détente
French
noun
Definitions
- relaxation, détente
- trigger (firearms)
- (sports) height to which one is able to jump
- (physics) expansion of a gas or a spring
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin detenta.
Origin
Latin
detenta
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- detent English
- détente English
- tendon English
- *tenda Latin
- *tenta Latin
- attendo Latin
- contendo Latin
- detenta Latin
- distendo Latin
- extendo Latin
- intendo Latin
- ostendo Latin
- pertendo Latin
- portendo Latin
- praetendo Latin
- protendo Latin
- retendo Latin
- tendō Latin
- tensio Latin
- tenda Italian
- tendon French
- τένων Ancient Greek
- detente Danish
- tenze Czech
- tindă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tindu Aromanian
- tinde Friulian