arrêter

See also: arreter

French

FWOTD – 18 April 2023

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French arrester (to stop), from Old French arester (to stay, stop), from Vulgar Latin *arrestāre, from Latin ad- (to) + restō (stop, remain behind, stay back). Compare English arrest.

Pronunciation

Verb

arrêter

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to halt; to stop
  2. (archaic) to settle; to conclude; to agree (upon)
    • 1791, National Constituent Assembly, Constitution française, présentée au roi par l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 septembre 1791 [French constitution, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791], Dijon: Imprimerie de P. Causse, page 79:
      Aujour-d’hui que la Constitution est définitivement arrêtée...
      Now that the Constitution is definitively settled...
    • 1793, National Convention, Acte constitutionnel [Constitutional Act], Paris: Imprimerie de P. L. Siret, page 14:
      Le Corps législatif arrête les comptes.
      The Legislative Corps settles the accounts.
  3. (transitive) to arrest (a criminal, etc)
    Synonyms: appréhender, serrer
  4. (reflexive) to come to a stop
    • 2018, Zaz, J'aime j'aime:
      J’aime la solitude parfois, mais j’aime pas les cris quand ils ne s’arrêtent pas
      I sometimes like the loneliness, but I don't love the cries when they won't stop
  5. (Louisiana, Cajun) to wait
    Synonym: attendre

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • German: arretieren
  • Ladino: arretar

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French arester (to stay, stop), from Vulgar Latin *arrestō, *arrestāre, from Latin ad- + restō, restāre (to stop, remain behind, stay back).

Verb

arrêter

  1. (Jersey) to stop
  2. (Jersey) to arrest

Synonyms

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