entente

entente

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French entente (“understanding”). Doublet of intent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒ̃.tɒ̃t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑnˈtɑnt/

Noun

entente (plural ententes)

1. (politics) An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

Derived terms

• double entente
• entente-cordiale

 

Translations

alliance between states

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: liittouma (fi) Hungarian: megegyezés (hu), antant (hu) Indonesian: entente (id) Portuguese: entente Romanian: antantă (ro) f Russian: соглаше́ние (ru) n (soglašénije), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije), Анта́нта (ru) f (Antánta) (historical, Triple Entente) Serbo-Croatian: antanta (sh) f Thai: ความตกลง (th) (kwaam-dtòk-long)

See also

• détente
• entente cordiale

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French

Etymology

From the verb entendre, or from Latin intenta; perhaps through a substantivized Vulgar Latin past participle *intendita, as a variant of intenta (cf. intenditus). See also tente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tɑ̃t/

Noun

entente f (plural ententes)

1. accord; agreement
2. interpretation, meaning

Derived terms

• terrain d'entente

Descendants

• → English: entente
• → Turkish: antant

Further reading

• “entente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• nénette

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch entente, from French entente (“understanding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛnˈtɛntə]
• Hyphenation: èn‧tèn‧tê

Noun

entente or èntèntê

1. (politics) entente, an informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

Further reading

• “entente” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French entente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈtente/ [ẽn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: en‧ten‧te

Noun

entente f (plural ententes)

1. entente

Further reading

• “entente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014