"dénouement" meaning in French

See dénouement in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /de.nu.mɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-dénouement.wav Forms: dénouements [plural], dénoûment [alternative, archaic]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|dénouer|-ment|id2=nominal|t1=to unknot}} dénouer (“to unknot”) + -ment, {{inh|fr|frm|desnouement}} Middle French desnouement, {{der|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|fr|la|nōdus}} Latin nōdus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} dénouement m (plural dénouements)
  1. outcome Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dénouement-fr-noun-JaY-UqmP Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 24 26
  2. (theater) dénouement Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dénouement-fr-noun-PEgdfpJB Categories (other): Theater Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  3. (finance) act of unwinding a position Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dénouement-fr-noun-e7LQP9oJ Categories (other): Finance, French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal) Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal): 27 25 47 Topics: business, finance

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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