detent
English
/dɪˈtɛnt/
noun
Definitions
- That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
Etymology
Borrowed from French détente (relaxing) derived from Latin tendō (stretch, strive for, extend, contend, I stretch, distend, I stretch out, stretch out).
Origin
Latin
tendō
Gloss
stretch, strive for, extend, contend, I stretch, distend, I stretch out, stretch out
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 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
- détente French
- tendon French
- τένων Ancient Greek
- detente Danish
- tenze Czech
- tindă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tindu Aromanian
- tinde Friulian