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noun, feminine

trêve

/tʁɛv/

noun, feminine/tʁɛv/plural: trêves

truce; midwinter break; rest, respite

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.