détente
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détente
- /deɪˈtɑːnt/ UK
- /-ˈtɒnt/ UK
- /deɪˈtɑnt/ US
- [dɪ-] US
Rhymes with -ɑːnt, -ɒnt
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French détente (“loosening, relaxing”), from Latin *dētendita, a feminine singular participle of dētendō (“to relax”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘from; of’) + tendō (“to stretch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to stretch”)).
noun détentes · detente
- Relaxing of tension, especially between countries; (countable) an instance of this. They had a vague feeling that after the dislocations and the violence which the Impressionists inflicted on the picturesque, the eyes of their contemporaries necessarily needed a little rest. Instinct and reflection were no less ready to warn them that the last hours were at hand of one of those rea
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noun relaxing of tension, especially between countries; an instance of this
| Español | detente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 데탕트 detangteu |
| 日本語 | デタント detanto |
| 中文 | 低盪 /低荡 dīdàng, 緩和政策 /缓和政策 huǎnhé zhèngcè |
| हिन्दी | तनावशैथिल्य tanāvśaithilya |
| Português | détente |
| Français | détente |
| Deutsch | Entspannungspolitik |
| Italiano | distensione |
| Română | destinderea |
| Русский | разря́дка razrjádka |
| Tiếng Việt | détente |
| العربية | انفراج دولي |
| עברית | דֶּטַנְט \ דטאנט detánt |
Talk about this word "détente." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/d%C3%A9tente. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. détente. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/d%C3%A9tente "détente." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/d%C3%A9tente.Cite this
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title = {détente},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/d%C3%A9tente},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
