French word

suspendre

Pronunciation

IPA/syspɑ̃dʁ/

Meaning

  • verbput on hold

Example

Peux-tu suspendre ce paiement pour l'instant ?

Can you put this payment on hold for now?

Illustration for suspendre (put on hold)

More examples

Ils ont décidé de suspendre l'abonnement.

They decided to suspend the subscription.

Core concept

An activity is held in mid-process rather than ended, with its continuation deliberately postponed.

Common phrases

  • suspendre un paiement

    put a payment on hold

  • suspendre un abonnement

    temporarily suspend a subscription

  • suspendre un service

    suspend a service

Similar words

arrêter: Stop an operation or machine completely.
annuler: Cancel a scheduled plan or procedure so it will not take place.
mettre en pause: Pause work or an operation so it can resume immediately.
interrompre: Stop a conversation or task while it is in progress.

Definition in French

Mettre quelque chose en attente ou interrompre temporairement son fonctionnement.

Word origin

Suspendre is an inherited French verb from Latin suspendere, whose literal sense of hanging or keeping something suspended extended to temporary interruption.

Usage tips

  • Suspendre is transitive in this sense, so French uses suspendre le service or suspendre la procédure without a preposition before the object.

Other meanings

  • suspendverb

Opposites

Related words

  • suspensionsuspensionnoun
  • suspendususpendedadjective

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