Occupy - Occuper (The 159th Most Common French Word)

The French translation for Occupy is Occuper. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about materials & quality, lifestyle & free time, society. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 159th most common word in French. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: occupy

French: occuper

Examples


They did succeed, however, in occupying Santo Domingo.	Ils ont cependant réussi à occuper Saint-Domingue.
The smaller caravans cannot occupy the pitches marked with mt.	Les petites caravanes ne peuvent pas occuper les emplacements marqués avec mt.
One is married to Serge, realtor, and offers piano lessons to occupy his time.	La première est mariée à Serge, agent immobilier, et propose des cours de piano pour occuper ses journées.
The miner and his bride occupied two granite beds.	Le mineur et sa fiancée occupaient deux des lits de granit.
This giant table occupies the entire room.	Cette immense table occupe toute la pièce.
Western Sahara is occupied by Morocco.	Le Sahara occidental est occupé par le Maroc.
Martians have occupied Earth.	Les Martiens ont occupé la Terre.
Gave him some magazines to keep him occupied.	Bien. On lui filé des magazines il y a une demi-heure pour l'occuper.

The main library occupies approximately 38,000 square meters.	La bibliothèque principale quant à elle occupe environ 38000 mètres carrés.
It occupied the square formed by street Temple, street Bretagne, street Picardie and street Béranger.	Il occupait le carré formé par les rue du Temple, rue de Bretagne, rue de Picardie et rue de Béranger.
Aristocratic land and slave owners occupied the island.	Les propriétaires fonciers aristocratiques et leurs esclaves ont dès lors occupé l'île.
This old population occupied Mexico several centuries ago.	Cette ancienne population occupait le Mexique il y a plusieurs siècles.
The kingdom was isolated and partly occupied by Austro-German troops.	Le royaume est isolé et occupé en partie par les troupes austro-allemandes.
A woman also occupied the third-ranking Government post.	Le troisième poste de la hiérarchie du gouvernement est occupé par une femme.
Kota Bharu airport was occupied in the morning.	L'aéroport de Kota Bahru est occupé dans la matinée.
The rest was occupied by other colonies.	Le reste a été occupé par d'autres colonies.
The Appalachian Mountains occupy the southern portion of Quebec.	Le relief montagneux des Appalaches occupe la partie sud du Québec.
The rare-earth wear-resistant steel had occupied the main position.Rare-earth wear-resistant steel is based on 40 steel.	L'acier résistant à l'usure de terres rares avait occupé la position principale. De l'acier résistant à l'usure de terres rares est basé sur l'acier 40.
Accusations that Russia was occupying the mentioned territories were false and unacceptable.	L'accusation selon laquelle la Russie occupait les territoires mentionnés était fausse et inacceptable.
The sizes required for maintenance are reduced and an occupying floor area is reduced.	Les tailles requises pour la maintenance sont réduites et on réduit également l'espace occupé au sol.
One thing to point out (which is not said in the announcement): Martine and her husband occupies part of the house and were present pdt our whole weekend.	Seule chose à préciser (qui n'est pas dite dans l'annonce): Martine et son mari occupe une partie de la maison et étaient présents pdt tout notre week end.