Sentence examples of "puissant" in French

<>
Translations: all29 powerful19 mighty3 potent1 other translations6
L'éléphant est un animal puissant. An elephant is a strong animal.
L'attrait des femmes pour la minceur est puissant. Young girls' desire for slim figures is strong.
J'ai été brusquement réveillé par un bruit puissant. I was suddenly awakened by a loud noise.
Son discours devenait de plus en plus puissant à mesure qu'il progressait. His speech had more and more power as it went along.
Un dieu tout puissant pourrait-il créer une pierre qu'il ne pourrait pas lui-même soulever ensuite ? Could an almighty god create a stone that he would not be able to subsequently lift?
Christophe Colomb était connu pour arrêter habituellement son réveille-matin d'un puissant coup de poing. Malheureusement, en ce temps là, son réveille-matin était son Second. Christopher Columbus was notorious for repeatedly snoozing his alarm clock by hitting it with his fist. Unfortunately, his "alarm clock" was usually his first mate.
Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.

Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.