entente

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

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

entente (plural ententes)

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

• détente
• entente cordiale

From the verb entendre, from Middle French entendre and Old French entendre, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“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.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tɑ̃t/

entente f (plural ententes)

1. accord; agreement
2. interpretation, meaning

• terrain d'entente

• → English: entente
• → Turkish: antant

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

• nénette

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

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

entente or èntèntê

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

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

Borrowed from French entente.

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

entente f (plural ententes)

1. entente

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