English Explanatory Dictionary

détente

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Relaxing of tension, especially between countries; (countable) an instance of this.

Pronunciation

/deɪˈtɑːnt/ /-ˈtɒnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-détente.wav /deɪˈtɑnt/ [dɪ-] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-detente.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-détente.wav

Word forms

détente détentes detente

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French détente (“loosening, relaxing”), from Latin *dētendita, a feminine singular participle of dētendō (“to relax”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘from; of’) + tendō (“to stretch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to stretch”)).

Related words

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