"détente" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /deɪˈtɒnt/ [UK], /deɪˈtɑnt/ [US], /dɪˈtɑnt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-détente.wav [Southern-England] Forms: détentes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒnt Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French détente (“relaxing”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|détente|t=relaxing}} Unadapted borrowing from French détente (“relaxing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} détente (plural détentes)
  1. (chiefly politics) A relaxing of tension, especially between countries. Wikipedia link: détente Categories (topical): Cold War, Diplomacy, Nuclear warfare, Politics Synonyms: detente Related terms: detent Translations (a relaxing of tension, especially between countries): разра́дка (razrádka) [feminine] (Belarusian), разведря́ване (razvedrjávane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 緩和政策 (Chinese Mandarin), 缓和政策 (huǎnhé zhèngcè) (Chinese Mandarin), detente [common-gender] (Danish), afspændingspolitik [common-gender] (Danish), detente [feminine] (Dutch), liennytys (Finnish), détente [feminine] (French), Entspannungspolitik [feminine] (German), דֶּטַנְט \ דטאנט (detánt) [masculine] (Hebrew), デタント (detanto) (Japanese), 데탕트 (detangteu) (Korean), detente (Malay), avspenningspolitikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), دتانت (detânt) (Persian), détente [neuter] (Polish), разря́дка (razrjádka) [feminine] (Russian), дѐтант [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dètant [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), detente [masculine] (Spanish), avspänning [common-gender] (Swedish), détente [common-gender] (Swedish), avspänningspolitik [common-gender] (Swedish), detant (Turkish), yumuşama (Turkish), розря́дка (rozrjádka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "word": "avspänning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "détente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "avspänningspolitik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "word": "detant"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "word": "yumuşama"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozrjádka",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "розря́дка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "détente"
}

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