ceasefire

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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 Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English ceasefire From cease + fire.

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vuurstaking — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Afrikaans: wapenstilstand — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Afrikaans: skietstilstand — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Albanian: armëpushim — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Albanian: pushim zjarri — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Arabic: هُدْنَة (hudna) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Arabic: وَقْف نَار (waqf nār) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Arabic: وَقْف إِطْلَاق نَار (waqf ʔiṭlāq nār) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Armenian: հրադադար (hradadar) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Azerbaijani: atəşkəs — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Basque: su-eten — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Belarusian: спыне́нне агню́ (spynjénnje ahnjú) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Belarusian: замiрэ́нне (zamirénnje) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Belarusian: перамі́р'е (pjeramírʺje) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Bulgarian: прими́рие (primírie) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Bulgarian: прекратя́ване на о́гъня (prekratjávane na ógǎnja) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Catalan: alto el foc — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Chinese Mandarin: 停火 (tínghuǒ) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Chinese Mandarin: 休戰 /休战 (xiūzhàn) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Chinese Mandarin: 停戰 /停战 (tíngzhàn) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Corsican: cessate u focu — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Czech: příměří — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Danish: våbenhvile — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Dutch: staakt-het-vuren — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Dutch: wapenstilstand — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Dutch: vuurstaking — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Esperanto: militpaŭzo — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Estonian: relvarahu — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Faroese: vápnahvíld — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Finnish: aselepo — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• French: cessez-le-feu — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• French: trêve — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Galician: alto o fogo — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Georgian: ცეცხლის შეწყვეტა (cecxlis šec̣q̇veṭa) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Georgian: საომარი მოქმედების შეწყვეტა (saomari mokmedebis šec̣q̇veṭa) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• German: Waffenstillstand — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• German: Feuerpause — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• German: Feuereinstellung — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Bavarian German: Woffnstuistand — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Greek: εκεχειρία (ekecheiría) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Greek: ανακωχή (anakochí) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Ancient Greek: ἀνακωχή (anakōkhḗ) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Greenlandic: akiuukkunnaarallarneq — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Hebrew: הַפְסָקַת־אֵשׁ (hafsakát-ésh) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Hindi: युद्धविराम (yuddhavirām) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Hungarian: tűzszünet — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Hungarian: fegyverszünet — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Icelandic: vopnahlé — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Indonesian: gencatan senjata — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Interlingua: cessa-le-foco — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Interlingua: armistitio — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Irish: sos cogaidh — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Italian: cessate il fuoco — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Italian: armistizio — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Japanese: 停戦 (teisen) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Japanese: 休戦 (kyūsen) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Kazakh: атысты тоқтату (atysty toqtatu) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Khmer: បទឈប់បាញ់ (bɑt chup bañ) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Korean: 정전 (jeongjeon) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Korean: 휴전 (hyujeon) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Central Kurdish: ئاگربەست (agirbest) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Northern Kurdish: agirbest — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Kyrgyz: атышууну токтотуу (atışuunu toktotuu) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Lao: ຢຸດຍິງ (yut nying) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Lao: ການຢຸດຍິງ (kān yut nying) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Latin: guerra recrēdūta — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Latvian: uguns pārtraukšana — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Lithuanian: ugnies nutraukimas — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Macedonian: примирје (primirje) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Malay: gencatan senjata — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Marathi: युद्धविराम (yuddhavirām) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Marathi: गोळाबंदी (goḷābandī) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Marathi: लढाईबंदी (laḍhāībandī) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Mongolian: зэвсэг хураалт (zevseg xuraalt) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Norman: cêsse-feu — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Norwegian Bokmål: våpenhvile — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: våpenkvile — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Occitan: alt au fuòc — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Occitan: alta au fuòc — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Occitan: alt au fòc — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Pannonian Rusyn: претаргнуце огня (pretarhnuce ohnja) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Pashto: ډزبندي (ḍazbandi) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Dari: آتَشبَس (ātaš-bas) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Iranian Persian: آتَشبَس (âtaš-bas) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Polish: zawieszenie broni — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Polish: rozejm — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Portuguese: cessar-fogo — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Portuguese: armistício — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Portuguese: trégua — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Romanian: încetare a focului — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Romanian: armistițiu — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Romansh: armistizi — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Russian: прекраще́ние огня́ (prekraščénije ognjá) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Russian: переми́рие (peremírije) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Sardinian: tzessade su fogu — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Sardinian: tzessade-su-fogu — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Scots: cease-fire — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Scots: ceasefire — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Scots: cease-fyr — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Scots: ceasefyr — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Scottish Gaelic: fois-losgaidh — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: прекид ватре — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: при́мӣрје — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: prekid vatre — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: prímīrje — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Sicilian: cissati lu focu — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Slovak: prímerie — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Slovene: prekinitev ognja — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Spanish: alto el fuego — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Spanish: cese el fuego — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Spanish: cesación del fuego — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Swahili: usitishaji — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Swahili: usitishaji mapigano — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Swahili: usitishaji vita — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Swedish: vapenvila — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Tagalog: tigil-putukan — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Tajik: оташбас (otašbas) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Thai: การพักรบ (gaan-pák-róp) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Thai: การหยุดยิง (gaan-yùt-ying) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Turkish: ateşkes — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Ukrainian: припине́ння вогню́ (prypynénnja vohnjú) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Ukrainian: переми́р'я (peremýrʺja) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Urdu: جَن٘گ بَنْدی (jaṅg bandī) — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Uzbek: oʻt ochishni toʻxtatish — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Vietnamese: lệnh ngừng bắn — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
• Vietnamese: đình chiến — in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose