Armistice

Ar′mis-tice

,

Noun.

[F.

armistice

, fr. (an assumed word) L.

armistitium

;

arma

arms +

stare

,

statum

(combining form,

-stitum

), to stand still.]

A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.

Armistice

'ARMISTICE

,

Noun.

[L. arma and sisto, to stand still, Gr.]

A cessation of arms, for a short time, by convention; a truce; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the parties.

armistice

English

Noun

armistice ‎(plural armistices)

A formal agreement to end fighting.

Translations

formal agreement to end fighting

Albanian: armëpushim (sq) m
Arabic: هُدْنَة f ‎(hudna), وَقْف نَار m ‎(waqf nār)
Asturian: armisticiu m
Bengali: অস্ত্রবিরতি ‎(ôstrôbirôti)
Belarusian: перамі́р'е n ‎(pjeramírʺje)
Bulgarian: прими́рие (bg) n ‎(primírie)
Catalan: armistici m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 停戰 (zh), 停战 (zh) ‎(tíngzhàn), 休戰 (zh), 休战 (zh) ‎(xiūzhàn)
Czech: příměří n
Dutch: wapenstilstand (nl) m, wapenstand m
Estonian: vaherahu, relvarahu
Finnish: aselepo (fi)
French: armistice (fr) m, trêve (fr) f
Galician: armisticio m
German: Waffenstillstand (de) m
Hebrew: שביתת נשק (he) ‎(sh"vitat neshek)
Hungarian: fegyverszünet (hu)
Icelandic: vopnahlé n
Ido: armistico (io)
Italian: armistizio (it) m
Japanese: 停戦 ‎(ていせん, teisen), 休戦 ‎(きゅうせん, kyūsen)

Korean: 정전 (ko) ‎(jeongjeon), 휴전 (ko) ‎(hyujeon)
Norman: armistie f
Latin: indutiae f pl
Macedonian: примирје n ‎(primirje)
Manx: aash caggee f
Maori: rangaawatea
Norwegian: våpenhvile (no) m
Occitan: armistici m
Polish: rozejm m, zawieszenie broni (pl) n
Portuguese: armistício (pt) m
Romanian: armistițiu (ro) n
Russian: прекраще́ние огня́ n ‎(prekraščénije ognjá), переми́рие (ru) n ‎(peremírije)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: примирје n

Roman: primirje (sh) n
Slovak: prímerie n
Slovene: premirje (sl) n
Spanish: armisticio (es) m
Swedish: vapenstillestånd (sv) c
Turkish: ateşkes (tr) m, mütareke (tr)
Ukrainian: припине́ння вогню́ n ‎(prypynénnja vohnjú), переми́р'я n ‎(peremýrʺja)
Vietnamese: đình chiến (vi), hưu chiến (vi)
Welsh: cadoediad (cy) m

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin armistitium, from arma ‎(“weapons”) and statio ‎(“immobility”) (compare solstitium). Cognate with Italian armistizio.

Noun

armistice m ‎(plural armistices)

armistice

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Armistice

Ar′mis-tice

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Armistice

'ARMISTICE

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