stop

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of stop in English

English Online Dictionary. What means stop‎? What does stop mean?

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from English full stop.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈstɔp]

Noun

stop

(international standards) ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for full stop / period.

Coordinate terms

decimal

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: stŏp, IPA^(key): /stɒp/
(General American) enPR: stäp, IPA^(key): /stɑp/
(Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): [stɔp]
(Canada) IPA^(key): [stɔ(ː)p]
Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology 1

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close”), *stuppijaną (“to push, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb- (“to push; stick”), from *(s)tew- (“to bump; impact; butt; push; beat; strike; hit”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian stopje (“to stop, block”), West Frisian stopje (“to stop”), Dutch stoppen (“to stop”), Low German stoppen (“to stop”), German stopfen (“to be filling, stuff”), German stoppen (“to stop”), Danish stoppe (“to stop”), Swedish stoppa (“to stop”), Icelandic stoppa (“to stop”), Middle High German stupfen, stüpfen (“to pierce”). More at stuff, stump.

Alternative etymology derives Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn from an assumed Vulgar Latin *stūpāre, *stuppāre (“to stop up with tow”), from stūpa, stīpa, stuppa (“tow, flax, oakum”), from Ancient Greek στύπη (stúpē), στύππη (stúppē, “tow, flax, oakum”). This derivation, however, is doubtful, as the earliest instances of the Germanic verb do not carry the meaning of "stuff, stop with tow". Rather, these senses developed later in response to influence from similar sounding words in Latin and Romance.

Verb

stop (third-person singular simple present stops, present participle stopping, simple past and past participle stopped)

(intransitive) To cease moving.
(intransitive) Not to continue.
(transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
(transitive) To cease; to no longer continue (doing something, especially something wrong or undesirable, or something causing irritation or annoyance).
Antonym: keep
(transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
(causative, transitive, chiefly UK) To end someone else's activity.
(transitive) To close or block an opening.
(transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
(intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
(music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
(obsolete) To punctuate.
(nautical) To make fast; to stopper.
(phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
(finance, transitive) To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.

Usage notes

This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund -ing to indicate the ending action (stop thinking), or the to infinitive to indicate the purpose of the interruption (stop to think). See Appendix:English catenative verbs for more information.
When used causatively, the verb can either be followed directly by its dependent clause (for example, to stop them exploding) or take a helper word, usually from, before the clause (to stop them from exploding). The former usage is more common in Britain, and the latter usage more common in America.

Conjugation

Synonyms

(to cease moving): brake, desist, halt; See also Thesaurus:stop
(not to continue): blin, cease, desist, discontinue, halt, terminate; See also Thesaurus:desist
(to cause to cease moving): arrest, freeze, halt; See also Thesaurus:immobilize
(to cause to come to an end): blin, cancel, cease, discontinue, halt, terminate; See also Thesaurus:end
(to tarry): hang about, hang around, linger, loiter, pause; See also Thesaurus:tarry
(to reside temporarily): lodge, stop over; See also Thesaurus:sojourn

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to cease moving”): continue, go, move, proceed
(antonym(s) of “not to continue”): continue, proceed
(antonym(s) of “to cause to cease moving”): continue, move
(antonym(s) of “to cause to come to an end”): continue, move

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Finnish: stop
→ French: stop
→ Greek: στοπ (stop)
→ Hungarian: stop
→ Irish: stop
→ Italian: stop
→ Latvian: stop
→ Ottoman Turkish: استوپ (istop)
→ Polish: stop
→ Portuguese: stop
→ Russian: стоп (stop)
→ Spanish: stop
→ Welsh: stopio
→ Tok Pisin: stap

Translations

Noun

stop (plural stops)

A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
Related terms: halt, station.
An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
1. (engineering) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
2. (architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
(linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
Synonyms: plosive, occlusive
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
(music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
(music) One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
(tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
(soccer) A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
(zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
A marking on a rabbit's hind foot.
(photography) A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
(photography) A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
(photography) An f-stop.
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
(fencing) A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
(UK, grammar, informal) Short for full stop.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Punctuation mark

stop

Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English stoppe, from Old English stoppa (“bucket, pail, a stop”), from Proto-Germanic *stuppô (“vat, vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teub- (“to push, hit; stick, stump”). See stoup.

Noun

stop (plural stops)

(UK dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.

Translations

Etymology 3

From s- +‎ top.

Noun

stop (plural stops)

(physics) The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.

Anagrams

post-, OTPs, SPTO, spot, TSOP, OSTP, Tops, pots, post., Post, TPOs, TOPS, post, -post, tops, Spot, POST, POTS, opts, PTOs

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈstop]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English stop.

Noun

stop m inan

hitchhiking
Synonym: autostop
(sports) suspension
Za hrubý faul dostal stop na čtyři zápasy. ― He received a four-match suspension for a serious foul.

