| Traductions supplémentaires |
| stop n | (act of stopping) | arrêt nm |
| | The lights seemed to take forever to change and our stop there to be interminable. |
| | Les feux semblaient prendre une éternité pour passer au vert, et notre arrêt à cet endroit interminable. |
| stop n | (cessation) | arrêt nm |
| | We are calling for a stop to the fighting. |
| | Nous demandons un arrêt du combat. |
| stop n | (place) (circulation) | stop nm |
| | The driver put on the brakes when he arrived at the stop. |
| | Le conducteur a appuyé sur le frein lorsqu'il est arrivé au stop. |
| stop n | (stay en route) | halte nf |
| | | arrêt nm |
| | We enjoyed a stop at Fred's house for a couple of days before continuing our journey. |
| | Nous avons profité d'une halte de quelques jours chez Fred avant de continuer notre voyage. |
| stop n | (station on a route) (bus, train) | arrêt nm |
| | (métro, tram) | station nf |
| | | last stop : terminus nm |
| | The train arrived at my stop. |
| | The bus passenger pressed the bell for the next stop. |
| | Le train est arrivé à mon arrêt. // Le passager du bus a appuyé sur le bouton pour demander le prochain arrêt. |
| stop n | (plug, blockage) (dans un tuyau,...) | bouchon, blocage nm |
| | There is a stop in the pipe. |
| | Il y a un blocage dans le conduit. |
| stop n | (obstruction) | butoir nm |
| | Push the trolley until it reaches the stop. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Elle a hurlé en trébuchant contre le butoir de la porte. |
| stop n | (mechanism, control) (machine à écrire) | taquet nm |
| | Hit the stop if ever there's a problem with the machine. |
| | Frappe sur le taquet si jamais tu as un problème avec la machine. |
| stop n | (commerce: block payment) (Banque) | opposition nf |
| | A stop on a cheque prevents the money from leaving your account. |
| | Faire opposition à un chèque empêche l'argent de quitter son compte. |
| stop n | (musical instruments) (Musique : orgue) | jeu nm |
| | One of the stops of the organ is loose. |
| | Un des jeux de l'orgue est desserré. |
| stop n | (sports: blocking move) (Sports) | arrêt nm |
| | The defender moved in for a stop. |
| | Le défenseur s'est avancé pour faire un arrêt. |
| stop n | UK (punctuation) (signe de ponctuation) | point nm |
| | Replace the comma with a stop and start a new sentence. |
| | Remplace la virgule par un point et commence une nouvelle phrase. |
| stop n | (photography) (Photographie) | diaphragme nm |
| | This photo is overexposed by a stop. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. La photo est surexposée car le diaphragme de l'appareil était trop ouvert. |
stop [sth] doing [sth],
stop [sth] from doing [sth] v expr | (prevent) | empêcher [qch] de faire [qch] loc v |
| | Fortunately she stopped the situation from getting any worse. |
| | Heureusement, elle a empêché la situation d'empirer. |
| stop [sth] vtr | (turn off) (un moteur, une machine) | arrêter⇒, éteindre⇒ vtr |
| | Stop the machine before attempting any repairs. |
| | Éteins la machine avant d'entamer des réparations. |
| stop [sb]⇒ vtr | (interrupt) | interrompre⇒ vtr |
| | Don't stop me while I'm talking. |
| | Ne m'interromps pas quand je parle. |
| stop [sth]⇒ vtr | (withhold) (Banque) | faire opposition à vtr |
| | I asked my bank to stop the check. |
| | J'ai demandé à ma banque de faire opposition sur le chèque. |
| stop [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (prevent from proceeding) (poursuivre et arrêter) | intercepter⇒ vtr |
| | The border guards stopped the truck. |
| | Les gardes-frontière ont intercepté le camion. |
| stop [sth]⇒ vtr | (block) (un ballon,...) | arrêter⇒, bloquer⇒ vtr |
| | The goalkeeper stopped the shot. |
| | Le gardien de but a bloqué le tir. |
| stop [sth] vtr | (close) (un tuyau,...) | boucher⇒, encombrer⇒ vtr |
| | The leaves stopped the drain. |
| | Les feuilles ont bouché (or: ont encombré) la canalisation. |
| stop [sb]⇒ vtr | (sports: check) (Sports) | bloquer⇒ vtr |
| | The player stopped his opponent against the boards. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Le joueur a bloqué son adversaire en défense. |
Formes composées
stop | stopped |
| bus stop n | (where bus takes on passengers) | arrêt de bus nm |
| | Three passengers were waiting at the bus stop. |
| come to a stop v expr | (halt) | s'arrêter⇒ v pron |
| | Please wait for the bus to come to a stop before you get off. |
| | Attendez que le bus s'arrête avant de descendre. |
| dead stop n | (complete halt) | arrêt complet nm |
| | | to come to a dead stop : s'arrêter net v pron + adv |
| | They heard a loud bang in the engine and the car came to a dead stop. |
| | Ils ont entendu un grand boum dans le moteur et la voiture s'est mise à l'arrêt complet. |
| | Ils ont entendu un grand boum dans le moteur et la voiture s'est arrêtée net. |
