nonstop

English

Alternative forms

• non-stop

Etymology

non- +‎ stop

Adjective

nonstop (not comparable)

1. Without stopping; without interruption or break;

   There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours.

Translations

without stopping

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不停的 (cmn) (bùtíng de), 馬不停蹄的 (cmn), 马不停蹄的 (cmn) (mǎbùtíngtí de), 直達的 (cmn) (of flights only), 直达的 (cmn) (zhídá de)

• Finnish: tauoton (fi); välilaskuton (fi) (of flight)
• French: sans arrêt

• German: ununterbrochen (de), durchgehend (de)
• Japanese: ノンストップ (ja) (nonsutoppu), 直行 (ja) (ちょっこう, chokkō)
• Polish: nieprzerwany (pl), bezpośredni (pl) m
• Russian: безостановочный (ru) (bezostanóvočnyj), беспосадочный (ru) (besposádočnyj) (of flights only)

Adverb

nonstop (not comparable)

1. Without stopping; without interruption or break

   He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off.

Translations

without stopping

• Finnish: yhteen menoon (fi), tauotta (fi), putkeen (fi), yhtä soittoa (fi)
• French: sans arrêt
• German: pausenlos (de), nonstop (de)

• Polish: nieprzerwanie (pl), cały czas (pl)
• Russian: безостановочно (ru) (bezostanóvočno)

Noun

nonstop (plural nonstops)

1. A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.
   • 2007 October 14, David Kaufman, “Discounters Are In for the Long Hauls”, New York Times:

     With business-class seats on nonstops from British Airways and Cathay Pacific often priced up to $8,000 round trip, Mr. Exton typically flew cheaper alternatives that saved money but required layovers and plane switches.