truce en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɹʉs/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
- /tɹuːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /tɹus/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.
Meanings
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A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
[I]n about ſix VVeeks or tvvo Months, the Dyſentery gave Truce, in vvhich Time I vvas often fretted vvith ſtrangurious Symptoms.
1732 September 30 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Dr. Cranstoun, “The Objections against a Regimen, Especially a Milk, Seed, and Vegetable Diet, Considered. The Case of the Learned and Ingenous Dr. Cranstoun, in a Letter to the Author at His Desire, in Dr. Cranstoun’s Own Words.”, in George Cheyne, The English Malady: Or, A Treatise of Nervous Diseases of All Kinds, […], London: […] G[eorge] Strahan […]; Bath, Somerset: J. Leake, published 1733, →OCLC, part III (Containing Variety of Cases that Illustrate and Confirm the Foregoing Method of Cure. […]), page 321:An uneasy truce
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An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time.
‘The Truce holds, Bagheera. This is no time to talk of hunting.’
1895 November, Rudyard Kipling, “How Fear Came”, in The Second Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 8:They should meet that night on some neutral spot to ratify the truce.
1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in The Last Man. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:He asked for a truce with his school enemy for five days.
[T]hey marked their truce by each of them, Aesir and Vanir alike, one by one spitting into a vat. As their spit mingled, so was their agreement made binding.
2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 108:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| truces | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (94)
mi rangaawatea (agreement between opposed parties) · ko 휴전 (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · id gencatan senjata (agreement between opposed parties) · et vaherahu (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · pt cessar-fogo (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · nn våpenstillstand (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · nn våpenstillstand (agreement between opposed parties) · ar هُدْنَة (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · ta சமாதானம் (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · be перамі́р'е (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · pms treva (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · gl tregoa (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · he הַפְסָקַת אֵשׁ (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · hi युद्धविराम (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · nl staakt-het-vuren (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · de Waffenruhe (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · fi aselepo (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · sl premirje (agreement between opposed parties) · az barışıq (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · nn våpenkvile (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · nb våpenstillstand (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · nb våpenhvile (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · uk переми́р'я (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · cs příměří (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · ja 停戦 (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · pl rozejm (agreement between opposed parties) · sk prímerie (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · sk prímerie (agreement between opposed parties) · fi tulitauko (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · pt cessar-fogo (agreement between opposed parties) · da våbenhvile (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · cy cadoediad (agreement between opposed parties) · pt trégua (agreement between opposed parties) · it tregua (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · cy cadoediad (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · ka დროებითი ზავი (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · ko 정전 (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · nn våpenkvild (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · sh при́мӣрје (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · mk примирје (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · br treverz (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · ro armistițiu (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · da våbenhvile (agreement between opposed parties) · es tregua (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · la pactiō (agreement between opposed parties) · nb våpenhvile (agreement between opposed parties) · ru переми́рие (agreement between opposed parties) · la treuga (agreement between opposed parties) · ru зати́шье (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · es inducia (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · hy զինադադար (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · sl premirje (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · ka ზავი (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · fr cessez-le-feu (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · cs příměří (agreement between opposed parties) · tr ateşkes (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · pt trégua (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · de Waffenstillstand (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · vi đình chiến (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · hi संधि (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · sk kľud zbraní (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · ms limut (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · ms damai sementara (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · hi समझौता (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · ja 休戦 (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · hu fegyverszünet (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · ca treva (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · mi rangaawatea (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · ru переми́рие (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · nn våpenkvile (agreement between opposed parties) · grc σπονδαί (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · cs klid zbraní (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · nl wapenstilstand (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · nn våpenkvild (agreement between opposed parties) · fr trêve (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · hi समझौता (agreement between opposed parties) · la indūtiae (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · pl rozejm (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · grc ἀνοχή (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · hi संधि (agreement between opposed parties) · af wapenstilstand (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · sh prímīrje (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · et relvarahu (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · bg прими́рие (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · cmn 休戰 /休战 (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · fi tulitauko (agreement between opposed parties) · sv vapenvila (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · cmn 停戰 /停战 (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · pl zawieszenie broni (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · la treuga (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · nb våpenstillstand (agreement between opposed parties) · id gencatan senjata (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · hu fegyvernyugvás (period of time in which no fighting takes place) · vi hưu chiến (period of time in which no fighting takes place)