truce
pronunciation
How to pronounce truce in British English:
UK [tru:s]
How to pronounce truce in American English:
US [trus]
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- Noun:
- a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
Word Origin
- truce
- truce: [13] Historically, truce is simply the plural of the noun version of the adjective true. In Old English this was trēow, which meant ‘faith, pledge’. It was often used in the plural with the same meaning as the singular, and this tendency increased in early Middle English to the point where the singular disappeared altogether. It had meanwhile narrowed down in meaning to a ‘pledge to stop fighting’.=> true
- truce (n.)
- "mutually agreed-upon temporary intermission of hostilities," early 13c., triws, variant of trewes, originally plural of trewe "faith, assurance of faith, covenant, treaty," from Old English treow "faith, truth, fidelity; pledge, promise, agreement, treaty," from Proto-Germanic *treuwaz- (cognates: Old Frisian triuwe, Middle Dutch trouwe, Dutch trouw, Old High German triuwa, German treue, Gothic triggwa "faith, faithfulness"). Related to Old English treowe "faithful" (see true (adj.)). The Germanic word was borrowed into Late Latin as tregua, hence French trève, Italian tregua.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The government 's role in the truce is murky .
- 2. The europeans are particularly looking for a humanitarian truce .
- 3. Defense minister ehud barak said he hopes truce efforts will succeed .
- 4. If israel had ended the blockade , hamas may have renewed the truce .
- 5. Kouchner told french television he is pushing for a lasting truce .