truce

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• Received-Pronunciation: /tɹuːs/
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• US: /tɹus/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈtɹʉs/
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• rhymes with -uːs
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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.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: wapenstilstand — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Arabic: هُدْنَة (hudna) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Armenian: զինադադար (zinadadar) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Azerbaijani: barışıq — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Belarusian: перамі́р'е (pjeramírʺje) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Breton: treverz — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Bulgarian: прими́рие (primírie) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Catalan: treva — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Chinese Mandarin: 停戰 /停战 (tíngzhàn) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Chinese Mandarin: 休戰 /休战 (xiūzhàn) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Czech: příměří — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Czech: klid zbraní — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Danish: våbenhvile — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Dutch: wapenstilstand — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Dutch: staakt-het-vuren — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Estonian: vaherahu — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Estonian: relvarahu — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Finnish: tulitauko — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• French: trêve — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• French: cessez-le-feu — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Galician: tregoa — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Georgian: დროებითი ზავი (droebiti zavi) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Georgian: ზავი (zavi) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• German: Waffenstillstand — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• German: Waffenruhe — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Ancient Greek: σπονδαί (spondaí) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Ancient Greek: ἀνοχή (anokhḗ) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Hebrew: הַפְסָקַת אֵשׁ (hafsakát ésh) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Hindi: युद्धविराम (yuddhavirām) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Hindi: संधि (sandhi) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Hindi: समझौता (samjhautā) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Hungarian: fegyverszünet — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Hungarian: fegyvernyugvás — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Indonesian: gencatan senjata — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Italian: tregua — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Japanese: 停戦 (teisen) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Japanese: 休戦 (kyūsen) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Korean: 정전 (jeongjeon) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Korean: 휴전 (hyujeon) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Latin: indūtiae — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Latin: treuga — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Macedonian: примирје (primirje) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Malay: damai sementara — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Malay: limut — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Māori: rangaawatea — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Norwegian Bokmål: våpenhvile — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Norwegian Bokmål: våpenstillstand — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Norwegian Nynorsk: våpenkvild — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Norwegian Nynorsk: våpenkvile — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Norwegian Nynorsk: våpenstillstand — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Piedmontese: treva — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Polish: rozejm — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Polish: zawieszenie broni — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Portuguese: trégua — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Portuguese: cessar-fogo — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Romanian: armistițiu — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Russian: переми́рие (peremírije) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Russian: зати́шье (zatíšʹje) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Serbo-Croatian: при́мӣрје — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Serbo-Croatian: prímīrje — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Slovak: prímerie — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Slovak: kľud zbraní — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Slovene: premirje — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Spanish: tregua — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Spanish: inducia — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Swedish: vapenvila — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Tamil: சமாதானம் (camātāṉam) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Turkish: ateşkes — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Ukrainian: переми́р'я (peremýrʺja) — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Vietnamese: đình chiến — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Vietnamese: hưu chiến — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Welsh: cadoediad — period of time in which no fighting takes place
• Czech: příměří — agreement between opposed parties
• Danish: våbenhvile — agreement between opposed parties
• Finnish: tulitauko — agreement between opposed parties
• Hindi: संधि (sandhi) — agreement between opposed parties
• Hindi: समझौता (samjhautā) — agreement between opposed parties
• Indonesian: gencatan senjata — agreement between opposed parties
• Latin: pactiō — agreement between opposed parties
• Latin: treuga — agreement between opposed parties
• Māori: rangaawatea — agreement between opposed parties
• Norwegian Bokmål: våpenhvile — agreement between opposed parties
• Norwegian Bokmål: våpenstillstand — agreement between opposed parties
• Norwegian Nynorsk: våpenkvild — agreement between opposed parties
• Norwegian Nynorsk: våpenkvile — agreement between opposed parties
• Norwegian Nynorsk: våpenstillstand — agreement between opposed parties
• Polish: rozejm — agreement between opposed parties
• Portuguese: trégua — agreement between opposed parties
• Portuguese: cessar-fogo — agreement between opposed parties
• Russian: переми́рие (peremírije) — agreement between opposed parties
• Slovak: prímerie — agreement between opposed parties
• Slovene: premirje — agreement between opposed parties
• Welsh: cadoediad — agreement between opposed parties