Armistice [aʀmistis] N m
- The Armistice is a national holiday in France on November 11, held in remembrance of the ceasefire at the end of the First World War and the signature of the Treaty of Versailles on that day in 1918. Flowers are laid and candles are lit at memorials. There is a perpetual flame at the grave of the unknown soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.