cessation
French, noun/sɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/
cessation is spelled C-E-S-S-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cessation is a French feminine noun meaning “cessation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de cesser quelque chose”.
What does cessation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecessation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de cesser quelque chose.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cessation
- cessations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cessation?
- /sɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/
- /se.sa.sjɔ̃/
- \sɛ.sa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cessation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cessation in French?
cessation appears 2.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).