- denouement
- the point immediately following the climax when everything comes into place or is resolved; often the final scene in a motion picture; aka tag; see resolution
Glossary of cinematic terms . 2015.
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dénouement — [ denumɑ̃ ] n. m. VAR. dénoûment • 1580 desnouement de la langue; de dénouer 1 ♦ (1636) Ce qui termine, dénoue une intrigue, une action théâtrale (cf. Le nœud de l action). ⇒ achèvement, conclusion, épilogue, 1. fin, solution, terme. Dénouement… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Denouement — Dénouement Théâtre Par catégories Personnalités … Wikipédia en Français
denouement — Denouement. s. m. v. Se dit de ce qui demesle, de ce qui developpe le noeud d une piece de Theatre. Le denouëment de cette piece est heureux, est naturel. le denouëment de cette piece ne vaut rien. Il se dit aussi figurement, En parlant d affaire … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
denouement — I noun apodosis, climax, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, denouement, determination, development, disclosure, disentanglement, dissolution, end, ending, epilogue, eventuation, fait accompli, final happening, final… … Law dictionary
dénouement — I index cessation (termination) II index denouement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
denouement — 1752, from Fr. dénouement an untying (of plot), from dénouer untie (O.Fr. desnouer) from des un , out (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + nouer to tie, knot, from L. nodus a knot, from PIE *ned to bind, tie (see … Etymology dictionary
denouement — , dénouement (day noo MANH) [French: an untying or unraveling] In a novel or drama, the final untangling of a complicated plot, or the moment in the story at which such a resolution takes place. More generally, the outcome of a perplexing… … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
denouement — or dénouement [dā΄no͞o män′] n. [Fr < dénouer, to untie < dé (L dis ), from, out + nouer, to tie < L nodare, to knot < nodus, a knot: see NODE] 1. the outcome, solution, unraveling, or clarification of a plot in a drama, story, etc. 2 … English World dictionary
Dénouement — (franz., spr. numāng), Entwickelung, Lösung eines Knotens, namentlich im Drama … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Dénouement — (frz., spr. numáng), Entwicklung, Lösung eines Knotens (bes. im Drama) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
denouement — meaning ‘the final unravelling of a plot in a story, etc.’, is usually printed in roman type without an accent … Modern English usage