| emergency stop n | (driving manoeuvre: sudden halt) | arrêt d'urgence nm |
| full stop n | UK (punctuation mark: period) | point nm |
| | You should always use a capital letter after a full stop. |
| | Il faut toujours utiliser une majuscule après un point. |
| full stop n | UK, informal (period: and that is that) | un point c'est tout expr |
| | (familier) | point barre expr |
| | We're not doing it. Full stop! |
| | On ne le fait pas, un point c'est tout ! |
| full stop n | (complete end of motion) | arrêt complet nm |
| | The police will ticket you for anything less than a full stop at a stop sign. |
| | La police vous verbalisera si vous n'effectuez pas un arrêt complet au stop. |
| glottal stop n | (phonetics: throaty speech sound) (Phonétique) | coup de glotte nm |
| | Glottal stops are a lot more common in English speech than most people realize. |
| last stop n | (transport route: final destination) | terminus nm |
| | This is the last stop; everyone must get off the bus. |
| | Terminus ! Tout le monde descend ! |
nonstop,
also UK: non-stop adj | (continual) | ininterrompu adj |
| | Audrey is fed up of the non-stop rain. |
| | Audrey ne supporte plus la pluie ininterrompue. |
nonstop,
also UK: non-stop adj | (relentless) | incessant adj |
| | Simon's nonstop criticism is really irritating. |
| | Les critiques incessantes de Simon sont vraiment agaçantes. |
nonstop,
also UK: non-stop adj | (direct, without stopping) | sans arrêt loc adj |
| | (vol) | sans escale loc adj |
| | (anglicisme) | non-stop adj inv |
| | Sonia took a nonstop flight from New York to Dallas. |
nonstop,
also UK: non-stop adv | (incessantly, continuously) | non-stop adv |
| | | sans discontinuer, sans interruption, sans arrêt loc adv |
| | | de manière continue loc adv |
| | Betty talked nonstop and constantly annoyed her coworkers. |
| one-stop adj | (from a single source) | tout-en-un loc adj |
| | | à guichet unique loc adj |
| one-stop shop n | (store with variety of products) | magasin qui vend de tout nm |
| | There are many large stores in the US that are one-stop shops: they have groceries, furniture, healthcare items, clothing, and other items. |
| one-stop shop n | (business providing various services) | guichet unique nm |
| pit stop n | (motor racing: pause to refuel) | arrêt au stand nm |
| | S'il ne fait plus d'arrêt au stand, il est désormais sûr de gagner la course. |
| pit stop n | (motor racing: place to refuel) | stand de ravitaillement nm |
| | The crew have fresh tires ready for when their car comes into the pit stop. |
| put a stop to [sth] vtr | (end, curtail) | mettre un terme à, mettre fin à loc v + prép |
| | The students are cheating; we'll put a stop to that right away. Prohibition did not put a stop to people drinking alcohol, in fact the reverse was true. |
| | Les élèves trichent ; nous allons mettre un terme à cela tout de suite ! |
quit smoking (US),
give up smoking,
stop smoking (UK) v expr | (give up cigarettes) | arrêter de fumer loc v |
| | | arrêter la cigarette loc v |
| | (familier) | arrêter la clope loc v |
| rest stop n | (short break in a journey) | arrêt nm |
| | | pause nf |
| | We took a rest stop after the first 300 miles. I really need a rest stop; can you pull over in the next layby? |
| | Nous avons fait un arrêt (or: une pause) après les 450 premiers kilomètres. Il faut vraiment que je fasse une pause ; est-ce que tu peux t'arrêter à l'aire de repos ? |
rest stop,
rest area n | US (lay-by: area for vehicles to pull over) | petite aire de repos nf |
| | (en bord de route) | parking nm |
| start-stop adj | (erratic) | irrégulier, irrégulière adj |
| | | intermittent adj |
| stop bath n | (photography) (Photographie) | bain, bain d'arrêt nm |
| stop down v + adv | (photography: reduce the aperture) (Photographie) | fermer le diaphragme loc v |
| | | diaphragmer⇒ vi |
| stop [sb] in his/her tracks v expr | figurative (halt [sb]) | arrêter⇒ vtr |
| | | arrêter dans son élan, arrêter dans sa lancée loc v |
| stop [sth] in its tracks v expr | figurative (halt progress of [sth]) | interrompre brusquement, stopper net vtr + adv |
| stop light n | (red traffic light) | feu rouge nm |
| stop light n | US (set of traffic lights) (familier) | feu rouge nm |
| | | feu tricolore nm |
| stop motion n | (cinema: special effect technique) | animation image par image nf |
| stop motion n | (freeze-frame: animation technique) | animation image par image nf |
stop motion,
stop-motion adj | (animation technique: freeze-frame) | image par image loc adj |
| stop payment n | (checks) (paiement) | opposition nf |
| stop payment order n | (cancel check) (Banque) | faire opposition (à [qch]) v pron |
| | | s'opposer au paiement loc v |
stop the presses (US),
hold the presses (US),
stop press (UK),
hold the press (UK) interj | (introducing breaking news) (Journalisme) | information de dernière minute nf |
