different between crase vs cease

English

Etymology

See craze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?e?z/

Verb

crase (third-person singular simple present crases, present participle crasing, simple past and past participle crased)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To break in pieces; to crack.

   • The pot was crased.

Anagrams

• CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, e-cars, races, sacre, scare, serac, sérac

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?az/

Noun

crase f (plural crases)

1. (linguistics) crasis (contraction of a vowel at the end of a word with the start of the next word)

Further reading

• “crase” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• âcres, caser, César, créas, races, sacre, sacré, scare

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?a.zi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?a.ze/

Noun

crase f (plural crases)

1. Assimilation of sounds of two identical vowels, throughout the evolution process of a language. For instance, the Old Portuguese word door (“pain”) has become, with time, the word dor (“pain”). Compare elisão: elision.
2. (grammar) Name given to the process of the contraction of “a + a”, that is, a merge (assimilation) of the Portuguese preposition “a” [to, for] + the article “a” [the].

Usage notes

The article a has feminine gender in Portuguese. Accordingly, both it and the contraction à are used only before feminine words. The translation of à into English, hence, is to the. It is a common mistake for people to write "a" when they should write "à" and vice-versa.

Related terms

crasear – v.

craseado – adj.

à, às, ao, aos, àquele, àqueles, àquela, àquelas

English

Etymology

From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cess? (“leave off”), frequentative of c?d? (“to leave off, go away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?s/
• Rhymes: -i?s

Verb

cease (third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased)

1. (formal, intransitive) To stop.

   And with that, his twitching ceased.

2. (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).

   And with that, he ceased twitching.

3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish

Synonyms

• (to stop): discontinue, hold, terminate; See also Thesaurus:end or Thesaurus:stop
• (to stop doing): arrest; discontinue; See also Thesaurus:desist
• (to be wanting): desert, lack

Derived terms

• cease and desist
• cease-fire
• ceaseless

Related terms

• cessation

Translations

Noun

cease

1. (obsolete) Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

Anagrams

• escae