Dictionary

dénouement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌdeɪ.nuˈmɑnt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /deˈnuːmɑ̃/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌdeɪ.nuˈmɑ̃/ (US)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French dénouement (“resolution”, literally “unknotting”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The conclusion or resolution of a plot; unravelling.
   • At last this affair is moving towards the explosive dénouement he has been craving — the revelation, the release of tension, that will shake the universe in one fierce convulsion, and then allow everything to fall back into its rightful place, restored to normality! 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 830:
   • Emily was a great favourite with him; and he had always viewed the attachment, at whose dénouement between her and Lorraine, Lady Mandeville meant to preside, as a somewhat foolish romance. 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 271:

Forms

Translations (26)

sh rasplet (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · de Ende (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · mi tatūnga (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · cmn 收場 /收场 (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · ru развя́зка (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · ga dénouement (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · de Entscheidung (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · pt desfecho (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · sv upplösning (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · hu kibontakozás (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · es desenlace (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · de Ausgang (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · hu kifejlet (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · ga scaoileadh (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · hu kimenetel (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · uk розв'язка (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · hu végkifejlet (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · de Auflösung (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · ru разреше́ние (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · cy diweddglo (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · ru исхо́д (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · ru разга́дка (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · fi loppuratkaisu (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · ro deznodământ (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · nl ontknoping (the conclusion or resolution of a plot) · cmn 結局 /结局 (the conclusion or resolution of a plot)