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dénouements

dénouements is the plural of dénouement.

Meaning of dénouement

Noun

dénouement (countable and uncountable, plural dénouements)

  1. The conclusion or resolution of a plot; unravelling.
    • Emily was a great favourite with him; and he had always viewed the attachment, at whose dénouement between her and Lorraine, Lady Mandeville meant to preside, as a somewhat foolish romance.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 271

Questions about dénouements

What is dénouements the plural of?
Dénouements is the plural of dénouement.

Words near dénouements in the dictionary

  1. démarches
  2. démodé
  3. démêlé
  4. démêlés
  5. dénouement
  6. dénouements
  7. dénoûment
  8. dép
  9. dépanneur
  10. dépanneurs
  11. département

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