The French for stop is the verb cesser

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French for stop is the regular ER verb cesser, displayed below in an easy to use tabular format which enables you to learn by subject pronoun, AND by tense. Most verb tables only allow you to learn only by tense, one tense at a time.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb cesser - French for stop

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of cesser, which is French for stop.

• I stop.
• you stopped.
• he will stop.
• we would stop.
• they may stop.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for cesser, let you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these two sequences lots of times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE cesser
Simple Tenses cesser
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent stop	cesse	cesses	cesse	cessons	cessez	cessent
Past Imperfect Imparfait stopped	cessais	cessais	cessait	cessions	cessiez	cessaient
Simple Past Passé Simple stopped	cessai	cessas	cessa	cessâmes	cessâtes	cessèrent
Future Futur will stop	cesserai	cesseras	cessera	cesserons	cesserez	cesseront
Conditional Conditionnel would stop	cesserais	cesserais	cesserait	cesserions	cesseriez	cesseraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may stop	cesse	cesses	cesse	cessions	cessiez	cessent
Compound Tenses cesser
Present Perfect Passé Composé have stopped	ai cessé	as cessé	a cessé	avons cessé	avez cessé	ont cessé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had stopped	avais cessé	avais cessé	avait cessé	avions cessé	aviez cessé	avaient cessé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai cessé	auras cessé	aura cessé	aurons cessé	aurez cessé	auront cessé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have stopped	aurais cessé	aurais cessé	aurait cessé	aurions cessé	auriez cessé	auraient cessé
Imperative Imperatif stop!		cesse		cessons	cessez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of cesser the French for stop
présent de l’indicatif

je cesse
- I stop
tu cesses
- you stop - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on cesse
- he, she, it, one stops
nous cessons
- we stop
vous cessez
- you stop (formal or plural)
ils, elles cessent
- they stop

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of cesser, the French for stop
imparfait de l’indicatif

je cessais
- I stopped
- I was stopping
tu cessais
- you stopped- (familiar or informal)
- you were stopping
il, elle, on cessait
- he, she, it, one stopped
- he, she, it, one was stopping
nous cessions
- we stopped
- we were stopping
vous cessiez
- you stopped- (formal or plural)
- you were stopping
ils, elles cessaient
- they stopped
- they were stopping

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of cesser, the French for stop
passé simple

je cessai
- I stopped
tu cessas
- you stopped- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on cessa
- he, she, it, one stopped
nous cessâmes
- we stopped
vous cessâtes
- you stopped- (formal or plural)
ils, elles cessèrent
they stopped
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of cesser, the French for stop
futur

je cesserai
- I will stop
tu cesseras
- you will stop (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on cessera
- he, she, it, one will stop
nous cesserons
- we will stop
vous cesserez
- you will stop (formal or plural)
ils, elles cesseront
- they will stop

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Conditional Tense conjugations of cesser, the French for stop
conditionnel

je cesserais
- I would stop
tu cesserais
- you would stop (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on cesserait
- he, she, it, one would stop
nous cesserions
- we would stop
vous cesseriez
- you would stop (formal or plural)
ils, elles cesseraient
- they would stop

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of cesser, the French for stop
présent de subjonctif

que je cesse
- that I may stop
que tu cesses
- that you may stop(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on cesse
- that he, she, it, one may stop
que nous cessions
- that we may stop
que vous cessiez
- that you may stop(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles cessent
- that they may stop

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb cesser - the verb ‘to stop’ in French

Past Participle of cesser is:
cessé -stopped.

• I have stopped
• you had stopped
• he will have stopped
• we would have stopped

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of cesser - French for stop
passé composé

Here’s the French for stop conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai cessé
- I have stopped or I did stop or
- I stopped
tu as cessé
- you have stopped or you did stop - (familiar or informal) or
- you stopped
il, elle, on a cessé
- he, she, it, one has stop or did stop
- he, she, it stopped
nous avons cessé
- we have stopped or we did stop
- we stopped
vous avez cessé
- you have stopped or you did stop (formal or plural) or
- or we stopped
ils, elles ont cessé
- they have stopped or they did stop
- they stopped

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of cesser - stop in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -stop conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais cessé
- I had stopped
tu avais cessé
- you had stopped- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait cessé
- he, she, it, one had stopped
nous avions cessé
- we had stopped
vous aviez cessé
- you had stopped (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient cessé
- they had stopped

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of cesser, the French for stop
futur antérieur

j’aurai cessé
- I will have
tu auras cessé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura cessé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons cessé
- we will have
vous aurez cessé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront cessé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of cesser, the French for stop
conditionnel passé

j’aurais cessé
- I would have stopped
tu aurais cessé
- you would have stopped- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait cessé
- he, she, it, one would have stopped
nous aurions cessé
- we would have stopped
vous auriez cessé
- you would have stopped- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient cessé
- they would have stopped

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Imperative Tense conjugations of cesser, the French for stop
impératif

cesse
- stop!
cessons
- let’s stop!
cessez
- stop!

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Present Participle of cesser

cessant - stopping

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like cesser the French for stop

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