truce

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹuːs/ (US) IPA(key): /tɹus/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈtɹʉs/ Rhymes: -uːs === Noun === truce (plural truces) A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties. An uneasy truce An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time. ==== Synonyms ==== armistice ceasefire ==== Translations ==== === Verb === truce (third-person singular simple present truces, present participle trucing, simple past and past participle truced) (intransitive) To come to an agreement to cease fighting. === Anagrams === Crute, Curet, cruet, curet, cuter, eruct, recut, uCret == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin trucem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtru.t͡ʃe/ Rhymes: -utʃe Hyphenation: trù‧ce === Adjective === truce m or f by sense (plural truci) grim, menacing Synonyms: torvo, minaccioso cruel Synonym: crudele ==== Derived terms ==== trucemente === Further reading === truce in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana