Promise - Promettre (The 854th Most Common French Word)

The French translation for Promise is Promettre. This word often comes up when talking about cooperation. It can be used as verb. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 854th most commonly used 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. Discover all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app today.

Pronunciation

English: promise

French: promettre

Examples


We are going to promise to improve the housing.	Nous allons promettre d'améliorer le logement.
He should make a promise not to do it again.	Il devrait promettre de ne plus le faire.
You have to put your love in a bottle and make a promise... to drink from it every day.	II va falloir que vous mettiez votre amour dans une bouteille, et promettre d'en boire une petite gorgée tous les soirs.
The act was an illocutionary act of promising and a perlocutionary act of pleasing.	L'acte en question est un acte illocutoire de promettre et un acte perlocutoire de plaire.
Politicians can promise all they wish.	Les politiciens peuvent promettre tout ce qu'ils veulent.
Our vc rofile can promise 50 years color fade resistance	Notre vc rofile peut promettre 50 ans de résistance à la décoloration
Yes, but I'm not in a position to promise you anything.	Je ne peux rien te promettre.
But you have to promise to cooperate fully.	Mais vous devez promettre de coopérer.

Look, I can't promise things are going back to the way they were.	Je peux rien te promettre sur notre relation.
We ask that you promise to keep our information secure and confidential.	Nous vous demandons de promettre de maintenir nos informations confidentielles.
But I can't promise that European car exporters will succeed.	Toutefois, je ne peux pas promettre que les exportateurs d'automobiles européens réussiront.
His father made him promise that he would train regardless of the weather.	Son père lui fait alors promettre qu'il s'entraînerait peu importe les conditions météorologiques.
Forgiving violations of law or promises to pay back loans does pose risks.	Pardonner les infractions à la loi ou promettre de rembourser les emprunts présente des risques.
Instead, Ernest was promised a high ecclesiastic office.	A la place, Ernest s'est vu promettre un haut poste ecclésiastique.
They must also promise to respect Antoinist rules including nondisclosure of confessions by consultants and not discouraging traditional medicine.	Ils doivent également promettre de respecter quelques règles dont la non-divulgation des confessions des consultants et ne pas décourager la médecine académique.
The intense fruit, lively acidity and strong tannins promise an enormous bearing potential.	Le fruit intense, animées tanins acidité et fort promettre un potentiel énorme influence.
Already today with the help of our powerful innovations we can promise extensive energy reductions.	Déjà aujourd'hui, avec toutes nos puissantes innovations nous pouvons déjà promettre des économies d'énergie.
He even promised clemency to some.	Il alla jusqu'à promettre la clémence à plusieurs.
Where appropriate, promise to look into the matter and supply a response later.	Le cas échéant, promettre d'étudier la question et d'y apporter une réponse ultérieurement.
I can promise you a happiness that will be unique and wonderful and lasting.	Je peux vous promettre un bonheur qui sera unique, merveilleux et durable.
So this utterance would be unhappy and the person would not have managed to promise.	Cette énonciation serait alors malheureuse et le locuteur n'aurait pas réussi à promettre.