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entente

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French entente (“understanding”). Doublet of intent.

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Noun

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entente (plural ententes)

  1. (politics) An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

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French

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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entente f (plural ententes)

  1. accord; agreement
  2. interpretation, meaning

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Descendants

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  • → English: entente
  • → Turkish: antant

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch entente, from French entente (“understanding”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɛnˈtɛntə]
  • Hyphenation: èn‧tèn‧tê

Noun

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entente or èntèntê

  1. (politics) entente, an informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French entente.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /enˈtente/ [ẽn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: en‧ten‧te

Noun

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entente f (plural ententes)

  1. entente

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