English-French translations for bring up

• aborder
  C'est le troisième point que je voudrais aborder. This is the third point I should like to bring up.
  Monsieur le Président, je voudrais aborder un autre point. - (NL) Mr President, I would like to bring up another point.
  Je tiens encore à aborder quelques autres petits points, petits dans un certain sens. I should just like to bring up a few other small points, small in a certain sense.
• éduquer
  Concevoir un enfant, lui donner la vie et l'éduquer n'est pas juste un problème privé mais est une tâche publique, une tâche de l'état. To conceive, give birth to and bring up a child is not just a private matter but a public task, a state task.
  Comme si - sauf tragédie particulière - ce n'était pas d'abord elle qui pouvait le mieux bercer, se pencher, aimer, consoler, éduquer. As if - barring some tragedy - it were not she who is first and best able to cradle, protect, love, console and bring up her child.
• élever
  Si elles choisissent de rester au foyer et d'élever leurs enfants, elles ne doivent pas être dévalorisées. If they chose to stay at home and bring up their family, they must not be undervalued.
  Elles doivent souvent se charger du travail pénible, mettre au monde et élever de nombreux enfants et n'en tirer qu'un salaire de misère. They often have to do the hard work, give birth to and bring up many children, and are scarcely remunerated for this.
• monter

Definition of bring up

• To bring from a lower position to a higher position
• To mention
• To raise (children
• To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to (e.g. a memory
• To turn on power or start, as of a machine
• To vomit
• To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion

Examples

• When youre in the basement, can you bring up the paints?
• Dont bring up politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy
• She did well enough bringing up two sons and a daughter on her own
• A short Internet search brought up some amazing details of this story
• Wait a minute while I bring up my computer
• I was very ill today; I kept bringing up everything I ate

Related words

• bringing up
• bring up to date
• bring up the rear
• raise bring up
• bring somebody up
• bring pressure to bear upon
• bring sth. on / upon oneself
• upbringing
• upbringung