cease-fire

English

cease +‎ fire

cease-fire (plural cease-fires)

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.

in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose

Albanian: armëpushim (sq)
Arabic: هُدْنَة‎ f (hudna), وَقْف نَار‎ m (waqf nār)
Catalan: alto el foc m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 停火 (zh) (tínghuǒ), 休戰 (zh), 休战 (zh) (xiūzhàn), 停戰 (zh), 停战 (zh) (tíngzhàn)
Czech: příměří n
Danish: våbenhvile (da) c
Dutch: staakt-het-vuren (nl) n
Esperanto: militpaŭzo
Finnish: tulitauko (fi)
French: cessez-le-feu (fr) m, trêve (fr) f
Georgian: ცეცხლის შეწყვეტა (cecxlis šec̣q̇veṭa), საომარი მოქმედების შეწყვეტა (saomari mokmedebis šec̣q̇veṭa)
German: Waffenstillstand (de) m, Feuerpause (de) f
Greek: εκεχειρία (el) f (ekecheiría)
Hebrew: הַפְסָקַת־אֵשׁ‎ (he) f (hafsakát-ésh)
Hungarian: tűzszünet (hu), fegyverszünet (hu)
Indonesian: gencatan senjata (id)
Interlingua: cessa-le-foco, armistitio
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)
Korean: 정전 (ko) (jeongjeon) (停戰 (ko)), 휴전 (ko) (hyujeon)
Kurdish: agirbest (ku) f
Malay: gencatan senjata
Norman: cêsse-feu m
Norwegian: våpenhvile (no)
Persian: آتش‌بس‎ (âtaš-bas)
Polish: zawieszenie broni (pl) n, rozejm (pl) m
Portuguese: cessar-fogo m, armistício (pt) m, trégua (pt) f
Romanian: încetare a focului f, armistițiu (ro) n
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
Tagalog: tigil-putukan
Turkish: ateşkes (tr)
Ukrainian: припине́ння вогню́ n (prypynénnja vohnjú), переми́р'я n (peremýrʺja)
Vietnamese: lệnh ngừng bắn