| | (Journalisme) | dernière minute expr |
| | Stop the presses: the White House has just issued an update. |
stop the presses (US),
hold the presses (US),
stop press (UK),
hold the press (UK) interj | figurative (making announcement or update) | scoop du jour interj |
| | Hold the press! James has just texted to ask me on a date! |
| stop press n | UK (late news added) (Journalisme) | information de dernière minute nf |
| | The newspaper editor added a stop press to the story when the court announced its verdict. |
| stop price n | (trigger price) (Finance) | cours de déclenchement, cours stop nm |
| stop short of [sth] v expr | informal (not become) | s'arrêter juste avant de faire [qch] loc v |
| | | ne pas aller jusqu'à faire [qch] loc v |
| | The SARS epidemic stopped short of a global pandemic. |
| stop short of doing [sth] v expr | informal (not do) | s'arrêter juste avant de faire [qch] v pron |
| | I was furious with her, but I stopped short of saying something I'd regret. |
| | J'étais furieuse contre elle mais je me suis arrêtée juste avant de lui dire quelque chose que j'aurais pu regretter. |
| stop sign n | (signal instructing drivers to brake) | panneau stop nm |
| | It's very simple: if there's a stop sign, stop. |
| | C'est très simple : quand il y a un panneau stop, tu t'arrêtes. |
| stop talking v expr | (cease speaking) | arrêter de parler loc v |
| stop the clock v expr | (finish timing [sth]) | arrêter le chronomètre loc v |
| | The timers stopped the clock when the last participant crossed the finish line. |
| stop-and-go traffic n | (congested road) | circulation en accordéon nf |
| | The journey seemed to take forever; it was stop-and-go traffic all the way. |
stop-gap loan,
stopgap n | (short term substitute) (Can) | prêt à court terme nm |
| stop-go adj | (stopping and starting by turns) (circulation) | en accordéon loc adj |
| | | stop-go traffic jam, stop-go traffic : circulation en accordéon nf |
| | | stop-go traffic jam, stop-go traffic : rouler en accordéon loc v |
| stop-go adj | UK (economic policy) (politique) | au coup par coup loc adv |
| stop-loss adj | (stock market: preventing financial loss) | ordre stop nm |
| stop-loss order n | (finance: to buy or sell stock) (Can) | ordre à seuil de déclenchement nm |
stop-off,
stopoff n | (stopover) (long voyage) | escale, étape nf |
| | (voyage plus court) | arrêt nm |
| | (voyage plus court) | halte nf |
| | We had a brief stop-off in Japan on our way to Australia. |
stop-off,
stopoff n | (brief visit) (voyage court) | arrêt nm |
| | (voyage court) | halte nf |
| | We made a stop-off at the off-licence on our way to the party. |
| stop-off n | (brief stopping place) (long voyage) | escale, étape nf |
| | (voyage court) | arrêt nm |
| | (voyage court) | halte nf |
| | That pub was a lovely stop-off on our way home from holiday. |
| stop-press adj | UK (related to stopping the presses) (Journalisme) | de dernière minute loc adj |
stop,
search and seizure powers n | (police powers) | pouvoirs d'arrestation, de perquisition et de confiscation nmpl |
| | The police have stop, search, and seizure powers for places, vehicles, and suspects. |
stopover,
also UK: stop-over n | (brief visit) (long voyage) | escale nf |
| | (voyage plus court) | arrêt nm |
| | (voyage plus court) | halte nf |
| | We made a short stopover in New York, but unfortunately we didn't have much time for sightseeing. |
| | Nous avons fait une courte escale à New York mais malheureusement nous n'avons pas eu suffisamment de temps pour faire du tourisme. |
stopover,
also UK: stop-over n | (stopping place) (long voyage) | escale nf |
| | (voyage plus court) | arrêt nm |
| | (voyage plus court) | halte nf |
| | Seattle was our stopover on our way to Hawaii. |
| | Seattle a été notre escale lors de notre voyage à Hawaï. |
| toe stop n | often plural (rubber piece on front of roller skate) (de patin à roulettes) | frein (avant) nm |
| train stop n | (railway: scheduled station) (en gare) | arrêt nm |
| | I must get off at the next train stop. |
| | Je dois descendre au prochain arrêt. |
| train stop n | (railway: safety device) | arrêt automatique nm |
| | The collision occurred when the train stop failed to protect the train due to a design error. |
| | La collision a eu lieu quand l'arrêt automatique n'a pas protégé le train en raison d'une erreur de conception. |
| truck stop n | US (rest stop for truck drivers) | relais routier, routier nm |
| | Bill was tired and hungry, so he pulled over at a truck stop for a rest and something to eat. |
whistle stop,
whistle-stop n | US (railway station: request stop) | arrêt facultatif nm |
| | There are hundreds of whistle stops between Chicago and New Orleans. |
whistle stop tour,
whistle-stop tour n | (tour involving many brief visits) | voyage éclair nm |