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stopped

/stɑpt/

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verb

S'arrêter, cesser

To cease moving.

Examples :

"I stopped at the traffic lights."

Je me suis arrêté au feu.

action vehicle machine

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verb

Arrêter, cesser

To not continue.

Examples :

"Soon the rain will stop."

Bientôt, la pluie va cesser.

action process time

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verb

Arrêter

To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

Examples :

"The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks."

La vue des hommes armés l'a arrêté net.

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verb

Cesser, s'arrêter

To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).

Examples :

"One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting."

Un des catcheurs a soudainement cessé de se battre.

action process time

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verb

Arrêter, cesser

To cause (something) to come to an end.

Examples :

"The referees stopped the fight."

Les arbitres ont arrêté le combat.

action process event

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verb

Fermer, obstruer

To close or block an opening.

Examples :

"He stopped the wound with gauze."

Il a fermé la plaie avec de la gaze.

action function

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verb

Fermer le diaphragme

(often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.

Examples :

"To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22."

Pour obtenir une profondeur de champ maximale, il a fermé le diaphragme à f/22.

technology device art technical

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verb

Séjourner, s'arrêter

To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.

Examples :

"We stopped at the cafe for a coffee on our way to work. "

Nous nous sommes arrêtés au café pour prendre un café en allant au travail.

time action place

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verb

Arrêter les sons de

To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.

Examples :

"She carefully stopped the guitar string at the seventh fret to play the correct note. "

Elle a soigneusement arrêté la corde de la guitare à la septième frette pour jouer la note correcte.

music sound technical

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verb

Ponctuer

Examples :

"She stopped reading the letter to emphasize its importance. "

Elle a ponctué la lecture de la lettre pour souligner son importance.

grammar linguistics writing language

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verb

Boucher, fermer

To make fast; to stopper.

Examples :

"The sailor stopped the bottle tightly with a cork to prevent the rum from spilling. "

Le marin a bouché la bouteille hermétiquement avec un bouchon pour empêcher le rhum de se renverser.

action nautical

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adjective

Arrêté

(of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.

Examples :

"They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help."

Ils ont dépassé une voiture arrêtée sur le bord de la route, mais ont réalisé qu'ils ne pouvaient rien faire pour aider.

vehicle traffic position

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adjective

Arrêté

(more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.

Examples :

"A stopped clock is right twice a day."

Une horloge arrêtée donne l'heure juste deux fois par jour.

condition state

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adjective

Bouché

(of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.

Examples :

"The plumber examined the stopped pipe, suspecting a blockage further down the line. "

Le plombier a examiné le tuyau bouché, soupçonnant un blocage plus loin sur la ligne.

utility technical

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adjective

Bien taillé

(of a plant) In a well-pruned state.

Examples :

"The stopped rose bush, though small, produced an abundance of beautiful blooms. "

Le rosier bien taillé, bien que petit, a produit une abondance de belles fleurs.

plant agriculture

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adjective

Occlusif

Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.

Examples :

""B" is a stopped consonant. "

« B » est une consonne occlusive.

phonetics language sound linguistics