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en⋅trée

  [ahn-trey]
–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.
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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.]
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Word Origin & History

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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