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English

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

Further reading

• “detente” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Participle

d?tente

1. vocative masculine singular of d?tentus

Spanish

Etymology

From the imperative of detenerse, meaning stop!, halt!.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?tente/, [d?e?t??n?.t?e]

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)

Verb

detente

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of detentar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of detentar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of detentar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of detentar.

Verb

detente

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of detener, deten and the pronoun te.

Derived terms

• detente bala

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French entente (“understanding”). Doublet of intent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??.t??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?t?nt/

Noun

entente (plural ententes)

1. An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

Translations

See also

• détente
• entente cordiale

French

Etymology

From the verb entendre, or from Latin intenta; perhaps through a substantivized Vulgar Latin past participle *intendita, as a variant of intenta (cf. intenditus). See also tente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??t/

Noun

entente f (plural ententes)

1. accord; agreement
2. interpretation, meaning

Derived terms

• terrain d'entente

Descendants

• ? English: entente
• ? Turkish: antant

Further reading

• “entente” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• nénette

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch entente, from French entente (“understanding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n?t?nt?]
• Hyphenation: èn?tèn?tê

Noun

entente or èntèntê

1. (politics) entente, an informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

Further reading

• “entente” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French entente.

Noun

entente f (plural ententes)

1. entente