dénouement
See also: denouement
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French dénouement.
Pronunciation
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Noun
dénouement (plural dénouements)
- (authorship, often used metaphorically) The conclusion or resolution of a plot.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:dénouement.
Translations
the conclusion or resolution of a plot
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French
Alternative forms
Etymology
dénouer + -ment, from Middle French desnouement, from the Old French verb desnoer (“to unknot”) + -ment, from the noun neu (“knot”), itself from Latin nōdus.
Pronunciation
Noun
dénouement m (plural dénouements)
Further reading
- “dénouement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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