standstill

English

Noun

standstill (plural standstills)

1. complete immobility; halt

   The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.

Derived terms

• standstill agreement

Synonyms

• deadlock
• grind
• halt
• idle
• impasse

Antonyms

• motion
• movement

Translations

complete immobility

Dutch: stilstand (nl) Esperanto: halto (eo) French: arrêt (fr) m., immobilisation (fr) f., paralysie (fr) f., surplace (fr) m. German: Stillstand (de) m. Interlingua: immobilisation, paralyse Italian: fermata (it)

Latin: immobilizatio Portuguese: paralisação (pt) Romanian: oprit, imobilizat Spanish: parada (es) Vietnamese: bế tắc (vi), dừng (vi)