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entente

Syllables: en·tente/ɒ̃ˈtɒ̃t/US/ɑnˈtɑnt/

entente noun: an informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

Noun

entente (plural ententes)

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

entente meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Indonesian

entente in Tamil

நாடுகளிடையே நட்புறவு ஒப்பந்தம்

entente in Urdu

سمجھوتہ

entente in Malayalam

agreement, understanding, arrangement
സഖ്യം, ധാരണ, കരാർ, ഉറപ്പ്, തീർപ്പ്, തമ്മിൽത്തമ്മിലുള്ള ധാരണ

entente in Indonesian

alliance between states
entente
More languagesFewer languages
entente in Thai
ความตกลง kwaam-dtòk-long

Forms of entente

pluralententes

Origin of entente

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

Words formed from entente

Words that rhyme with entente

Questions about entente

What does entente mean?
Entente means an informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
What is entente in Tamil?
Entente in Tamil is நாடுகளிடையே நட்புறவு ஒப்பந்தம். See Entente meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is entente?
Entente is a noun.
How do you pronounce entente?
Entente is pronounced /ɒ̃ˈtɒ̃t/ (UK).
What is the plural of entente?
The plural of entente is ententes.

Words near entente in the dictionary

  1. entendre
  2. entendres
  3. entends
  4. Entenmann
  5. entent
  6. entente
  7. entente cordiale
  8. entente-cordiale
  9. ententes
  10. ententes cordiales
  11. ententes-cordiales

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: entente (page history and authors); entente (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); entente (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); entente (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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