different between detente vs truce

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

From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English tr?owa, singularized plural of tr?ow, tr?w (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-Germanic *treww? (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?u?s/?
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?us/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Noun

truce (plural truces)

1. a period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties
2. an agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time

Synonyms

• armistice
• ceasefire

Translations

Anagrams

• Crute, Curet, cruet, curet, cuter, eruct, recut

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tr?ce.

Adjective

truce (plural truci)

1. grim, menacing

   Synonyms: torvo, minaccioso

2. cruel

   Synonym: cruele