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rapprochement

Syllables: rap·proche·mentUK/ɹəˈpɹɒʃmɒ̃/US/ɹæpɹoʊʃˈmɑn/

rapprochement noun: the reestablishment of cordial relations, particularly between two countries; a reconciliation.

Noun

rapprochement (plural rapprochements)

  1. The reestablishment of cordial relations, particularly between two countries; a reconciliation.
    • It was the Nixon administration that saw the rapprochement between the United States and China.
    • The inauguration of a liberal order of things, a rapprochement of the [First French] Empire with constitutionalism and Parliamentary government, had been expected from the Speech from the Throne now just given. This expectation is completely disappointed by the speech. …1869 December 11, “The Changes in the Government of France (Die Neue Freie Presse—Vienna, Nov. 30.)”, in Public Opinion […] , volume XVI, number 429, London: Printed by Charles Wyman, […] , →OCLC...

rapprochement meaning in Urdu, Kannada, Thai and Vietnamese

rapprochement in Urdu

مصلحت, مفاہمت

rapprochement in Kannada

ಬಣ, ಸಂಧಿ, ಮರುಮೈತ್ರಿ, ಪುನಸ್ಸ್ನೇಹ

rapprochement in Thai

reestablishment of cordial relations
การทอดไมตรี

rapprochement in Vietnamese

reestablishment of cordial relations
hòa giải

Examples of rapprochement in a sentence

  • Thinkers themselves prepared the way for a rapprochement between the two.1892 February, James Sulley, “Is Man the Only Reasoner?”, in The Popular Science Monthly, volume XL, New York, N.Y.: Popular Science Pub....
  • M. [Aristide] Briand, in a statement on the French foreign policy said a lasting European peace was impossible without a Franco-German rapprochement.1926 December 2, “‘No victors’ if European war starts: French foreign policy: China and Italy”, in The Daily Examiner, volume 18, number...
  • Attempts at a Hungarian–Yugoslavian rapprochement are not a recent matter, and Italy has always approved of them.1940 January, “Italy’s Living Room”, in The Living Age, volume 357, number 4480, New York, N.Y.: The Living Age Company Inc., →OCLC...
  • Moreover, the reactionary economic and political forces in south Korea show little sympathy with the commission meetings now being held in an effort to achieve American-Russian rapprochement.1947 September 10, Thoburn T. Brumbaugh, “Soviet Nightmare in Korea”, in The Christian Century, volume LXIV, number 37, Chicago: Christian...

Forms of rapprochement

pluralrapprochements
alternative formrapproachment

Origin of rapprochement

Unadapted borrowing from French rapprochement (“act or process of getting closer together; link (between two things)”).

Questions about rapprochement

What does rapprochement mean?
Rapprochement means the reestablishment of cordial relations, particularly between two countries; a reconciliation.
What is rapprochement in Urdu?
Rapprochement in Urdu is مصلحت, مفاہمت. See Rapprochement meaning in Urdu.
How do you use rapprochement in a sentence?
Thinkers themselves prepared the way for a rapprochement between the two.
What part of speech is rapprochement?
Rapprochement is a noun.
How do you pronounce rapprochement?
Rapprochement is pronounced /ɹəˈpɹɒʃmɒ̃/ (UK).
What is the plural of rapprochement?
The plural of rapprochement is rapprochements.

Words near rapprochement in the dictionary

  1. rapporteurship
  2. rapporteurships
  3. rapportive
  4. rapports
  5. rapproachment
  6. rapprochement
  7. rapprochements
  8. Rapps
  9. rappuh
  10. rappuhs
  11. Rappville

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rapprochement (page history and authors); rapprochement (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rapprochement (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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