entente

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French entente (“understanding”). Doublet of intent. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɒ̃ˈtɒ̃t/ (US) IPA(key): /ɑnˈtɑnt/ Rhymes: -ɒnt === Noun === entente (plural ententes) (politics) An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== détente entente cordiale == French == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tɑ̃t/ === Noun === entente f (plural ententes) accord; agreement interpretation, meaning ==== Derived terms ==== terrain d'entente ==== Descendants ==== → English: entente → Turkish: antant === Further reading === “entente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === nénette == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch entente, from French entente (“understanding”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɛnˈtɛntə] Hyphenation: èn‧tèn‧tê === Noun === èntèntê (plural entente-entente) (international relations) entente, an informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states === Further reading === “entente”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French entente. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /enˈtente/ [ẽn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e] Rhymes: -ente Syllabification: en‧ten‧te === Noun === entente f (plural ententes) entente === Further reading === “entente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025