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entente

[ahn-tahnt; Fr. ahn-tahnt] Origin

en·tente

[ahn-tahnt; Fr. ahn-tahnt]
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; < French: understanding, Old French: intention, noun use of feminine of entent, past participle of entendre to intend


1. agreement, accord, rapprochement.

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entente (French ɑ̃tɑ̃t)
 
n
1.  short for entente cordiale
2.  the parties to an entente cordiale collectively
 
[C19: French: understanding]

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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.
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