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en⋅trée

  [ahn-trey]
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–noun
1. a dish served as the main course of a meal.
2. Older Use. a dish served at dinner between the principal courses.
3. the privilege of entering; access.
4. a means of obtaining entry: His friendship with an actor's son was his entrée into the theatrical world.
5. the act of entering; entrance.
Also, entree.

Origin:
1775–85; < F, n. use of fem. ptp. of entrer to enter; see entry

Synonyms:
3, 4. admission, entry.
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en·trée or en·tree   (ŏn'trā, ŏn-trā')   
n.  
    1. The main dish of a meal.
    2. A dish served in formal dining immediately before the main course or between two principal courses.
    3. The act of entering.
    4. The power, permission, or liberty to enter; admittance.
    1. The act of entering.
    2. The power, permission, or liberty to enter; admittance.

[French entrée, from Old French entree; see entry.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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entree 
1724, "opening piece of an opera or ballet," from Fr. entrée, from O.Fr. entree (see entry). Cookery sense is from 1759; originally the dish which was introductory to the main course.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : entree
Spanish: entrante,
German: das Zwischengericht,
Japanese: アントレー
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