truce

English

Etymology

From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true ‘faithfulness, assurance, pact’, from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēowe, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹuːs/

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• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

truce (plural truces)

1. a period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties
2. an agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time

Synonyms

• armistice
• ceasefire

Translations

a period of time in which no fighting takes place

• Czech: příměří n
• Dutch: wapenstilstand (nl)
• Finnish: aselepo (fi)
• French: trêve (fr) f
• German: Waffenstillstand (de) m, Waffenruhe (de) f
• Hungarian: fegyverszünet (hu)
• Italian: tregua (it) f
• Maori: rangaawatea
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: våpenhvile m, f, våpenstillstand m

  Nynorsk: våpenkvild f, våpenkvile f, våpenstillstand m

• Polish: rozejm m, zawieszenie broni (pl) n
• Portuguese: trégua (pt) f
• Russian: затишье (ru) n (zatíš’je), перемирие (ru) n (peremírije)
• Slovak: prímerie n
• Spanish: tregua (es) f
• Swedish: vapenvila c

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• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 休战 (zh) (xiūzhàn), ^{(please verify)} 停战 (zh) (tíngzhàn), ^{(please verify)} 停火 (zh) (tínghuǒ)

an agreement between opposed parties

• Czech: příměří n
• Latin: pactiō f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: våpenhvile m, f, våpenstillstand m

  Nynorsk: våpenkvild f, våpenkvile f, våpenstillstand m

• Polish: rozejm m
• Russian: перемирие (ru) n (peremírije)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 休战协议 (xiūzhàn xiéyì), ^{(please verify)} 停战协议 (tíngzhàn xiéyì), ^{(please verify)} 停火协议 (tínghuǒ xiéyì)
• French: ^{(please verify)} trêve (fr) f
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} armistico (io)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} våpenhvile m

• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} trégua (pt) f
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} premirje (sl) n
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} ateşkes (tr)

Anagrams

• cruet
• cuter
• eruct
• recut

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Italian

Adjective

truce m, f (masculine and feminine plural truci)

1. grim
2. cruel