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entente

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en⋅tente

  [ahn-tahnt; Fr. ahn-tahnt]
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–noun, plural -tentes  [-tahnts; Fr. -tahnt] .
1. an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern.
2. an alliance of parties to such an understanding.
Origin:
1830–45; < F: understanding, OF: intention, n. use of fem. of entent, ptp. of entendre to intend

Synonyms:
1. agreement, accord, rapprochement.
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en·tente   (ŏn-tŏnt')   
n.  

  1. An agreement between two or more governments or powers for cooperative action or policy: "the economic entente between the Soviet Union and western Europe" (Robert W. Tucker).

  2. The parties to such an agreement.


[French, from Old French, intent, from feminine past participle of entendre, to understand, intend; see intend.]
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Word Origin & History

entente 
1854, from Fr. éntente "understanding," from O.Fr. entente "intent," from fem. pp. of entendre "to direct one's attention (see intent). Political sense in 19c. from entente cordial (1844), the best-known example being that between England and France (1904), to which Russia was added in 1908.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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