sb

confier qc à qn

to commit to memory

apprendre par cœur

to commit to paper

rapporter sur papier

to commit perjury

faire un faux serment

to commit a blunder

faire une gaffe

to commit suicide

se suicider

French

English

interner

to commit

suicider

to commit suicide

commettre délit, attentat

to commit

(se) faire hara-kiri

to commit hara-kiri

commettre un parjure

to commit an act of betrayal

s'obliger à faire qc

to commit oneself to doing sth

Present

I	commit
you	commit
he/she/it	commits
we	commit
you	commit
they	commit

Past

I	committed
you	committed
he/she/it	committed
we	committed
you	committed
they	committed

Present Perfect

I	have	committed
you	have	committed
he/she/it	has	committed
we	have	committed
you	have	committed
they	have	committed

Past Perfect

I	had	committed
you	had	committed
he/she/it	had	committed
we	had	committed
you	had	committed
they	had	committed

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

One by one of his closest friends will suffer the process of perjury and exile because of him.

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Bailey was convicted for election fraud and perjury.

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The impeachment motion also accused him of perjury, nepotism, and failing to act as supreme arbiter of disputes, and it cited his ill-health.

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Taxpayers will also be required to complete a certification under penalty of perjury to the buyer to elect this withholding method.

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The police officer who changed the evidence tags was eventually convicted of perjury and sent to jail.

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