Declension

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stop

genitive plural of stopa

Verb

stop

second-person singular imperative of stopit

Danish

Verb

stop

imperative of stoppe

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stɔp/
Hyphenation: stop
Rhymes: -ɔp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stoppe. See the verb stoppen.

Noun

stop m (plural stoppen, diminutive stopje n)

an action of stopping, cessation
a plug for a sink, a stopper
an electric fuse
Synonyms: smeltstop, zekering

Derived terms

smeltstop
stopcontact
stoppenkast

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stop

inflection of stoppen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
3. imperative

Anagrams

post
spot

Finnish

Etymology

From English stop.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstop/, [ˈs̠to̞p]
Rhymes: -op
Syllabification^(key): stop
Hyphenation^(key): stop

Interjection

stop

stop (halt)
stop (end-of-sentence indicator in telegrams)

Synonyms

(halt): seis

French

Etymology

1792. Borrowed from English stop.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stɔp/

Interjection

stop!

stop!

Noun

stop m (uncountable)

stop sign
hitchhiking

Derived terms

auto-stop
stop américain
stop-motion
stopper

Descendants

→ Moroccan Arabic: سطوب

Anagrams

post, pots, spot, tops

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English stop.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃtopː], [ˈʃtop]
Rhymes: -opː, -op

Interjection

stop

halt! stop!

Punctuation mark

stop

stop (used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram)

Noun

stop (plural stopok)

(colloquial) stop sign (a red sign on the side of a street instructing vehicles to stop)
Nem állt meg a stopnál. ― He ran the stop sign.
(colloquial) hitchhike (an act of hitchhiking, trying to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road)

Declension

Derived terms

stopfürdő
stoptábla

Indonesian

Alternative forms

setop (colloquial)

Etymology

From Dutch stop, Middle Dutch stoppe, from Middle Dutch stoppen, from Old Dutch *stoppon, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn. Doublet of setop.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈst̪ɔp̚]
Hyphenation: stop

Verb

stop (plural stop-stop)

to stop
Synonyms: berhenti, terhenti

Affixed terms

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English stop, from Middle English stoppen, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˠt̪ˠɔpˠ/

Verb

stop (present analytic stopann, future analytic stopfaidh, verbal noun stopadh, past participle stoptha)

to stop

Conjugation

Synonyms

stad

Noun

stop m (genitive singular stop, nominative plural stopanna)

a stop (place to get on and off line buses or trams; interruption of travel; device to block path)

Declension

Synonyms

stad

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English stop.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɔp/
Rhymes: -ɔp
Hyphenation: stòp

Interjection

stop

stop!, halt!

Noun

stop m

stop (roadsign; bus stop etc.; block)

Anagrams

post, post-, spot

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from English stop.

Interjection

stop!

stop!, halt!

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stoːp/

Verb

stōp

first/third-person singular preterite indicative of stæppan

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɔp/
Rhymes: -ɔp
Syllabification: stop

Etymology 1

Deverbal from stopić.

Noun

stop m inan

(chemistry) an alloy; a mixture of metals
Synonyms: (archaic) aliaż, (obsolete) aligacja

Mosiądz jest stopem miedzi i cynku. ― Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.

Declension

Verb

stop

second-person singular imperative of stopić

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English stop.

Interjection

stop

cool your heels!, cool your jets!, hold your horses!, stop!, whoa! (slow down)
Synonyms: hola, wolnego, z wolna
stop!, whoa! (you should not have done/said that)
Synonyms: hola, wolnego, z wolna

Noun

stop m inan

a stop sign
(colloquial) a vehicle's brake light
(colloquial) hitchhiking

Related terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English stop.

Pronunciation

Noun

stop m (plural stops)

stop (function or button that causes a device to stop operating)
(uncountable) a game in which the players write on paper one word from each category (animal, fruit, etc.), all beginning with the same letter, as quickly as possible. In Spanish: tutti frutti
Synonym: adedanha
(stock market) stop loss order (order to close one’s position if the market drops to a specified price level)
(Brazil, colloquial) stop; end (the act of putting a stop to something)
(Portugal) stop sign
Ia sendo atropelado, porque o condutor não parou no stop. ― I was almost run over because the driver did not stop at the stop sign.

Interjection

stop!

said by a player of the game of stop to cease the current turn, after which the players count how many words they wrote

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French stop, from English stop.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stop/

Noun

stop n (uncountable)

stop

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English stop.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈtop/ [esˈt̪op]
Rhymes: -op

Interjection

stop

stop

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse staup (“small glass for liquor”).

Noun

stop n

beer mug, stein
stoup

Declension

Synonyms

sejdel

Anagrams

post

stop

stop

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English

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Punctuation mark

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Noun

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Noun

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Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

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Etymology 2

Noun

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Danish

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

Noun

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Verb

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Finnish

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French

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Hungarian

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Punctuation mark

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Indonesian

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