arrêt
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See also: arret
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
arrêt (plural arrêts)
- (now historical) A formal sentence of the King or Parliament of France; hence, a decree, a ruling.
- 1790, Helen Maria Williams, Letters Written in France, Broadview, published 2002, page 123:
- His father now shewed him an arret, which, on the fourth of June, 1776, he had obtained from the parliament of Rouen against his marriage.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- ‘Prior Aymer,’ said the Templar, ‘you are a man of gallantry, learned in the study of beauty, and as expert as a troubadour in all matters concerning the arrets of love […] .’
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From arrêter.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
arrêt m (plural arrêts)
- stopping, checking, arrest (in development, growth, machinery etc.)
- stop (place)
- (law) judgment, ruling
- safety catch, stop button
- (field hockey or ice hockey) stop, save
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “arrêt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
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