French word

stopper

Pronunciation

IPA/stope/

Meaning

  • verbstop

Example

Tu stoppes la musique ?

Are you stopping the music?

Illustration for stopper (stop)

More examples

On doit stopper la réunion maintenant.

We have to stop the meeting now.

Core concept

A finger presses stop, and an ongoing action falls silent at once.

Common phrases

  • stopper la musique

    stop the music

  • stopper un projet

    stop a project

  • stopper la réunion

    stop the meeting

Similar words

arrêter: Immediately stop something moving or an ongoing action.
couper: Physically cut off a flow of electricity, liquid, or sound.
interrompre: Temporarily interrupt ongoing speech or an action.
cesser: End an action or state so that it does not continue.

Definition in French

Stopper signifie mettre fin à une activité ou à un mouvement, souvent de façon directe et ponctuelle.

Word origin

Stopper is an English borrowing built on stop, with -er added to fit the regular French verb pattern.

Usage tips

  • The final letters in tu stoppes are silent, so the form is pronounced like the stem stopper without its ending.

Opposites

Related words

  • stoppagestoppagenoun
  • stoppéstoppedadjective

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