stop Signification, définition

Signification de stop en français

• 0 to finish doing -- arrêter

  • Stop talking and listen. Arrêtez de parler et écoutez.

  • I started writing and didn’t stop until 3 a.m. Je me suis mis à écrire et je n’ai pas arrêté jusqu’à 3 heures du matin.

  • Stop it, Jamie – you’re being annoying. Ça suffit, Jamie ; tu m’agaces.

• 1 to prevent -- empêcher

  • They were stopping people from going into the building. Ils empêchaient les gens d’entrer dans l’immeuble.

  • attempts to stop gun crime des tentatives pour enrayer la criminalité armée

• 2 to not move any farther -- arrêter

  • Stop the car – I want to get out. Arrête la voiture, je veux descendre.

  • Let’s stop here and eat lunch. Arrêtons-nous ici pour déjeuner.

• 3 (of public transportation) to pause on a trip to allow passengers to get on or off -- s’arrêter

  • The bus stops in several small towns on the way to Miami. Le bus s’arrête dans plusieurs petites villes sur la route de Miami.

• 4 to not work or make not work anymore -- (s)’arrêter

  • All the clocks in the building had stopped. Toutes les horloges de l’immeuble se sont arrêtées.

  • Stop the DVD at the scene where they meet. Arrête le DVD au moment où ils se rencontrent.

• 5 when you stop somewhere for a short time -- arrêt [ masculine ]

  • We made several stops along the way. Nous avons fait plusieurs haltes/arrêts sur la route.

• 6 to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc -- (s’)arrêter

  • He stopped the car and got out

  • This train does not stop at Birmingham

  • He stopped to look at the map

  • He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.

• 7 to prevent from doing something -- empêcher

  • We must stop him (from) going

  • I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.

• 8 to discontinue or cease eg doing something -- s’arrêter

  • That woman just can’t stop talking

  • The rain has stopped

  • It has stopped raining.

• 9 to block or close -- (se) boucher

  • He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.

• 10 to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note. -- boucher, presser

• 11 to stay -- rester

  • Will you be stopping long at the hotel?

• 12 an act of stopping or state of being stopped -- arrêt, halte

  • We made only two stops on our journey

  • Work came to a stop for the day.

• 13 a place for eg a bus to stop -- arrêt

  • a bus stop.

• 14 in punctuation, a full stop -- point

  • Put a stop at the end of the sentence.

• 15 a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ. -- clef

• 16 a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position -- taquet, butoir

  • a door-stop.