Meanings
nounentente (plural ententes)
plural ententes
- governmentAn informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna friendly understanding between political powers
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Origin
- Frenchentente“understanding”
- Englishentente
Unadapted borrowing from French entente (“understanding”). Doublet of intent.
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Chinese Mandarin 君子協定 /君子协定
- 君子協定 /君子协定 (jūnzǐ xiédìng)alliance between states
Czech dohoda, porozumění
- dohodaalliance between states
- porozuměníalliance between states
Finnish liittouma
- liittoumaalliance between states
Hungarian megegyezés, antant
- megegyezésalliance between states
- antantalliance between states
Indonesian entente
- ententealliance between states
Portuguese entente
- ententealliance between states
Romanian antantă
- antantăalliance between states
Russian соглаше́ние, согла́сие
- соглаше́ние (soglašénije)alliance between states
- согла́сие (soglásije)alliance between states
- Анта́нта (Antánta)alliance between states
Thai ความตกลง
- ความตกลง (kwaam-dtòk-long)alliance between states
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Cite this entry
APA
entente. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entente
MLA
“entente.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entente. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entente,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entente.
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