commits in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for commits in the English»French Dictionary

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

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to commit hara-kiri

faire hara-kiri

to commit perjury

faire un faux témoignage

to commit incest

commettre un inceste

Translations for commits in the French»English Dictionary

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(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

un désespéré se jette du haut de la tour Eiffel

man commits suicide by jumping off the Eiffel Tower

commits in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for commits in the English»French Dictionary

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

commit VB

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to commit oneself to doing sth

s'engager à faire qc

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to commit perjury

faire un faux serment

to commit a blunder

faire une gaffe

Translations for commits in the French»English Dictionary

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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

commits Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to commit suicide

se suicider

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 sb to prison/a hospital

envoyer qn en prison/à l'hôpital

to commit to memory

apprendre par cœur

to commit oneself to doing sth

s'engager à faire qc

to commit suicide

se suicider

to commit sth to paper

coucher qc par écrit

to commit oneself to doing sth

s'obliger à faire qc

to commit an act of betrayal

commettre un parjure