arrêter

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French arrester (“to stop”), from Old French arester (“to stay, stop”), from Vulgar Latin *arrestāre, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“stop, remain behind, stay back”). Compare English arrest. === Pronunciation === (Europe) IPA(key): /a.ʁɛ.te/ ~ /a.ʁe.te/ (Quebec) IPA(key): /a.ʁɛː.te/ Homophones: arrêté, arrêtés, arrêtée, arrêtées, arrêtez, arrêtai === Verb === arrêter (ambitransitive) to halt; to stop (archaic) to settle; to conclude; to agree (upon) (transitive) to arrest (a criminal, etc) Synonyms: appréhender, serrer (reflexive) to come to a stop (Louisiana, Cajun) to wait Synonym: attendre ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → German: arretieren → Ladino: arretar === Further reading === “arrêter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === terrera == Norman == === Alternative forms === arrêtaïr (Guernsey) === Etymology === From Old French arester (“to stay, stop”), from Vulgar Latin *arrestō, *arrestāre, from Latin ad- + restō, restāre (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”). === Verb === arrêter (Jersey) to stop (Jersey) to arrest ==== Synonyms ==== blioutcher (“to arrest”)