/stɔp/
Translation
stop
Word origin
Borrowed from English stop, originally a nautical and railway term that spread into French in the nineteenth century.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- stop
- English cognates
- stop
Examples
, ' , c' !
Stop, do not go any further, it is dangerous!
' .
He did not see the stop sign and caused a small accident.
.
We are hitchhiking home.
chauffeur ' .
The driver stopped at the stop sign before turning.
! casser fragile.
Stop! You are going to break that fragile plate.
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Grammar articles
(9)French Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
Conjugating French -er Verbs in the Present Tense
Conjugating French -re Verbs in the Present Tense
French Demonstrative Pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles
French si Clauses: The Three Types of Conditional Sentence
The French Subjunctive After Conjunctions
The French Subjunctive After Necessity and Will
Venir de + Infinitive: the French Recent Past (to have just done something)
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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