EtymologyEdit
from Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”).
PronunciationEdit
cease (third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased)
- (formal, intransitive) To stop.
- And with that, his twitching ceased.
- (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
- And with that, he ceased twitching.
- (obsolete) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
- Bible, Deuteronomy xv. 11
- The poor shall never cease out of the land.
TranslationsEdit
intransitive
- Arabic: قَطَعَ (ar) (qaṭaʿa), (imperfect) يَقْطَعُ (yaqṭaʿu)
- Bulgarian: спирам (bg) (spiram), преставам (bg) (prestavam), прекратявам (bg) (prekratjavam)
- Catalan: cessar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 停止 (zh) (tíngzhǐ), 停 (zh) (tíng)
- Czech: skončit (cs)
- Danish: ophøre (da)
- Finnish: loppua (fi), päättyä (fi), lakata (fi)
- French: cesser (fr), s'arrêter (fr)
- German: aufhören (de)
- Hungarian: abbamarad (hu), megszűnik (hu)
- Italian: cessare (it), arrestare (it), smettere (it), interrompere (it)
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- Japanese: 止む (やむ, yamu)
- Korean: 그치다 (ko) (geuchida), 중지하다 (jungjihada)
- Macedonian: престанува impf (prestanuva), престане pf (prestane)
- Maori: tāhaohao (of rain), mutu, nanape
- Nahuatl: caua, cacauantoc
- Norman: cêssi
- Persian: متوقف شدن (fa)
- Polish: zaprzestać (pl)
- Portuguese: cessar (pt)
- Romanian: înceta (ro), conteni (ro), opri (ro)
- Russian: прекраща́ться (ru) impf (prekraščátʹsja), прекрати́ться (ru) pf (prekratítʹsja)
- Spanish: cesar (es), parar (es), terminar (es)
- Swedish: upphöra (sv)
- Tagalog: (literally) hinto
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transitive
- Catalan: cessar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 停止 (zh) (tíngzhǐ)
- Czech: přestat (cs), ukončit (cs), skončit (cs), zastavit (cs)
- Danish: ophøre (da)
- Dutch: ophouden (nl)
- Finnish: lopettaa (fi), päättää (fi), lakata (fi)
- French: cesser (fr) de + infinitive, arrêter (fr) de + infinitive
- German: aufhören (de), einstellen (de)
- Hebrew: חדל (khadál)
- Hungarian: abbahagy (hu), befejez (hu), beszüntet (hu)
- Ido: cesar (io)
- Italian: cessare smettere di + infinitive
- Japanese: 止める (ja) (とめる, tomeru, やめる, yameru)
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