detente

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

• “detente” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Participle

dētente

1. vocative masculine singular of dētentus

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈtente/ [d̪eˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
• 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

• detente bala

 

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

Further reading

• “detente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28