detente
See also: detenté and détente
English
Noun
detente (plural detentes)
- Alternative form of détente
Danish
Etymology
From French détente.
Noun
detente c (singular definite detenten, plural indefinite detenter)
- 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
- vocative masculine singular of dētentus
Spanish
Etymology
From the imperative of detenerse, meaning stop!, halt!.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈtente/ [d̪eˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: de‧ten‧te
Noun
detente m (plural detentes)
- a painted or embroidered image of a saint carried over the heart to ward off danger or attack
- an amulet or talisman carried for protection against harm
- détente (period of history involving calming of tension)
Derived terms
- detente bala
Verb
detente
- second-person singular imperative of detener combined with te
- inflection of detentar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “detente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014