detente
English
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdetente (plural detentes)
- Alternative form of détente
Danish
editEtymology
editNoun
editdetente c (singular definite detenten, plural indefinite detenter)
Declension
editDeclension of detente
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | detente | detenten | detenter | detenterne |
genitive | detentes | detentens | detenters | detenternes |
Further reading
edit- “detente” in Den Danske Ordbog
Latin
editParticiple
editdētente
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the imperative of detenerse (“to stop, to halt”).
Noun
editdetente 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
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editdetente
- second-person singular imperative of detener combined with te
Etymology 3
editVerb
editdetente
- inflection of detentar:
Further reading
edit- “detente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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