rest

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
2. (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
3. (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
4. (uncountable) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
5. (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
6. (countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
7. (countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
8. (uncountable) Absence of motion.
9. (countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
10. (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
11. (countable, uncountable) A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
12. (countable, uncountable) A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
13. (countable, uncountable) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
14. (countable, uncountable) The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
15. (countable, dated, uncountable) A set or game at tennis.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
2. (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
3. (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
4. (copulative, reflexive, transitive) To put into a state of rest.
5. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
6. (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
7. (intransitive, reflexive, transitive) To lean, lie, or lay.
8. (US, intransitive, transitive) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
9. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
10. (intransitive) To lie dormant.
11. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
12. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

Verb

1. To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To keep a certain way.

Verb

To arrest.

Concepts

repos

se reposer

reposer

reste

pause

rester

trêve

silence

restant

appui

appuyer

poser

demeurer

interruption

dormir

😴

support

arrêt

paix

☮️

accoter

débris

détente

vacances

calme

délassement

répit

laisser reposer

aise

résidu

être

suite

campos

confort

sommeil

😴

chassie

😴

être allongé

faire dodo

😴

incomber

petit somme

pioncer

se compliquer la vie

se délasser

se relaxer

taquet

temps de repos

court repos

mettre au repos

“Bonne nuit”

anhydrobiose

dormance

état de repos

Opposé de

motion

Synonymes

repose

remainder

relax

break

relaxation

stop

🛑

pause

remnant

lie down

stay

sleep

😴

ease

respite

take rest

lie

quiet

support

residue

calm

recess

tranquillity

remain

comfort

prop

peace

☮️

relief

lean

halt

residual

perch

breathe

leisure

cease

cessation

have a rest

sit

🪑

catch one’s breath

interval

intermission

remaining

holiday

balance

recline

back

🔙

vacation

buttress

roost

settle

others

calmness

Traductions

riposo

descansar

Ruhe

descanso

Rest

rust

Pause

ausruhen

riposare

resto

ruhen

rusten

repouso

descansar

Rast

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹɛst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: rest

Hérité de ancien anglais: ræst

Appartenant à frison occidental: rêst

Appartenant à néerlandais: rust

Appartenant à allemand: Rast

Appartenant à suédois: rast

Appartenant à norvégien: rest

Appartenant à islandais: röst

Appartenant à ancien irlandais: árus

Appartenant à allemand: Ruhe

Appartenant à albanais: resht

Appartenant à gallois: araf

Appartenant à lituanien: rovà

Appartenant à grec ancien: ἐρωή

Appartenant à avestique: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬈

Appartenant à sanskrit: रमते

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃

Hérité de moyen anglais: resten

Hérité de ancien anglais: restan

Appartenant à néerlandais: rusten

Appartenant à Middle Low German: resten

Appartenant à allemand: rasten

Appartenant à danois: raste

Appartenant à suédois: rasta

Hérité de moyen anglais: reste

Appartenant à moyen anglais: lave

Appartenant à ancien anglais: lāf

In summary

From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō, from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “rest, respite”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬈 (aⁱrime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit रमते (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.

Phrases

Helena maintained these friendships for the rest of her life .

Tangier is not like the rest of Africa .

Tanger n'est pas comme le reste de l'Afrique.

She spent the rest of her life as Dowager Queen in Bohemia .

Elle a passé le reste de sa vie en tant que reine douairière en Bohême.