entente
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French entente (“understanding”). Doublet of intent.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɒ̃ˈtɒ̃t/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ɑnˈtɑnt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒnt
Noun edit
entente (plural ententes)
- (politics) An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
alliance between states
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See also edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From the verb entendre, from Middle French entendre and Old French entendre, from Latin intendere (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”). Alternatively, from Latin intenta; perhaps through a substantivized Vulgar Latin past participle *intendita, as a variant of intenta (cf. intenditus). See also tente.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
entente f (plural ententes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “entente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch entente, from French entente (“understanding”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
entente or èntèntê
Further reading edit
- “entente” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
entente f (plural ententes)
Further reading edit
- “entente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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