English
Alternative forms
Noun
ceasefire (plural ceasefires)
- In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).
- The rebels agreed to a ceasefire while the peace talks were underway.
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Translations
in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose
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- Italian: cessate il fuoco (it) m, armistizio (it) m
- Japanese: 停戦 (ていせん, teisen), 休戦 (きゅうせん, kyūsen)
- Norman: cêsse-feu m
- Korean: 정전 (ko) (jeongjeon) (停戰 (ko)), 휴전 (ko) (hyujeon)
- Kurdish: agirbest (ku) f
- Norwegian: våpenhvile (no)
- Persian: آتشبس (âtaš-bas)
- Polish: zawieszenie broni (pl) n, rozejm m
- Portuguese: cessar-fogo m, armistício (pt) m, trégua (pt) f
- Russian: прекраще́ние огня́ n (prekraščénije ognjá), переми́рие (ru) n (peremírije)
- Scottish Gaelic: fois-losgaidh f
- Slovene: prekinitev ognja f
- Spanish: alto el fuego m, armisticio (es) m, tregua (es) f
- Swedish: eldupphör n
- Turkish: ateşkes (tr)
- Ukrainian: припине́ння вогню́ n (prypynénnja vohnjú), переми́р'я n (peremýrʺja)
- Vietnamese: lệnh ngừng bắn
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