Punish - Punir (The 2149th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Punish is Punir. It is the 2149th most commonly used word in French, classified as a B1 word. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about law. Tap on the speaker icon to listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: punish

French: punir

Examples


We must punish him severely.	Nous devons le punir sévèrement.
Punish the wicked and save the weak.	Punir les mauvais et sauver les faibles.
She wished to punish only those responsible.	Elle ne souhaitait punir que ceux qui étaient responsables.
We thought it wrong that you should punish him.	Nous pensions qu'il était injuste que vous dussiez le punir.
What's the best way to punish a dog	Quelle est la meilleure manière de punir un chien
In Singapore, one way to punish criminals is to whip them.	À Singapour, une manière de punir les criminels est de les fouetter.
Do you think parents should punish their children when they lie	Pensez-vous que les parents devraient punir leurs enfants lorsqu'ils mentent
He threatened to punish me if I didn’t behave myself.	Il menaça de me punir si je ne me tenais pas correctement.

In Singapore, one way to punish a criminal is to whip him or her.	À Singapour, la flagellation est une façon de punir un criminel.
Their goals were to gain power in the Rift Valley Province and the Kenyan Government and to punish and expel from the Rift Valley those perceived to support the PNU.	Leur objectif aurait été de prendre le pouvoir dans la province de la vallée du Rift et prendre les commandes du gouvernement, ainsi que de punir et expulser de la vallée du Rift les partisans présumés du PNU.
Diệm promised an inquiry into the Huế shootings and punishment for any found guilty, although it denied government involvement.	Diệm a promis d'ouvrir une enquête sur la fusillade de Huế et de punir tous les coupables, bien qu'il ait nié toute implication du gouvernement.
Because if you get punished, the game could get even hotter...	Puisque si tu te fais punir, ça pourrait chauffer encore plus...
My parents will punish me anyway.	Mes parents vont me punir de toute façon.
The law must punish people who commit hate crimes.	La loi devrait punir les personnes qui commettent un crime motivé par la haine.
The great disciplinarian... knows when to reward and when to punish.	Le grand disciplinaire... sait quand récompenser et quand punir.
I know how to punish and also I know how to save and I know how to love.	Je sais comment punir et Je sais aussi comment sauver et Je sais comment aimer.
We are going to punish the people who are fans of driver Villeneuve.	Nous allons punir les fans de Jacques Villeneuve.
I'm not trying to punish you, but I do have some responsibilities.	Sans vouloir vous punir, j'ai des responsabilités.
Punishing her like that would be a mistake.	La punir ainsi serait une erreur.
We must punish those intruders for their childish pranks as well.	Nous devons punir ces intruses pour leurs farces puériles.
Well, if you're going to punish me, I'd rather you just did it.	Si tu veux me punir, fais-le maintenant.