detente

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See also: detenté and détente

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

detente (plural detentes)

  1. Alternative form of détente

Danish

Etymology

From French détente.

Noun

detente c (singular definite detenten, plural indefinite detenter)

  1. détente

Declension

Declension of detente
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative detente detenten detenter detenterne
genitive detentes detentens detenters detenternes

Further reading

Latin

Participle

dētente

  1. vocative masculine singular of dētentus

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈtente/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: de‧ten‧te

Etymology 1

From the imperative of detenerse (“to stop, to halt”).

Noun

detente m (plural detentes)

  1. a painted or embroidered image of a saint carried over the heart to ward off danger or attack
  2. an amulet or talisman carried for protection against harm
  3. détente (period of history involving calming of tension)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

detente

  1. second-person singular imperative of detener combined with te

Etymology 3

Verb

detente

  1. inflection of detentar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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