entree

en·trée

or en·tree  (ŏn′trā, ŏn-trā′)

n.

1.

a. The main dish of a meal.

b. A dish served in formal dining immediately before the main course or between two principal courses.

2.

a. The act of entering.

b. The power, permission, or liberty to enter; admittance.

3. An opening or introductory movement at the beginning of a dance such as a pas de deux.

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[French entrée, from Old French entree; see entry.]

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entrée

(ˈɒntreɪ)

n

1. (Cookery) a dish served before a main course

2. (Cookery) chiefly US the main course of a meal

3. the power or right of entry

[C18: from French, from entrer to enter; in cookery, so called because formerly the course was served after an intermediate course called the relevé (remove)]

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en•trée

or en•tree

(ˈɑn treɪ)

n.

1. a dish served as the main course of a meal.

2. the privilege of entering; access.

3. a means of obtaining entry.

4. the act of entering; entrance.

[1775–85; < French, n. use of feminine past participle of entrer to enter]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	entree - the principal dish of a meal   main course course - part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal" plate - a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
	2.	entree - the right to enter       access, admittance, admission, accession right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" door - anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"
	3.	entree - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry access, approach - a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" archway, arch - a passageway under a curved masonry construction; "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory" doorway, room access, door, threshold - the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" gateway - an entrance that can be closed by a gate hatchway, scuttle, opening - an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship pithead - the entrance to a coal mine portal - a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically); "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success" porte-cochere - a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard servant's entrance, service door, service entrance - an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse stage door - an entrance to the backstage area of theater; used by performers and other theater personnel vomitory - an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium
	4.	entree - the act of entering; "she made a graceful entree into the ballroom" incoming, ingress, entering, entrance, entry - the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"

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entrée

noun

1. entry, access, way in, introduction, entrance She had gained an entrée into the city's cultivated society.

2. starter, appetizer Dinner features an entrée of chicken, veal or lamb.

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entrée

noun

The right to enter or make use of:

access, admission, admittance, entrance, entry, ingress.

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Translations

الطَّبَق الأوَّل في الوَجْبَه

forrethovedret

Zwischengericht

entrée

aîalréttur eîa milliréttur

entratapartecipante

hovedrett

prvý chod

küçük porsiyon yemek

两道正菜间的小菜主菜

entrée

[ˈɒntreɪ] N

1. (= entrance) → entrada f

2. (Culin) → plato m fuerte or principal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

entrée

[ˈɒntreɪ] n (= part of meal) → entrée f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

entrée

n

(Brit: = starter) → Vorspeise f; (esp US: = main course) → Hauptgericht nt

(to club etc) → Zutritt m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

entrée

[ˈɒntreɪ] n (Culin) → entrée f inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

entrée

(ˈontrei) noun

a dish served at dinner as, or before, the main course. voorgereg الطَّبَق الأوَّل في الوَجْبَه предястие entrada první chod das Zwischengericht forret; hovedret πρώτο πιάτο entrante eelroog خوراک اصلی؛ پیش غذا alkuruoka entrée מָנָה רִאשוֹנָה किसी भोज में मुख्य भोजन से पहल परोसा गया व्यंजन predjelo előétel hidangan pembuka aðalréttur eða milliréttur prima portata アントレー 앙트레(생선 요리와 고기 요리 사이에 나오는 요리) užkandis, pagrindinis pietų patiekalas uzkoda (pirms gaļas ēdiena) pembukaan hoofdgerechthovedrett; forrett rodzaj przystawki, danie دننوتولار، دننوتو حق، هغه سالن يا سپك خوراك چه تر اصلى ډوډۍ دمخه او يا دهغى په منځ كې خوړل كيږى، قلم، فقر، ماده entrada gustare закуска перед вторым блюдом prvý chod predjed predjelo entré[rätt] อาหารเรียกน้ำย่อยก่อนอาหารเย็น küçük porsiyon yemek 兩道正菜間的小菜；主菜 антре کھانے کی میز پر پیش کی جانے والی خاص ڈش món đầu bữa 两道正菜间的小菜，主菜

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