entente

Noun

Meaning

a friendly understanding between political powers

an informal alliance between countries

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

entente cordiale league federation confederation concord confederacy alliance relationship convention covenant pact deal agreement understanding combination
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Antonyms

conflict differ dispute rebellion disagreement terrorism
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Hypernyms

alliance agreement understanding coalition alignment alinement

Phrases with the word

entente allies

Examples

A ceremony is held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier every 11 November on the anniversary of the armistice signed by the Entente Powers and Germany in 1918. Source: Internet

A group called Entente anarchiste appeared which was formed of militants who didn´t like the new ideological orientation that the OPB was giving the FCL seeing it was authoritarian and almost marxist. Source: Internet

"Entendre" is an infinitive verb ("to hear"), not a noun; a correct rendering would be "à double entente", an adjectival phrase meaning "of a double understanding or double interpretation" (literally, "with a double hearing"). Source: Internet

By late 1916, food supply from Hungary became intermittent and the government sought an armistice with the Entente powers. Source: Internet

Britain was loosely part of the Triple Entente with France and Russia, which (with smaller allies) fought the Central Powers of Germany, Austria and the Ottoman Empire. Source: Internet

Austria-Hungary requested Italian neutrality, while the Triple Entente (which included Great Britain, France and Russia) requested its intervention. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

entender entendre entent entente allies entente cordiale entention