cesse
French, noun
cesse is spelled C-E-S-S-E (5 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written French, the 2,473rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cesse is a French feminine noun meaning “end” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cesser. With an accent, cessé is a different word: “past participle of cesser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fin, relâche”.
What does cesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfeminineend
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of cesser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fin, relâche.
noun: 1. Variété de cerise.
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 cesse
- cessée feminine
- cessés masculine plural
- cessées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cesse in French?
cesse appears 33 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).