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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024en•trée or en•tree/ˈɑntreɪ/USA pronunciation n. - Food[countable] a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- the privilege or a means of entering;
access:[uncountable]gained entrée into the highest reaches of the government.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024en•trée (än′trā),USA pronunciation n. - Fooda dish served as the main course of a meal.
- Food[Older Use.]a dish served at dinner between the principal courses.
- the privilege of entering;
access. - a means of obtaining entry:His friendship with an actor's son was his entrée into the theatrical world.
- the act of entering;
entrance. Also, en′tree. - French, noun, nominal use of feminine past participle of entrer to enter; see entry
- 1775–85
- 3, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged admission, entry.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: entrée /ˈɒntreɪ/ n - a dish served before a main course
- chiefly US the main course of a meal
- the power or right of entry
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from entrer to enter; in cookery, so called because formerly the course was served after an intermediate course called the relevé (remove) |