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"etymology_text": "From dénouer (“to unknot”) + -ment, from Middle French desnouement, from the Old French verb desnoer (“to unknot”) + -ment, from the noun neu (“knot”), itself from Latin nōdus.",
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{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
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"glosses": [
"outcome"
],
"links": [
[
"outcome",
"outcome"
]
],
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"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"fr:Theater"
],
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"dénouement"
],
"links": [
[
"theater",
"theater"
],
[
"dénouement",
"dénouement#English"
]
],
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],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"theater"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
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"act of unwinding a position"
],
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[
"finance",
"finance#Noun"
],
[
"unwinding",
"unwind"
],
[
"position",
"position#English"
]
],
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"(finance) act of unwinding a position"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"finance"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/de.nu.mɑ̃/"
},
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{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "dénoûment"
}
],
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"fr:dénouement"
],
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}
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