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• /siːs/
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• General-American: /sis/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /siːs/
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• rhymes with -iːs
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Probably an Americanized form of German Zies.

Etymology tree Latin cēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin cessōder. Middle French cesserbor. Middle English cesen English cease From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede.

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ndal — intransitive
• Albanian: mé (gheg) — intransitive
• Bulgarian: спирам (spiram) — intransitive
• Bulgarian: преставам (prestavam) — intransitive
• Bulgarian: прекратявам (prekratjavam) — intransitive
• Catalan: cessar — intransitive
• Chinese Mandarin: 停止 (tíngzhǐ) — intransitive
• Chinese Mandarin: 停 (tíng) — intransitive
• Cornish: hedhi — intransitive
• Czech: skončit — intransitive
• Danish: ophøre — intransitive
• Esperanto: ĉesi — intransitive
• Finnish: loppua — intransitive
• Finnish: päättyä — intransitive
• Finnish: lakata — intransitive
• French: cesser — intransitive
• French: s'arrêter — intransitive
• German: aufhören — intransitive
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (sweiban) — intransitive
• Hungarian: abbamarad — intransitive
• Hungarian: megszűnik — intransitive
• Italian: cessare — intransitive
• Italian: arrestare — intransitive
• Italian: smettere — intransitive
• Italian: interrompere — intransitive
• Japanese: 止む (yamu) — intransitive
• Korean: 그치다 (geuchida) — intransitive
• Korean: 중지하다 (jungjihada) — intransitive
• Macedonian: престанува (prestanuva) — intransitive
• Macedonian: престане (prestane) — intransitive
• Malayalam: നിൽക്കുക (nilkkuka) — intransitive
• Māori: tāhaohao — intransitive
• Māori: mutu — intransitive
• Māori: nanape — intransitive
• Māori: pārirā — intransitive
• Nahuatl: caua — intransitive
• Nahuatl: cacauantoc — intransitive
• Norman: cêssi — intransitive
• Occitan: cessar — intransitive
• Northern Ohlone: júwa — intransitive
• Persian: متوقف شدن — intransitive
• Polish: zaprzestać — intransitive
• Portuguese: cessar — intransitive
• Romanian: înceta — intransitive
• Romanian: conteni — intransitive
• Romanian: opri — intransitive
• Russian: прекраща́ться (prekraščátʹsja) — intransitive
• Russian: прекрати́ться (prekratítʹsja) — intransitive
• Slovak: prestať — intransitive
• Slovak: zastaviť sa — intransitive
• Spanish: cesar — intransitive
• Spanish: parar — intransitive
• Spanish: terminar — intransitive
• Swedish: upphöra — intransitive
• Tagalog: hinto — intransitive
• Tocharian B: ār- — intransitive
• Turkish: durmak — intransitive
• Turkish: bitmek — intransitive
• Arabic: زَالَ (zāla) — transitive
• Catalan: cessar — transitive
• Catalan: aturar — transitive
• Chinese Mandarin: 停止 (tíngzhǐ) — transitive
• Ngazidja Comorian: urantsi — transitive
• Cornish: hedhi — transitive
• Czech: přestat — transitive
• Czech: ukončit — transitive
• Czech: skončit — transitive
• Czech: zastavit — transitive
• Danish: ophøre — transitive
• Dutch: ophouden — transitive
• Esperanto: ĉesigi — transitive
• Finnish: lopettaa — transitive
• Finnish: päättää — transitive
• Finnish: lakata — transitive
• German: aufhören — transitive
• German: einstellen — transitive
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gananþjan) — transitive
• Hebrew: חדל (khadál) — transitive
• Hungarian: abbahagy — transitive
• Hungarian: befejez — transitive
• Hungarian: beszüntet — transitive
• Ido: cesar — transitive
• Ingrian: hylätä — transitive
• Italian: cessare — transitive
• Italian: smettere di — transitive
• Japanese: 止める — transitive
• Korean: 그치다 (geuchida) — transitive
• Malayalam: നിർത്തുക (niṟttuka) — transitive
• Māori: kāti — transitive
• Māori: whakamutu — transitive
• Māori: whakaoti — transitive
• Navajo: ánéísįįh — transitive
• Norman: cêssi de — transitive
• Persian: متوقف کردن — transitive
• Portuguese: parar — transitive
• Romanian: întrerupe — transitive
• Russian: прекраща́ть (prekraščátʹ) — transitive
• Russian: прекрати́ть (prekratítʹ) — transitive
• Russian: перестава́ть (perestavátʹ) — transitive
• Russian: переста́ть (perestátʹ) — transitive
• Scottish Gaelic: leig seachad — transitive
• Slovak: prestať — transitive
• Slovak: zastaviť — transitive
• Spanish: dejar de — transitive
• Spanish: cesar de — transitive
• Swahili: kuacha — transitive
• Swedish: upphöra med — transitive
• Turkish: durmak — transitive
• Turkish: durdurmak — transitive