entente
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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French entente (“understanding”). Doublet of intent.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɒ̃ˈtɒ̃t/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ɑnˈtɑnt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒnt
Noun
entente (plural ententes)
- (politics) An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
Derived terms
Translations
alliance between states
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See also
French
Etymology
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
Noun
entente f (plural ententes)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “entente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch entente, from French entente (“understanding”).
Pronunciation
Noun
entente or èntèntê
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
entente f (plural ententes)
Further reading
- “entente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014