different between detents vs detente

English

Noun

detents

1. plural of detent

Anagrams

• snetted, stented, tendest

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