Entente Definition

ŏn-tŏnt
noun
An understanding or agreement, as between nations.
Webster's New World
An agreement between two or more governments or powers for cooperative action or policy.
American Heritage
The parties to this.
Webster's New World

An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

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Noun

Singular:
entente
Plural:
ententes

Origin of Entente

  • French from Old French intent from feminine past participle of entendre to understand, intend intend

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French entente, meaning “understanding”.

    From Wiktionary

Entente Sentence Examples

  • He would have liked to organize a big move against the Bolsheviks from the west, but such a move could not be made while the Entente Powers were resolved to keep Germany out, and while they sympathized with all the new organizations hostile to RussiaEsthonia, Latvia and Poland.

  • It also contributed towards the conclusion of an entente between Turkey and Rumania in the summer of 1910.

  • They were by this procedure, moreover, directly violating the terms of the Armistice concluded with the Entente Powers on Nov.

  • Yielding to the unanimous desire of the other delegates, Pasic officially requested the Entente to recognize the Zagreb Council as the supreme authority in the ex-Austro-Hungarian provinces, and Trumbic as its accredited representative in the West, until unification could be completed.

  • His action broke up the entente cordiale which sad been established between Guizot and Lord Aberdeen.

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