entente

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒ̃.tɒ̃t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑnˈtɑnt/

entente (plural ententes)

1. An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

• entente cordiale

From the verb entendre, or from Latin intenta; perhaps through a substantivized Vulgar Latin past participle *intendita, as a variant of intenta (cf. intenditus). See also tente.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tɑ̃t/

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entente f (plural ententes)

1. accord; agreement
2. interpretation, meaning

• “entente” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• nénette

Borrowed from French entente.

entente f (plural ententes)

1. entente