cesser
French, verb/sɛ.se/
cesser is spelled C-E-S-S-E-R (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,230th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cesser is a French verb meaning “to cease; to stop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Discontinuer ; arrêter ; finir ; interrompre ; terminer”.
What does cesser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cease; to stop
- 2
to break up (e.g. a relationship)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Discontinuer ; arrêter ; finir ; interrompre ; terminer.
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 cesser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- cessant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- cessé participle past
- cesse first-person indicative present
- cesses indicative present second-person
- cessons first-person indicative plural
- cessez indicative plural present
- cessent indicative plural present
- cessais first-person imperfect indicative
- cessait imperfect indicative singular
- cessions first-person imperfect indicative
- cessiez imperfect indicative plural
- cessaient imperfect indicative plural
- cessai first-person historic indicative
- cessas historic indicative past
- cessa historic indicative past
- cessâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cesser?
- /sɛ.se/
- /se.se/
- \se.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cesser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cesser in French?
cesser appears 14 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).