How is the word serment translated from French to English

English translation
Oath
noun

Promesse solennelle faite dans les formes.

A serious formal promise.

Examples with “serment”

See how the word “serment” is used in sentences

  • Les témoins prêtent serment au tribunal. — Witnesses take an oath in court.

  • Elle a fait le serment de faire respecter la loi. — She took an oath to uphold the law.

  • Les nouveaux pompiers prêteront serment vendredi. — The new firefighters will swear an oath on Friday.

  • Il n'a jamais rompu le serment fait à son frère. — He never broke the oath he gave his brother.

  • La déclaration a-t-elle été faite sous serment ? — Was the statement made under oath?

  • Un serment ne vaut rien sans confiance. — An oath means nothing without trust.

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