trêve

Meaning

  1. truce
  2. midwinter break
  3. rest, respite

Frequency

C1
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tʁɛv/
Etymology

Attested in Old French as trieve, treve, from Frankish *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (“fidelity; pledge”). Cognate with Dutch trouw, German Treue, English truce. More at true, truce.

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