"détente" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /deɪˈtɒnt/ [UK], /deɪˈtɑnt/ [US], /dɪˈtɑnt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-détente.wav 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), maurutanga (Maori), 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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      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "detente"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "afspændingspolitik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "detente"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "word": "liennytys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "détente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Entspannungspolitik"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "detánt",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דֶּטַנְט \\ דטאנט"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "detanto",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "word": "デタント"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "detangteu",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "word": "데탕트"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "word": "detente"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "word": "maurutanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avspenningspolitikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "detânt",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "word": "دتانت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "détente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrjádka",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "разря́дка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дѐтант"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dètant"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a relaxing of tension, especially between countries",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "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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