arrêt

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English

Etymology

From French arrêt.

Noun

arrêt (plural arrêts)

  1. (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 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter II, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. , volume I, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. , →OCLC, page 39:
      “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; […]”

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French

"Arrêt" on a sign in Québec

Etymology

From arrêter.

Pronunciation

Noun

arrêt m (plural arrêts)

  1. stopping, checking, arrest (in development, growth, machinery etc.)
  2. stop (place)
  3. (law) judgment, ruling
  4. safety catch, stop button
  5. (field hockey or ice hockey) stop, save

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