Not to be confused with a free thinker. A believer is a bird in a cage, a Freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing -- Robert Green Ingersoll (1833 - 1899) by JoeBloggs April 10, 2005
Confidence votes 319K. The French to English translation for the word 'detente' is 'relaxation'. The word can also mean lessening, thaw, or trigger. There is also a detente in Spanish, which can mean detain, arrest, or restrain.
For example, the root-tract- , meaning âto pull,â can combine with a number of prefixes, including de-and re- . Detract means literally âto pull awayâ (de- , âaway, offâ) and retract means literally âto pull backâ (re- , âagain, backâ).The following table gives a list of Latin prefixes and their basic meanings.hese languages are considered âsisters,â as they all descended from Latin, their âmotherâ language. In 1066 England was conquered by William, duke of Normandy, which is in northern France. For several hundred years after the Norman invasion, French was the language of court and polite society in England.