dénouement

English

WOTD – 14 May 2011    

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Alternative forms

• denouement

Etymology

Borrowing from French dénouement.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /deˈnuːmɑ̃/
• (US) IPA: /deɪnuˈmɑnt/, /deɪnuˈmɑ̃/

Noun

dénouement (plural dénouements)

1. (often used metaphorically) The conclusion or resolution of a plot.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Translations

the conclusion or resolution of a plot

• Dutch: ontknoping (nl)
• Finnish: loppuratkaisu (fi)

• Russian: разгадка (ru) f , развязка (ru) f , исход (ru) m (isxod), разрешение (ru) n (razrešenije)

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French

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Alternative forms

• dénoûment

Etymology

dénouer +‎ -ment, from Middle French desnouement, from the Old French verb desnoer (“to unknot”) + -ment, from the noun neu (“knot”), itself from Latin nōdus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /denumɑ̃/

Noun

dénouement m (plural dénouements)

1. outcome
2. (theater) dénouement